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LOVE IS THE DRUG, BLACKPOOL MECCA 1975 (in memory of John 1957-1990)

August 4, 2026 — 0 Comments

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1. ABOUT GRAY LIGHTFOOT
1023 VIDEO – THE ALLEGRO & HARRY by Gray Lightfoot
1024 VIDEO – ALBERT & THE LION (Wallace Edgar) performed by Gray Lightfoot
1025 VIDEO – IT’S BRONN WENNILI, STUPID!
1026 VIDEO – DAD DIGGING, DR WHO AND THE DAH-LIAS
1027 VIDEO – AN PYMTHEK BESONT A GERNOW (intro in English, performed in Kernewek)
1029 VIDEO – SICK BUCKET
1030 VIDEO – IN THE EVENT OF THE POLICE NEEDING TO IDENTIFY MY DECAPITATED BODY
1031 VIDEO – SERPENTINE
1032 VIDEO – THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A CORNISH BUS
1033 VIDEO – DRE FENESTER KYTTRYN IN KERNOW
1034 VIDEO – Gray reads a chapter from THE BUS DRIVERS OF PENZANCE – An Empty Bus is a Happy One
1035 VIDEO – 3,000 SPOONS IN BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE
1036 VIDEO – BURLINGTON STREET
1037 VIDEO – I’M NOT CLASSIST, BUT…
1038 VIDEO – POVERTY, POVERTY PORN
1039 VIDEO – DAD DIGGING, DR WHO AND THE DAH-LIAS
1040 VIDEO – 1969 ANNO DYLANI
1041 VIDEO – JOKE!
1042 VIDEO – THE HOVIS AD RECONSTRUCTED
1043 VIDEO – A ROBIN AT THE RANGE
1044 VIDEO – JOKE!
1045 VIDEO – JANUARY AT ST ENODOC’S
1046 – VIDEO – DECONSTRUCTING THE 1973 HOVIS AD
1047 VIDEO – JANUARY AT ST ENODOC’S
1048 VIDEO – THE CORNISH NATION
1049 VIDEO – MURMURATION: MARAZION MARSH
1050 VIDEO – I’M IN LOVE WITH THE B3306
1051 VIDEO – MEETING DAVID BOWIE ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS
1052 VIDEO – POVERTY, POVERTY PORN
1053 VIDEO – THE C.P.R. TRIPTYCH (CAMBORNE, POOL and REDRUTH)
1054 VIDEO – SEAGULL/IMMIGRANTS
1055 VIDEO – I’M NOT A PROPER POET, ME
1056 VIDEO – TRY AND COME EARLY
1057 VIDEO – SEA FEAR VISUAL (part one)
1058 VIDEO – SEA FEAR VISUAL (part two)
1059 VIDEO – SEA FEAR VISUAL (part three)
1060 VIDEO – SEA FEAR (A Play for Voices) No visuals
1061 VIDEO – A CHERISHED CONSTRAINT
1062 VIDEO – THE UNGRATEFUL CORNISH
1063 VIDEO – I’M NOT A PROPER POET, ME
1064 VIDEO – SEAGULL/IMMIGRANTS
1065 – VIDEO – THE CHRONIC ILLS OF N.A.R.N.I.A by Gray Lightfoot
1066 VIDEO – DAD DIGGING, DR WHO AND THE DAH-LIAS
1067 VIDEO – LOVE ON THE ATLANTIC COASTER
1068 VIDEO – I’M IN LOVE WITH THE B3306
1069 VIDEO – THE OMNIBUS COMPLEX
1070 VIDEO – GRAY LIGHTFOOT’S POETRY ON MI BUS book launch
1071 VIDEO – GRAY LIGHTFOOT RAMBLES ON… about his infamous relatives at an AUOB march in Camborne
1072 VIDEO – THE C.P.R. TRIPTYCH (CAMBORNE, POOL AND REDRUTH) – part one
1073 VIDEO – THE C.P.R. TRIPTYCH (Camborne, Pool and Redruth) – part two
1074 VIDEO – THE C.P.R. TRIPTYCH (Camborne, Poll and Redruth) – part three
1075 VIDEO – THE CHRONIC ILLS OF NARNIA (part one)
1076 VIDEO – THE CHRONIC ILLS OF NARNIA (part two)
1077 VIDEO – THE CHRONIC ILLS OF NARNIA (part three)
1078 VIDEO – THE CHRONIC ILLS OF NARNIA (part four)
1079 VIDEO – THE CHRONIC ILLS OF NARNIA (part five)
