Had the Crucial 3 in my locally-themed outfit and then realised
McCulloch was the most dispensable
Drums: De Freitas (preferably beating on his own coffin*)
Bass/Vocals/keyboard programmes etc: Cope
Lead Guitar: Carr
Guitar, lead vocals & most of the songwriting: Blackwell
Guitar & Vocals: Wylie (sub 119' McCulloch)
There would be cameos from other local luminaries like her out of the Zutons on sax, the RLP brass section, a few fiddlers from a local Irish outfit, and frequent voice samples from such as John Aldridge, John Peel, Roger McGough, Benjamin Zepheniah, Elvis Costello, Grifter off RAWK, Paul Jewell, Jegsy Dodd, Billy Butler and random Merseyside vox pops from da streets. Liberal use of a big screen for such purposes.
The one-off gig would start at the pierhead at 11.25 on Christmas Eve (not New Year's Eve - too clichéd)and of course be interrupted at midnight by 5 minutes of drunken sailoring from the sirens of every ship on the Mersey - yes both of them.
The only publicity for this all-night gig would be a vigorous leaflet campaign around the pubs and a series of pickets outside the cathedrals, and the Chief Constable would not only be blackmailed into turning a blind eye but would in fact break out free hallucinogens, later bringing his entire family onstage do a guest spot on the maracas.
Oh and there'd be a Kora player. Any supergroup worth its nosecandy needs a Kora.
*was he cremated ? I dunno, who cares, it's a fantasy.
