Francis Dunnery was the guitarist and vocalist with the band It Bites, who have appeared on the blog a few times so far - and were the previous ticket stub. I saw them about 15 times in the 1990s and they were always so tight and crisp in their playing.
I met him and saw him play at a special show down in London at the Hard Rock Cafe's music space when it was in Covent Garden. He'd brought his tapboard with him and shared some stories.
This particular ticket was a solo concert after his departure from It Bites.
As you can see this was ticket #218 and there were probably about 250 people which was all that could fit in the room. It was the same venue where I had earlier seen Aimee Mann play.
A recording of a Glasgow concert from this short tour was later released as the album: "One Night in Sauchiehall Street".
At one point, before the 'Calling all Stations' album was released, he also auditioned for Genesis.
He also sang vocals on a recent reimagining of 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' and also provided a guitar solo for an updated version of the Big Big Train track 'The Underfall Yard'.
It also included a contribution from Jem Godfrey of FROST* who will appear on the blog later in the year.
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