The other day I was having a cup of tea listening to the radio (as you do) pleasantly tapping my foot along to a cheerful lazy summers day tune which carried a heavy London accent, more of a talking style than singing and I found myself thinking ‘I don’t know this Blur song?’

So I waited for the presenter to share the love and ‘stone the crows’ it turns out it wasn’t the recently reformed Hyde Park gigging 90′s Britpop band at all, it was in fact a track by the rockney cockney charmers Chas & Dave from their 1975 album One Fing ‘n’ Anuvver an new guilty pleasure album I don’t have yet.. Cor blimey, confusing those two would you Adam and eve it..

Have a listen to Chas & Dave – Old Dog & Me below and see what you think..

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A lesser known fact (but one of those pub ‘did you know?’s) is that Dave Peacock (Dave..) played bass guitar on the seminal ‘I Got the…’  (from the album Remember My Song) by Labi Siffre which is an amazing musical pearl in my book and has since been heavily sampled by the modern day artist, most notably Eminem in his chart topping single ‘My Name Is’.  Now that is bizarre..

Check out Labi Siffre – I Got the Blues below

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