Rusty at The Groucho
My reviews
are my personal opinion. And my personal
opinion of Rusty Egan is that he is one of the best DJ’s in the world!
If you are
not sure who he is…well he is a legend. He was the resident DJ at The Blitz club. The Club that he and Steve Strange set up in
the early 80’s. It was THE place to be.
Even David Bowie turned up at the club…and I have heard Midge Ure tell the
story of how everyone there thought they were cool until Bowie turned up…then all
their make up cracked.
Rusty has
always been cool. His musical career has
included drumming for The Rich Kids and The Skids as well as writing those
fantastic tunes as the talent and inspiration in Visage. But this is not
someone stuck in a time warp. Rusty does
his stuff in Ibiza and the Isle of Wight Festival drawing in huge crowds.
Rusty knows
good music. And the man can seriously
mix. So when he asked me to come along
to see him do a spot at The Groucho Club..how could I say no?!
The Groucho
club is a private members club in Soho, London. So this event wasn’t open to
everyone, only members and their guests. But what a night it was. Rusty mixed old and new tracks to get people dancing.
And dance they did. I knew I would want
to dance, so yes people…I wore my more comfortable boots. (Known as my Rome
boots cause I bought them in Rome). My
Turin boots would have been much more uncomfortable!
I danced. I laughed. I hugged a lot of people. But to be honest, the hugging can be blamed on the
alcohol. I think they automatically give
you double measures at the Groucho and I am a bit of a lightweight!
Now I know I
may have had a bit of alcohol that made me a bit squiffy, but it was a bit
strange and surreal when three separate people said I look like Kate Bush. Now I know people think this as I have been
told this for 30 years, but three in one night? Trust me, If it was me, I would not have
waited 35 years to get out on that stage again.
The Groucho
was also an education. I am rather short
(only 5ft) but I learnt what I have been doing
wrong in trying to get the barman’s attention. I got chatting to a guy at the bar who said if
you pinch someone’s bum they let you go in front of them. He said it works on men and women. I said that
must be where I have been going wrong all these years. I said I hoped he didn’t think I had pinched
his bum. He said he wished I had! So now
you know people!
The other
really lovely thing that happened to me last night was that I met some people
who could really dance. I mean you could
see they had been trained and they really could take the floor. But they came over to me and told me they
liked my moves. At this point my moves involved
doing all I could to stand up straight and not fall over! But they liked my dance moves. I have never had any dance training and if
invited on Strictly would be one of those that Craig would say ‘a zimmer frame
can move better than you, Darling!’. But
I have learnt over the years to take a compliment and was very grateful.
It was a
fabulous night and Rusty seriously rocked the house. He is the man.
I still have Daft Punk in my head now…I certainly feel I got lucky!
If you ever get a chance to see Rusty perform,
it is really worth going. And he is also
still writing music. Please check out
his sites below.
