Jeffrey Lewis played La Belle Angele a couple of weeks ago and I was there, going straight from the Royal Infirmary after seeing my daughter and new grandchild.
Jeffrey was manning the merch stall before the show and I picked up a couple of comics and his Watchmen book. I realised I didn’t have a copy of my own comic to give him, but la di da… I always have copies in my bag in case I meet some much admired creative person while out, but I don’t usually take a bag to gigs.
Jeffrey’s third song, which I hadn’t heard before, was about how he doesn’t keep anything people give him (including “that poetry book in an edition of nine”), so I think things probably worked out for the best.
Jeffrey’s opening song was People Were Morons and the whole show was just great.
Support was from Sergeant Buzfuz, who I didn’t know previously, but this history of medieval papacy was both entertaining and informative, and right up my street.