1080 VIDEO – THE UNGRATEFUL CORNISH
1081 VIDEO – THE CORNISH NATION
1082 VIDEO – THOSE WITH BROADEST SHOULDERS
1083 VIDEO – FORCED TO RUN
1084 VIDEO – FORCED TO RUN
1085 VIDEO – I’M NOT A PROPER POET, ME
1086 VIDEO – I’M NOT CLASSIST, BUT…
1087 VIDEO – THE HOVIS AD DECONSTRUCTED
1088 VIDEO – THE UNGRATEFUL CORNISH
1089 VIDEO – SPARKS – FIRING MY IMAGINATION SINCE…
1090 VIDEO – DANCING WITH MR SAFKIN
1091 VIDEO – THE DESERTED VILLAGE (Cornwall 2020)
1092 VIDEO – THE CORNISH BUS DRIVER’S PRAYER
1093 VIDEO – HOODIES FOR OLD FOLK
1094 VIDEO – SALT
1095 VIDEO – WHY AM I NOT LIKE HARRISON FORD?
1096 VIDEO – PENZANCE – TWINNED WITH TORTUGA
1097 VIDEO – ON BECOMING A PIRATE OF PENZANCE (v2.0)
1098 VIDEO – EVIDENTLY PIRATE TOWN
1099 VIDEO – THE MODERN CORNISH BUS DRIVER’S SONG
1100 VIDEO – I’M NOT A CLASSIST, BUT…
1101 VIDEO – (A VULNERABLE) SHOPPING IN LOCKDOWN TOWN
1102 VIDEO – THE SICK BUCKET
1103 VIDEO – A VIEW FROM A CAB (BUSRUNNER)
1104 VIDEO – THE LIGHTS ARE ON…
1105 VIDEO – ON DISCOVERING NEVADA COTTAGE (THE PEDANTS PURSUIT OF VAINGLORY – part 2)
1106 VIDEO – ON NAMING CORNISH COTTAGES (THE PEDANTS PURSUIT OF VAINGLORY)
1107 VIDEO – EVIDENTLY PIRATE TOWN
1108 VIDEO – YOU’RE LATE! (THE DRIVERS’ RETURN)
1109 VIDEO – MURMURATION (MARAZION MARSH)
1110 VIDEO – THE BRAIN FREEZE OF CHOICE (JELBERTS ICE CREAM)
1111 VIDEO – I’M IN LOVE WITH THE B3306
1112 VIDEO – THE LAST BUS (And Death shall have no Dominoes)
1113 VIDEO – No 6 (A Summer bus journey to Mousehole) – part four MOUSEHOLE
1114 VIDEO – No 6 (A Summer bus ride to Mousehole) – part three NEWLYN
1115 VIDEO – No 6 (A Summer bus journey to Mousehole) – part two ALVERTON
1116 VIDEO – No 6 (A Summer bus journey to Mousehole) – part one PENZANCE
1117 VIDEO – SEAGULL/IMMIGRANTS
1118 VIDEO – THE MERRY MAIDENS
1119 VIDEO – THE DESERTED VILLAGE (CORNWALL 2020)
1120 VIDEO – CHILL OUT MAN
1121 VIDEO – THE CHRONIC ILLS OF NARNIA
1122 VIDEO – BUS LAY-BY BLUES
1123 VIDEO – PORTHCURNO STOP COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN STOP
1124 VIDEO – JAM FIRST (THE CREAM STAYS ON TOP)
1125 VIDEO – THE CORNISH BUS DRIVER’S PRAYER
1126 VIDEO – THE TOWN CENTRE LIZARD OF HELSTON
1127 VIDEO – ODE TO A CORNISH MILESTONE
1128 VIDEO – PENSANS A’GAS DYNNERGH
1129 VIDEO – LOVE ON THE ATLANTIC COASTER
1130 VIDEO – COUNTING CROWS IN A TIME OF PLAGUE (Corvid 19).
1131 VIDEO – THE CORNISH BUS DRIVER’S PRAYER
1132 VIDEO – THE ENDURING KISS by Gray Lightfoot at The Acorn, Penzance 3/7/19
1133 VIDEO – HOODIES FOR OLD FOLK by Gray Lightfoot at The Acorn, Penzance 3/7/19
1134 VIDEO – JOKE! by Gray Lightfoot at his show JOKE! in Penzance 3/7/19
1135 VIDEO F.F.S. – IT’S JUST A WORD by Gray Lightfoot at his show Joke! 3/7/19
1136 VIDEO – PENZANCE – THE REASONS IN RHYME by Gray Lightfoot (commissioned by the Penzance Lit Fest 2019)
1137 VIDEO – I’M NOT A PROPER POET, ME by Gray Lightfoot at The Acorn, Penzance on 31/5/19
1138 VIDEO – THE LAST BUS (AND DEATH SHALL HAVE NO DOMINOES) by Gray Lightfoot at The Acorn Theatre, Penzance on 31/5/19
