Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Has Anyone Ever Been to This?

Apparently it's at
Kiosk 1 Joe Strummer Subway
Edgware Rd / Harrow Rd
London W2 1DX
07811 286503


Wherever the fuck that is.
In 1971, Timon became friends with John Graham Mellor, who would a few years later become known to the world as Joe Strummer.

In early spring of 1972, Timon and Mellor took to busking in the London Underground during the evenings. Together, the 22-year old Tymon and 20-year old Mellor also busked in London's Green Park tube station and around Europe. Throughout this period also, Tymon was an important influence on Mellor. He taught him to play chords on an old ukulele by using his right-hand to strum the chords instead of with his natural left-hand ability, this resulting in the unique strumming style later evidenced in The Clash's music.
 Tymon Dogg was in Strummer's band when he died. And of course he sang one of the greatest of all Clash superslices, Lose This Skin.

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