Chas & Dave - 1975-2009

It was announced today that Chas & Dave have split up.

I was always a fan of their 'rockney' sound ("pub singalong, music-hall humour, boogie-woogie piano and pre-Beatles rock 'n' roll") and caught them a couple of times live. Once was on a Sunday afternoon in a tent in Glasgow Green which involved smuggled-in bottles of wine and bizarre dancing in the aisles, the next was a Saturday night in Hamilton Town Hall where they played two sets. For the first set we were upstairs on the balcony (seated) as our tickets dictated, but managed to sneak in during the interval for a good old boogie with all the old dears downstairs. A fab night, which ended with me buying this CD from the boys, and getting it signed. They played a couple of recent Glastonburys as well and went down a storm. Not in an "ironic" Rolf Harris kinda way (get him tae fuck), but with genuine love and adoration from the tent. That's what my mate said anyway...

Recent activity has also seen them play with The Libertines pre-split, and 'Rabbit' has bizarrely appeared on Singstar for the PS3 - me & m'lady did it at about 7am one morning during the summer at a mate's house (I was Chas, she was Dave). Fortunately the 'record video' option was off.

We were supposed to go and see them at Latitude Festival this year, but Dave's wife of 36 years had sadly just died so obviously the show was pulled. This was the beginning of the end for the band - I'm sure they're till great pals (along with third member 'Mick the Sticks') but you can see why they called it a day.

Here's my selection of 5 tracks from the CD I bought at the gig - you can still buy their stuff through the official website so I'll leave it at that.

Cheers guys...



Chas & Dave - Moggieboy's Selection
1 - Rabbit
2 - Margate
3 - Give It Some Stick, Mick
4 - London Girls
5 - Aint No Pleasing You

Buy Chas & Dave stuff here