{"id":5891,"date":"2015-04-26T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=5891"},"modified":"2015-04-26T07:00:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T06:00:42","slug":"been-there-seen-them-got-the-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=5891","title":{"rendered":"Been there, seen them, got the T-shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lynyrd<\/a>
Lynyrd Skynyrd were totally awesome – Sweet Home Alabama raised the roof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was in a fashion scrum this week \u2013 struggling in a crowd to get my hands on the latest designs\u2026 not, not shoes. T-shirts.<\/p>\n

Specifically a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert T-shirt.<\/p>\n

The guy in front of me, successful in getting an XX-Large of his chosen design, said to me .. \u2018I have the T-shirt for every tour they\u2019ve done\u2026 and I\u2019ve been to every tour too.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cheers for that man \u2013 he totally gets the idea of gig T-shirts.<\/p>\n

You must never buy them online. Or at a shop. You must buy them at the gig \u2013 it\u2019s a badge of honour.<\/p>\n

It says to everyone who sees you wear it \u2013 I was there!<\/p>\n

So, to celebrate that man\u2019s insight \u2013 I thought I\u2019d show you a few favourites from my wardrobe. Every single one of them purchased in the correct manner \u2013 at the gig.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>
First – the Skynyrd shirt – not exactly girlie, but it makes me remember their spectacular rendition of Free Bird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Much<\/a>
Much more girlie – this lovely Africa as butterfly shirt from the amazing Angelique Kidjo – who first turned me on to African Blues music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The home of the Blues – Clarkesdale Mississippi – where the Shack Up Inn has a revolving door of fab musicians in an all-night jam session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Just<\/a>
Just up the road in Memphis – all right, it wasn’t a gig, but Elvis was in the building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I don’t usually but T-shirts with skulls on them – but this was too pretty to refuse. The Dead playing upstate New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"And<\/a>
And how pretty is this – from a gig with the amazing Robert Plant in New York City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A play rather than a concert – Marvin the Paranoid Android from the stage version of Hitchhikers guide – featuring the fab Neil Gaiman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And last, but my no means least, I have to show you this. It\u2019s the T-shirt I had made for my latest book \u2013 The Wild One. I won\u2019t be selling them \u2013 but will be giving them away from time to time at events where I am speaking. Although I am definitely keeping one for myself.<\/p>\n

\"Aren't<\/a>
Aren’t they lovely… front and back designed by the fabulous webmaster John using my equally fabulous Choc Lit covers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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