Brewers Droop

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Brewers Droop
The original Brewers Droop, taken in 1972
The original Brewers Droop, taken in 1972
Background information
Origin High Wycombe, England
Genre(s) Blues, Rock
Years active 1971–1973
Label(s) RCA Records
Red Lightnin'[1]
Members
Ron Watts (vocals)
Steve Darrington[2] (keyboards)
John McKay (guitar)
Malcolm Barrett (bass)
Bob Walker (drums)
Former members
Pick Withers
Mark Knopfler

Brewers Droop is the name of a Southern English band (whose history can be followed in "Hundred Watts" by Ron Watts) in which Mark Knopfler played for a few months in 1973. Knopfler split his time between teaching part-time, and playing with the band. Later, the Dire Straits song "Industrial Disease" mentions a malady (alongside smoker's cough) which shares its name with that band. The song saw its U.S. chart peak on January 22, 1983 at #75.[3]

The name is a reference to a slang expression for erectile dysfunction brought on by heavy drinking.

[edit] Discography

  • Opening Time, Album, 1972
  • Sweet Thing, 7" Single, 1972
  • The Booze Brothers, Album, 1989 (recorded 1973)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Red Lightnin', Record Company
  2. ^ Steve Darrington, Homepage
  3. ^ Rock Movers and Shakers, Dafydd Rees & Luke Crampton, 1991 Billboard Books.
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