![]() Paul Fox (guitar) and Gary Barnacle (sax) were also members. Future Ruts bass player Segs (a friend made through the shop) became a roadie with the band. Dave spent so much of his spare time frequenting record shops that he ended up working for a small chain, James Asman’s, which had stores in Camomile Street, Cannon Street and in New Row (off St Martins Lane).ĭave Ruffy continued to play music, drumming with a group called Hit & Run. Initially, his wages came from a factory job followed by a stint as a messenger in the City. He was playing music but unable to make a living from it. In the early ‘70s, Dave was living in the East End of London with his wife and young daughter. The background begins with a head spinning journey back to a time when record retailers thrived and vinyl junkies weren’t constantly answering the two inseparable questions, ‘can you still get records/record players?’ He admits to digressing a lot, “just to give you extra background”. Primarily a drummer, Dave’s credits also include song writing, production and Midi drum programming.ĭave Ruffy is a teller of vivid stories recreating dialogue in the present tense, mimicking voices and inflections, and frequently ending the reported conversation with a question to give extra resonance. It includes the Ruts, Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera, Waterboys, Sinead O’Connor and Kirsty MacColl. Dave Ruffy’s ‘CV’ reads like a ‘who’s who’ of left field pop over the past 30 years. ![]()
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