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At: Hullabaloo, 41 Westgate, Shipley, BD18 3QX |
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Dylan and Simon at The Topic? |
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The Topic site history page was once a bit thinner than it is now, and in a bid to increase the overall quantity of real facts it used to carry this note of a legendary tale: "A lot has happened since 1957 - for instance, a possibly apocryphal incident in which Paul Simon (presumably on a tour of one-night stands, suitcase and guitar in hand) was rejected as a floor singer in about 1964 or something. Does anyone know the truth of this? Or anything else?" Trevor Charnock - secretary of the club in the 70s and 80s - had this to report on the matter in February 2004: "The bit you have on the web site about Paul Simon I should clear up for you. At the same time as I was doing the research [for the 25th anniversary history] a couple of stories were given to me by two or three different people. "One was that Bob Dylan on his first visit to this country was travelling around and dropped into the Topic and did a floor spot but the Committee at that time did not think he was worth a booking. The other concerning Paul Simon was that he did the club for the door take. "I asked around but was never able to find anybody who had been there on those supposed nights and never found any documentary evidence. I did however talk to Bill Leader who worked for Topic Records in those days, before he established his own recording studio in Greetland Leader/ Trailer Records. His take on it was that it could have happened as at the time when they were moving about this country on their first visits here there were very few clubs outside London, so it was a possibility that it could have happened. "I was contacted several times by people researching Bob Dylan who had heard the tale; but as I told them there was no firm proof about it. "It does make a good tale but should be really put down as a myth or legend." Since this was written, there has been another "sighting" of Bob Dylan - John Waller spoke to someone who says he remembers seeing Dylan at some point in the early days. Once more, though, the evidence is not very precise or specific. |
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