As original as Christmas

Barry’s band State of Siege played at the Chelsea.

The pub was packed with Jason’s hippy friends and although Jason, Barry, Ade and drummer Chris admitted to being nervous, they sounded passable, with the exception of Jason. He was terrible.

He strutted arrogantly around up front, pouting and whining, the Peacock Prince himself. Barry says he is trying for the Jim Morrison bit. After the set was over and they’d finished to limp silence, Barry seemed sickened off with the numerous comments about Jason’s ineptitude. John Turney was there, back from Greece, and predictably mouthy about his sexual exploits—“I fell in love twice” etc., etc.

“About as original as Christmas” was his verdict on the band. We went back to Gaveston Street and stayed up until four o’clock.