73. My Pal by God 1988

I started the Lizard lounge in 1990 behind the Union Hotel in Chapel Street Windsor. When I first opened the club it was only on Saturday nights. The first DJ I got to work with me was Jason Underhill. I’d known Jason since the days of the Venetian Room in the early 80’s when he was a young teenager. I even remember the first time I met him in the kitchen there. Then for years he was always around. Doing this or that. He tells me he even DJed. I must know this. I got him to DJ with me.

So we became a team on Saturday nights and brought along is great sense of humour and a bunch of rock tracks. He liked to play the Cult and he liked to play this song. Released 3 years earlier I had kind of missed the boat on this one. But it’s a classic from the descending guitar lines to the great chorus of

 “you’re my only friend
you don’t even like me

At first the Lizard went nowhere. We’d make enough to pay for a couple of records. We’d play half hours sets. I’d wander down to the big video store opposite Windsor Station . It was huge. And they sold CDs. I loved hanging out there between sets. And the small numbers were enough to keep us going. Later it took off. In a big way.  And they listened to dance and pop and hip hop and My Pal. It was fantastic.

And later Jason and I took off to the USA together. And we hung out in LA and got drunk in San Francisco. My pal.