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Some sub at the Bolly perhaps, or a simple brain wire fizzing out, but the “news” on page 79 of The Observer Music Monthly, in a review of REDEMPTION SONG: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF JOE STRUMMER Chris Salewicz (Harper Collins) £20 that “heroin addicted drummer Topper Headon” is “now an esteemed chiropractor!” did get the imagination rolling. Ie imagine if the STRICTLY NON HEROIN ADDICTED esteemed chirporactor Terry Chimes had been a heroin addicted drummer. who became an esteemed chirpractor. Would that not be grounds for a biographical book of some magnitude ? Or at least a comedic Simpsons episode. Anyway… the review ends by saying Strummer “always was at heart : a family man, a beatnik rocker, a beautiful outsider. Chris, you done him proud.” With the last sentence at least we can only concur. A GREAT BOOK! And as someone now says how do we know that, in certain circles, Topper isn’t an esteemed chiropractor? But as someone else says isn’t Topper more likely to be into acupuncture. Given his past needle experience…
