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Title: Midge Ure Post by: Tony H on December 31, 2004, 05:53:05 PM Hello Maart,
I think you did some work with or for Midge Ure recently ( well maybe a couple of years or so ago) - I wondered if you got involved in the recent Xmas Live Aid stuff in some capacity. Happy New Year. Title: Re: Midge Ure Post by: Maart on December 31, 2004, 06:09:57 PM I was not involved with the recent (or first, come to that) Band Aid stuff. They needed people who would sell a lot of records :)
I've done a few things with Midge, notably playing in Belgrade a month before the war. I was the only one in the band who understood the Russian alphabet so I was able to sort out cashpoints which got me fairly popular for a minute. We played in Vienna and Midge got a special award for the song Vienna after we'd just played the song Vienna. I really like Midge, he's a very big heart. Maart Title: Re: Midge Ure Post by: Tony H on December 31, 2004, 06:23:39 PM Thanks, Maart. I meant Band aid of course. I've got an unused Russian Scrabble game if you want one.
Title: Re: Midge Ure Post by: Maart on December 31, 2004, 06:25:44 PM Tony Comer and I used to send secret notes at school in the Russian alphabet. He went on to work for the foreign office I think.
Title: Re: Midge Ure Post by: peluche (Chris) on December 31, 2004, 06:31:07 PM Maart .. you could be the first 'guest' that I can speak bulgarian to ... same cyrillic alphabet and many shared words ..
Title: Re: Midge Ure Post by: Tullfanatic on January 01, 2005, 12:53:23 AM Quite a nice photo of you, Maart! Can you tell us a little about that lovely instrument?
Annette :) Title: Re: Midge Ure Post by: Maart on January 01, 2005, 08:06:41 PM The instrument in the photo is a Crafter 12string. Midge introduced me to Crafter guitars and they're great. There's more about it on my website at www.maartinallcock.com
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