Brewers Droop
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| Brewers Droop | |
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The original Brewers Droop, taken in 1972
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| Background information | |
| Origin | High Wycombe, England |
| Genres | Blues rock, pub rock |
| Years active | 1971–1973 |
| Labels | RCA Records Red Lightnin'[1] |
| Members | Ron Watts (vocals) Steve Darrington[2] (keyboards) John McKay (guitar) Malcolm Barrett (bass) Bob Walker (drums) |
| Past members | Pick Withers Mark Knopfler |
Brewers Droop was a Southern English band (whose history can be followed in "Hundred Watts" by Ron Watts) in which Mark Knopfler played for a few months in 1973. Knopfler split his time between teaching part-time, and playing with the band. Later, the Dire Straits song "Industrial Disease" (which Knopfler wrote and performed) mentions a malady (alongside smoker's cough) which shares its name with that band. The name is a reference to a slang expression for erectile dysfunction brought on by heavy drinking.
Discography
- Opening Time, Album, 1972
- Sweet Thing, 7" Single, 1972
- The Booze Brothers, Album, 1989 (recorded 1973)
