It was his first big concert. We had a couple of guys at the door with paper sacks collecting the money.

The first couple of years, we bit off more than we could chew.

There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.

Some of the women in town took a red wagon and went door to door collecting books. The first library was the upstairs of the old village hall building, and it was there for many years.

Our first year, we had 76 sacks, ... That's not very good. Playing like this, we'll be right back where we started.

First thing I'm seeing as I'm coming through the door is a deceased animal laying right here.