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JACK DOHERTY
SHOW
1997 - In the middle of his
last UK tour, Loudon appeared on the Jack Doherty chat show.
Before singing,
Loudon came on without his guitar and chatted for a few minutes.
Jack confessed
to being a fan and having several of his albums (the first one
being 'Attempted Moustache"), though he suggested to Loudon
(in a friendly way) that most people under 30 probably wouldn't
know who he is.
Asked to describe
himself to 'them', Loudon said "well, I'm just a guy, an
older guy, who writes songs and sings them, . . and nobody's
heard of." He went on to add that he was "big, thirty
years ago".
Referring to
Loudon's various songs about failed romance songs, unhappy love
songs, does it not get any better? Loudon said "no, you
just keep making the same mistakes."
On the subject
of the 'songs about ageing', Jack Doherty offered the line "woke
up this morning - couldn't remember where I'd been again."
Loudon grinned, and talked about still singing at 70, and writing
songs about the nursing home etc.
M*A*S*H was mentioned
and a clip was shown of Loudon acting in the British TV drama
series 'Soldier,
Soldier'
("both military shows") and he also talked about acting
with Robert De Niro in 'Jacknife'
Loudon then returned
at the end of the show to sing 'Breakfast In Bed' accompanied
by Dave Mansfield on the mandolin.
This tour was
known (unofficially, anyway) as the 'Red Shirt Tour' and he wore
it for TV appearances in both Britain and Ireland, as well as
several of the UK concerts. |