1139 VIDEO – SALT (THE STORY OF LOT’S WIFE) by Gray Lightfoot at The Acorn, Penzance 31/5/19
1140 VIDEO – RAIN CARNATIONS by Gray Lightfoot (supporting Luke Wright) at The Acorn, Penzance 31/5/19
1141 VIDEO – ON BECOMING A PENZANCE PIRATE by Gray Lightfoot (intro by Luke Wright) The Acorn 31/5/19
1142 VIDEO – THE CORNISH BUS DRIVERS’ PRAYER by Gray Lightfoot at Mousehole 24/4/18
1143 VIDEO – SALT (THE TALE OF LOT’S WIFE) by Gray Lightfoot at the Hypatia Trust, Penzance 11/5/19
1144 VIDEO – I’M IN LOVE WITH THE B3306 by Gray Lightfoot at The Hypatia Trust, Penzance 11/5/19
1145 VIDEO – A CHERISHED CONSTRAINT by Gray Lightfoot at the Hypatia Trust 11/5/19
1146 VIDEO – PENZANCE – TWINNED WITH TORTUGA by Gray Lightfoot
1147 VIDEO – A CYBERMAN SANG IN NORWAY SQUARE (dedicated to Bob Devereux) by Gray Lightfoot
1148 VIDEO – ON BECOMING A PENZANCE PIRATE 2 by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club 11/10/18
1149 VIDEO – MEETING DAVID BOWIE ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS by Gray Lightfoot at The Society of Artists Gallery, Norway Square, St Ives (22/9/18)
1150 VIDEO – ON BECOMING A PENZANCE PIRATE (version 2) by Gray Lightfoot at The Society of Artists Gallery, Norway Square, St Ives (22/9/18)
1151 VIDEO – THE CORNISH NATION by Gray Lightfoot
1152 VIDEO – MURMURATION : MARAZION MARSH by Gray Lightfoot
1152 VIDEO – ON NAMING CORNISH COTTAGES by Gray Lightfoot
1153 VIDEO – EVIDENTLY PIRATE TOWN by Gray Lightfoot
1154 VIDEO – THE BRAIN FREEZE OF CHOICE (Jelberts Ice Cream) by Gray Lightfoot
1155 VIDEO – THE TOWN CENTRE LIZARD OF HELSTON by Gray Lightfoot
1156 VIDEO – A VIEW FROM A CAB (BUSRUNNER) by Gray Lightfoot
1157 VIDEO – ODE TO A CORNISH MILESTONE by Gray Lightfoot
1158 VIDEO – I’M NOT A PROPER POET, ME by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1159 VIDEO – EVIDENTLY PIRATE TOWN and MURMURATION by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1160 VIDEO – SPARKS – FIRING MY IMAGINATION by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1161 VIDEO – 1969 ANNO DYLANI by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1162 VIDEO – THE CORNISH NATION and ON NAMING CORNISH COTTAGES by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1163 VIDEO – THE LAST BUS by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1164 VIDEO – I’M IN LOVE WITH THE B3306 and THE BRAIN FREEZE OF CHOICE by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club 3 (14/5/18)
1165 VIDEO – A VIEW FROM A CAB and ODE TO A CORNISH MILESTONE by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1166 VIDEO – THE TOWN CENTRE LIZARD OF HELSTON by Gray Lightfoot at St Ives Arts Club (14/5/18)
1167 VIDEO – THE TOWN CENTRE LIZARD OF HELSTON by Gray Lightfoot
1168 VIDEO – PAPER TALK by Gray Lightfoot
1169 VIDEO – THE CORNISH BUS DRIVER’S PRAYER by Gray Lightfoot
1170 VIDEO – BUS DRIVERS AND STONE MASON’S TALES by Gray Lightfoot at Mousehole
1171 VIDEO – BUS DRIVERS’ HAKAS, PRAYERS AND THAT DAMNED LIZARD by Gray Lightfoot
