Tag: Good Day Books

Long term Über readers may recall reviews we have run in the past of books such as ‘Dear Mr. Kershaw’, ‘Dear Mr. Pop Star’ and ‘Grammar Free In The UK’ by a certain OAP Mr. D. Philpott, compiling hundreds of letters, with replies, sent to various rock, punk and pop musicians, chastising them for lyrical misdemeanours. Those books have proved very popular, but now, with ‘Pop Idle – 30 Years On The Road As A Professional Singer’, the man behind the facade of D. Philpott finally comes out of the closet to reveal his real identity, and his real life, in another highly entertaining read. His name is Dave Dawson, and he has spent 30 years of that life as a professional singer ‘on the bottom rung of the showbiz ladder’.