I am almost through re-reading the sixth in the series of Spike Milligan's war memoirs - the seventh Peace Work I have misplaced and will have to find a copy to buy somewhere.
In the 5th and 6th - Where Have all The Bullets Gone? and Goodbye Soldier Milligan is a performing artist, while still in the army, in Italy. He travels on the army show circuit with the Central Pool of Artists and performs in The Bill Hall Trio with Bill Hall and Johnny Mulgrew. In these memoirs Milligan talks of how well received the trio were and describes the style of performance. This time I was keen to find out what they sounded like so 'googled' Bull Hall Trio and sure enough a rare (and actually only) clip came up from a 1947 performance:
HERE
After 1947 the trio went on without Milligan until the 80's but with little success. This is a shame as they demonstrate some brilliance. I guess they needed Milligan's manic creativity to make them stand out.
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