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Re: Free Me !
>Scott Schrade wrote:
>
> > > Other Who instances were Roger wearing a t-shirt at some of their U.K.
> > > concerts in calling for a certain prisoner to be freed (I forget
>which)
> >
> > I have a poster from the '70's in which Roger is wearing, along with a
> > smashing set of red suspenders (!), a shirt which reads "George Davis
> > is innocent."
> >
> > Interestingly, upon closer examination, I see it's also an official WHO
> > tour shirt from the 1975. It has a small emblem reading "The WHO 1975
> > Tour" over the heart (also in red, tastefully matching the suspenders
>(!))
> > The "George Davis" plea is written around, not over, the WHO emblem.
> >
> > All of which demands the question, "Who the fuck is/was George Davis?"
> >
> > - SCHRADE in Akron
>
>From NME.com
>
>Re: George Davis
>
>A massive graffiti campaign in late 1970's London and a record by
>cartoon-punk
>band SHAM 69, 'George Davis Is Innocent' was about a man (called George
>Davis, obviously) convicted of armed robbery, though many people felt that
>he
>was "fitted up like a kipper" (or some other term from 'The Sweeney' circa
>1975).
>
>Legend has it that after being released, though, he was banged up for
>another
>robbery a few years later.
>
>magik
>
With feelings like this about George Davis,McVicar was an obvious career
move next !
JC
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