1172 VIDEO – KISSING THE SHUTTLE by Gray Lightfoot at Stars in a Dark Sky at The Admiral Benbow, Penzance
1173 VIDEO – CHRISTMAS 1914 by Mike Harding read by Gray Lightfoot at Stars in a Dark Night, Admiral Benbow, Penzance 12/11/17
1174 VIDEO – RAIN CARNATIONS by Gray Lightfoot filmed at The National Dahlia Collection, Penzance
1175 VIDEO – THE BRAIN FREEZE OF CHOICE by Gray Lightfoot at Pirates on the Prom 2017
1176 VIDEO – PAPER TALK by Gray Lightfoot at Penzance People Do Peace and Love, The Acorn 1/12/16
1177 VIDEO – HARRY HILLMORE’S HAT by Gray Lightfoot at The Farmers Arms, Penzance 2016
1178 VIDEO – THE SICK BUCKET by Gray Lightfoot at the St Ives Arts Club (17/9/15)
1179 VIDEO – ME, MAX AND THE BEDROOM TAX by Gray Lightfoot at Port Eliot Festival
1180 VIDEO – THE LAST BUS (AND DEATH SHALL HAVE NO DOMINOES) by Gray Lightfoot at The Admiral Benbow, Penzance 2016
1181 VIDEO – RAIN CARNATIONS by Gray Lightfoot at The Admiral Benbow, Penzance, 2016
1182 VIDEO – MURMURATION and THE BRAIN FREEZE OF CHOICE by Gray Lightfoot at the Penzance LitFest 2016
1183 VIDEO – TWO PIRATE POEMS by Gray Lightfoot at the Penzance LitFest 2016
1184 VIDEO – TWO BUS DRIVING POEMS by Gray Lightfoot at the Penzance LitFest 2016
1185 VIDEO – THE BRAIN FREEZE OF CHOICE (Jelbert’s Ice Cream) by Gray Lightfoot at Norway Square, St Ives 2016
1186 VIDEO – PENZANCE – EVIDENTLY PIRATE TOWN by Gray Lightfoot at The Ritz, Penzance 2016
1187 VIDEO – A VIEW FROM A CAB (BUSRUNNER) by Gray Lightfoot at Newlyn Arts Festival 2015
1188 VIDEO – ON THE NAMING OF CORNISH COTTAGES by Gray Lightfoot (excerpt – having a bit of fun with the audience) at Newlyn Art Gallery 2015
1189 VIDEO – THE WEST CORNISH BUS DRIVER’S PRAYER by Gray Lightfoot (in soft focus) at The Newlyn Art Gallery 2015
1190 VIDEO – THE MERRY MAIDENS by Gray Lightfoot at the Penzance Peace Festival 2015
1191 VIDEO – SEAGULL IMMIGRANTS by Gray Lightfoot at The St Ives Arts Club, 2015
1192 VIDEO – THE TOWN CENTRE LIZARD OF HELSTON by Gray Lightfoot at the Penzance LitFest 2015
1193 VIDEO – ODE TO PORTHCURNO and MURMURATION: MARAZION MARSH by Gray Lightfoot at the Penzance LitFest 2015
1194 VIDEO – THE LIGHTS ARE ON…by Gray Lightfoot at the Penzance LitFest 2015
1195 VIDEO – A VIEW FROM A CAB (BUSRUNNER) by Gray Lightfoot at The Admiral Benbow, Penzance 2015
1196 VIDEO – SPARKS – FIRING MY IMAGINATION SINCE… by Gray Lightfoot at The Bath Inn, Penzance 2015
1197 VIDEO – THE SICK BUCKET by Gray Lightfoot at Newlyn Art Gallery 2014
1198 VIDEO – I’M IN LOVE WITH THE B3306 by Gray Lightfoot at the Newlyn Art Gallery 2014
1199 VIDEO – Gray performs at a literary lunch at The Admiral Benbow, Penzance 2014.
1200 POETIC BUS DRIVER WHO CAN’T WAIT FOR PIRATE DAY
1201 FOR DEVORAN EVER, LANDS END: West Cornwall bus driver pens poem based on Lord’s Prayer
1202 GRAY LIGHTFOOT wins Penzance LitFest ‘Be A Write Pirate’ poetry prize

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