As a Virgin artist, I got to see and meet Lenny several times. This was the first. I remember being introduced to him after I’d had a few beers. Lenny was wearing this full length snakeskin coat and feeling a bit cocky, I cheekily asked him how many snakes it took to make. He lent...

  I took this off the wall at the first Sound City players show for the movie premier at Sundance 2013. The show was incredible. It’s the most I’ve ever paid for a show ticket. Here’s who the names are…. Alain Johannes, Chris Goss (Masters of Reality), Lee Ving (Fear),...

  An unbelievable band. It’s a travesty that they’re still relatively unknown in the US. We worked hard with v2 to give them profile over here, but outside of the NPR and Pitchfork-type communities, it was extremely difficult. The first time I met them was when they came and...

  Andy Cairns from Therapy? is a lovely bloke. His wife, Kris used to work with me at Virgin in London. He even took his life into his hands and played a T-Rex song with the Glittering Moes (an annual Glam show we’d play in London every Xmas). To be honest I’m sure I was at this...

  Ben Folds played a rooftop show at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood. I think Ben “Ear ear” Kweller opened. It was sponsored by the amazing and now defunct 103.1, stories of which elsewhere on the...

  A fab tour. I hired a coach and organized “Davy’s Magic Bus” taking our crew from Sebastopol CA to Oakland via Lagunitas and Pyramid breweries. A brilliant day! The pass wasn’t actually mine. It was a gift from mega Who fan (over 200 Who shows versus my pitiful 55)...