{"id":841,"date":"2011-08-21T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=841"},"modified":"2011-08-21T10:32:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T14:32:18","slug":"on-joe-strummers-birthday-the-101ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/08\/21\/on-joe-strummers-birthday-the-101ers\/","title":{"rendered":"On Joe Strummer&#8217;s Birthday: The 101ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-kf2fJlxHS-k\/TlEWZ_5KKWI\/AAAAAAAAAf0\/2_dKQq7sYOU\/Woody%252520Mellor.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Time again to pay tribute to NTSIB&#8217;s patron saint, Joe Strummer, who would have been 59 years old today.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was known as Joe Strummer, John Mellor was nicknamed &#8220;Woody&#8221; after hero-idol Woody Guthrie (he looked a bit <a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/09\/Woody_Guthrie_2.jpg\" target=\"blank\">like Guthrie<\/a>, too). And before he was boldly stolen from them by a couple of fellow art school misfits called Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, he was in a pub rock band called the 101ers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_nUrNT0POQ_I\"><div id=\"lyte_nUrNT0POQ_I\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nUrNT0POQ_I\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nUrNT0POQ_I\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nUrNT0POQ_I\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joe said he knew the fix was in for the 101ers and pub rock when the band played a gig on April 3, 1976, with a young upstart band called the Sex Pistols.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_NLtOQU4FTSQ\"><div id=\"lyte_NLtOQU4FTSQ\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NLtOQU4FTSQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/NLtOQU4FTSQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NLtOQU4FTSQ\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve heard &#8220;Lose This Skin&#8221; from the Clash&#8217;s <i>Sandinista!<\/i> album or any of the great albums from Joe&#8217;s last band, the Mescaleros, you&#8217;ve heard the work of another 101er, Tymon Dogg. Another tie found on <i>Sandinista!<\/i> was a song the 101ers covered called &#8220;Junco Partner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4qUveuxa6y4\"><div id=\"lyte_4qUveuxa6y4\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4qUveuxa6y4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/4qUveuxa6y4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4qUveuxa6y4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the 101ers, guitarist Clive Timperley played with the Passions, bass player Dan Kelleher went on to Martian Schoolgirls and the Derelicts and drummer Richard Dudanski played with The Raincoats, Basement 5 and Public Image Ltd. On April 20, 2003, Timperley, Kelleher, Dudanski and saxophonist Simon Cassell reunited for a Joe Strummer tribute gig, with guest guitarist Mick Jones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.101ers.co.uk\/\" target=\"blank\">101ers Fan Site<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time again to pay tribute to NTSIB&#8217;s patron saint, Joe Strummer, who would have been 59 years old today. Before he was known as Joe Strummer, John Mellor was nicknamed &#8220;Woody&#8221; after hero-idol Woody Guthrie (he looked a bit like Guthrie, too). 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