Almost 100% male?
Those were TV shows, the girls couldn't have escaped even if Rush or the Dixie Dregs had played.
I stood at a Dr. Feelgood
GIG. You know where people pay money for to go, that kind of a thing. I've also been to Bon Jovi concerts. Or Snow Patrol (just last week with my wife). Let me say that there is a
marked gender-demographic difference.
But you don't have to believe me, sigh. Go to 56:22 here and count me the wimmin' (long hair does not equate female, this was 1980!). You'll find a couple if you squint your eyes. I retract my statement. 98% male, ok?
At the risk of saying something really uncool: I preferred the Feelgoods with (the unfortunately late, he died at 62) Gypie Mayo (the guy you see at the Berlin gig) to the previous incarnation with Wilko. Wilko was no doubt always a sight (and a songwriter), but his minimalist guitar style was also one-trick-pony'ish. The Feelgoods ran a lot smoother with Gypie, who was a groovier player than edgy-robotic Wilko.
BTW: It's these days a little known fact that between Wilko and Gypie the Feelgoods had Henry McCullough as their lead guitarist, yup, the Wings guy ...
An old school, long hair guitarist (the term then was "
boring old fart") with the Feelgoods (who had major punk crossover appeal) was a political issue at the time, but Wilko walked out so abruptly on them, they had to honor commitments, inter alia a German open air where they opened for Barclay James Harvest (Gods in Germany at the time), Dire Straits (up and rising stars then) and, uhum, a then little known trio called "Police" who all dyed their hair blond (they got canned off, no joke). The Feelgoods came after Police I believe, but at least didn't get canned off. I wasn't at that particular open air, but my wife
*** was! (She still relishes telling that she was one of the few people who have ever seen Sting booed off a stage.
)
***And to counter your obvious argument, Dave, SHE WASN'T THERE FOR THE FEELGOODS!!! Her then-friend liked - among his many other flaws - Barclay James Harvest (this was the time when I was still being conveniently ignored by her, not that I would want to bring that up again and again ...). And speaking of Barclay ... now that band always had a sizable female following, "poor man's Moody Blues" alright! Hell, they even had a song called "Hymen" or something ...