The legendary Ed Tudor Pole!

It's funny the things that excite you, and this little gig by a cult figure from the days of punk was absolutely thrilling!

So, it was the first night of Bloxfest, a music festival in the village of Bloxham, and the gig was in a pub car park. Trouble was it was cold and rainy and there were only a few dozen of us there.

But that didn't stop Ed, and he came out and ran through a few punkabilly numbers with great verve. He may look wild eyed and raddled but he was spot on throughout, and brought energy and positive good humour to the whole event.

So we're about three songs in when Ed says 'bring down the barrier!' Let me explain, the stage was in a marquee about 25 feet wide and 10 feet deep set on a raised lawn. In front of the stage was 10 feet of grass and a sloping flower bed down to us on the car park, so the thirty-odd of us were 20 feet away and Ed was aware of the poor dynamic. So, on his request we all scurried around the edge of the flower bed and up onto the little strip of grass, edging ever closer to the man himself, singing bouncy songs about plastic moustaches out of crackers and being accused of not being a punk.

In fact, he then said how great it would be to have a band, and the next thing we had one of the support acts with acoustic guitar, a lad on electric guitar, a feller looking like Rick Wakeman on bass, somebody behind a drum kit to one side, someone on fiddle, even an old boy sat at the back of the stage playing spoons, and 40 odd delighted punters crowded round singing along to 'Who Killed Bambi?'.

By the end some of us standing behind them - so when it came to the last number I was singing "Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea! Over the hill with the swords of a thousand men!" with one arm round Ed's shoulder and the other raised aloft in triumph!

Ed was a really nice guy and chatted to us afterward. I'd go and see another of his gigs in an instant, but would it be like that? Legendary. Just legendary!

Watch Ed's finest hour on YouTube