Brewers Droop

Brewers Droop
The original Brewers Droop, taken in 1972
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)

References

Mark Knopfler

Studio albums	Golden Heart Sailing to Philadelphia The Ragpicker's Dream Shangri-La Kill to Get Crimson Get Lucky Privateering Tracker

Soundtracks	Local Hero Cal Comfort and Joy The Princess Bride Last Exit to Brooklyn Wag the Dog Metroland A Shot at Glory Altamira (2016) (with Evelyn Glennie)

Collaborations	Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (with the Notting Hillbillies) Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins) All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilations	Screenplaying Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

Singles and EPs	"Darling Pretty" "Cannibals" "Rüdiger" "What It Is" "Sailing to Philadelphia" "Silvertown Blues" "Why Aye Man" "Boom, Like That" The Trawlerman's Song (EP) One Take Radio Sessions (EP) "True Love Will Never Fade" "Punish the Monkey" "Border Reiver" "Remembrance Day"

Videography	A Night in London Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Band personnel	Richard Bennett Jim Cox Chad Cromwell Danny Cummings Phil Cunningham Stuart Duncan Guy Fletcher Paul Franklin Mike Henderson John McCusker Michael McGoldrick Tim O'Brien Matt Rollings Ian Thomas Geraint Watkins Glenn Worf

Tours	Golden Heart Tour Sailing to Philadelphia Tour Shangri-La Tour All the Roadrunning Tour Kill to Get Crimson Tour Get Lucky Tour Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2011 Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2012 Privateering Tour Tracker Tour

Related articles	Mark Knopfler discography Brewers Droop Dire Straits The Notting Hillbillies British Grove Studios

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