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After another astounding show at the Alexandra Doctor Thirsty have been booked in again to play on the 29th of October 2009, The boys have already started throwing ideas around to make the show as good as ever!

If you have any suggestion for songs you’d like to hear then let us know by clicking here, No promises, but we’ll certainly consider it

If you’re desperate to catch Doctor Thirsty before then, and why wouldn’t you be? then you’re in luck. Doctor Thirsty will be performing at a fund raiser for St. Michaels hospice on the 3rd of April. More details here.

Rock on!

Hello! A Happy New Year 2009 to you all.

Quite a few people have been asking me if we are doing the beer festival this year and “Why Not?” when I tell them no!

Simply, we were already booked for Saturday the 28th of February and the organisers could not (or would not) rearrange for us to do the Friday so we can’t do it even though we would have loved to.

As a result we have booked ourselves to play the Alexandra in Harrogate (ex Rat & Parrot) on Thursday the 5th of March instead. We hope to see you all there. It was a real blast to be back in public last October. Looking on the bright-side, it won’t cost you anything to come and see us at the Alex so you’ll have more spare money to give to Comic Relief!

We promise to have some new songs and some new old songs dusted off by then so now’s your chance to get your requests in.

I Hope to see you then.

Love Dave.

Okay so it’s nearly February but I’ve been busy, New Years resolutions don’t fail on their own!

Looks like another busy year for Doctor Thirsty, Our calendar is filling up rapidly, We have a recording session scheduled within the next few weeks and a couple of public gigs lined up to keep us on our toes, The first of which will be at the Alexandra in Harrogate on Thursday 5th March, Get it in your diary now so you don’t forget.

In other news Tango and friends will be playing an informal gig at the George and Dragon in Knaresborough on the 17th January which will no doubt include a substantial amount of Thirsty favourites.

As always you can keep track of Doctor Thirsty by joining the mailing list, Becoming a fan on Facebook or subscribing to the RSS feed from this site.

Have a great 2009.

Doctor Thirsty will be performing at the St Wilfrid’s 3rd Annual Charity Ball on Saturday 15th November 2008 at the Ripon Spa Hotel, Ripon in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service and St Wilfrid’s School, Ripon.

Tickets are

Doctor Thirsty will be performing live at The Alexandra (a.k.a The Rat & Parrot) on Thursday 30/10/08.

This is their first ‘pub’ gig for nearly 4 years and their first featuring drummer Nige Harrison and guitarist Ian Scott.

They will be performing old favourites as well as new material so get there early!

Don’t forget your dancing trousers!!

Doctor Thirsty have once again been invited to play at Harrogate’s annual beer festival on Saturday March 1st 2008.

This will be the first public show with legendary drummer Nige Harrison, and promises to be a real rocker!

Last years event sold out so we recommend getting in early or buying your tickets in advance, Tickets are available from the International Centre in advance by calling 0845 130 8840 or on the door. For more information visit http://www.harrogatebeer.co.uk

See you there.

Scottie.

So here it is, a new look website . . . I’m still working on the finer points but you get the idea.

For the past couple of years I have been the only member of Doctor Thirsty with the ability or inclination to add content to the website, That has now changed! Standby by for regular updates from all of the Doctor Thirsty boys as they muse about life, the universe . . . and everything.

Scottie.

2007 was an eventful year for Doctor Thirsty, We saw the new year in with a bang, Blasting out a set of favourites for the Bad Manners Badminton clubs New years eve dinner dance and that’s how we ended the year too . . . awesome, It is a massive compliment to be invited back to play year after year and I am constantly astounded at how much ‘repeat’ business we do, I’m not complaining though.

March saw the first ‘public’ show for Doctor Thirsty for over two years, The annual beer festival was the event and it didn’t disappoint, the evening was a sell out with over a thousand tickets sold and the band rocked . . .

The year flew by with weddings, balls and parties through to August where we took an extended break whilst Tango took the time to adapt to being a Father.

The second half of the year was purposefully quiet, giving time to Tango to learn how to change nappies, and the band to break in a new drummer . . .

In September Chris ‘Conga’ Wilson decided to take his sticks to pastures new after 5 years of bashing the skins for Doctor Thirsty so in came Nige Harrison, Veteran of the Harrogate music scene and a jolly nice chap.

In December we were joined by long time friend of the band Mark ‘Ramsey’ Wharton for a few shows as big Nige had other commitments to fulfil. A Big thanks to Mark for doing an outstanding job.

Last but not least Paul and Jeff a.k.a Project Systems, Providers of the awesome sound and lighting show and resident DJ’s for Doctor Thirsty decided to retire from the Sound and Lighting game after more than 100 gigs with the Doctor and put thier feet up for a well deserved rest.

Our best wishes go to Chris, Paul and Jeff.

Wow . . . what a year.

Scottie.

September saw the end of an era for Doctor Thirsty, King of rhythm Chris ‘Conga’ Wilson banged his last drum and left for pastures new, But every cloud has a silver lightning ( or is it lining? ) and after several large Jack Daniels ‘Big’ Nige Harrison agreed to beat the skins for us, I can’t begin to list Nige’s musical history so for now I’ll put a link in for his own website and let you read all about him.

Welcome aboard the Thirsty train Nige!

For those of you with your finger on the pulse of the Internet the RSS feed for this website can be found here.

Enjoy.

Scottie.

Doctor Thirsty will hit the stage at the 17th Annual Harrogate Beer Festival on the Friday 9th March 2007.This is the boys’ first public appearance in two years and the only one scheduled for this year. Project Systems will provide the sound and lighting system which will leave you gob smacked, take my word for it.

“We are all really looking forward to it.” commented fiesty frontman Tango, “We haven’t played in public for so long and so many things have changed since our last outing, it’s going to be a great night!”

Doctor Thirsty are promising a mixture favourites old and new, and a few surprises. “We’re only playing the songs we love to play, All killer and no fillers . . . we are gonna rock!” added boisterous bass player Gadget.

The festival will be held in Hall D at the Harrogate International Centre, Doors open at 6pm with Doctor Thirsty scheduled to play from 9pm.

Entrance is