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The World of Roy Hitchen  - Part 3                                                                                                                         

Friday 18th February 05                                                                                                                                

Arts Centre, Southport.

The Cavern Beatles have a night off, but does this mean that Roy should be denied the chance to dress up and wear wigs?...  No, I don't think so.
When he first joined the band, Roy's knowledge of the Beatles was limited to whatever was thrown at him during 'coffee evenings' at Rick's.  His drumming style was definitely in the John Bonham/Ian Paice school.  So now, whenever he opportunity presents itself,  Roy will grow a quick beard (takes him about 12 hours and a Boots No.7 mascara brush), and don something spangly to knock seven bells out of a vistalite drumkit in the style of Led Zeppelins 'one hundred and eighty pounds of glory', John Bonham.

Tonight, Led Zed, were performing at Southport Arts Centre to an admittedly small but very enthusiastic crowd.
It seems that the days when Led Zed could pack 900 people into the The Royal Court in Liverpool may have passed.  This is a great shame, as this is a truly stunning group, recreating a live Led Zeppelin concert with astounding accuracy and sincerity.
The concert inspired me to go home, slam on my Zeppelin DVD, and mong out to "In My Time of Dying"... well well well... so I could die easy.   Nice one Roy, Pete, Dave and Gary!

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