( from Twitter @wishboneash_com )

    Wednesday, 16 April 2008

    Owge

    If you’ve been to a Wishbone Ash show in the U.K. during the last couple of years, many of you will know, or will have met, super fan, Owge, from Gloucester. Tonight was a special celebration since he just made his 100th show. He and his dearly departed wife, Marg have the all - time record for the most shows attended during a single tour. Anyway, to cut a long story short, he joined us backstage for a small celebration accompanied by his favorite tipple, Jack Daniels. If we see him at a U.K. show we always know all is right with the world. Happy 100th Owge!

    Incidentally, as a sad note on the dangerous place Britain can sometimes be; Owge was attacked by two thugs after the show in Morecambe while walking back to his hotel. They attacked him from behind while he was taking a photo of the statue in memory of the Chinese immigrant workers who had drowned on the beach a couple of years ago, while harvesting shell fish. You’ll all be pleased to know that Owge aquitted himself with style and meted out some righteous retribution, giving these two idiots a right good pasting. They limped off into the night having learned a lesson not to mess with a stalwart Wishbone Ash fan in the street. Rock on Owge!

    ~ A.P.