Letter: Ben E. King? He’s the Don
Friday 4th February 2011, 9:51AM GMT.
Letter: I read with great interest (Star, January 25) that soul legend Ben E King is to appear at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn in March.
It reminded me of the time I had the pleasure of meeting him 20 years ago, when he appeared on my then BBC Radio Shropshire Tuesday night programme.
He was a lovely chap, and he told me the great story of his journey that night to the studios in Shrewsbury.
He did not drive, so it was arranged a friend and radio colleague, Paul Cowdroy, would drive to Birmingham, to the hotel he was staying at, and chauffeur him to the radio station.
Paul went to the reception and stated “I’m here to fetch Mr King for the radio interview”. The receptionist telephoned Mr King’s room and passed on the message.
After a few moments two huge bodyguards came down the stairs accompanied by Mr King. Unfortunately it was the wrong Mr King. This guy was in fact Don King the boxing promoter. We chuckled over the great story, and went on to have a super show.
Mike Breeze
Welshpool
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Yes, mistaken identity can be fun sometimes. But spare a thought for all those people who’ve been thrown in prison or executed for something they haven’t done all through a case of mistaken identity. It’s all very well Mike Breeze having a laugh at this kind of mix-up, but would he still be laughing if he was doing hard-time in chokey bunked-up with some steroid-pumped offender who’d taken a shine to him ? Would he still be chuckling as he lay there at night with his slop bucket, all for something he hadn’t done knowing that the real perpetrator was probably watching TV or in the pub ? Even in this case, amusing at it first appears, we must thank heavens that the mix-up was spotted early and hundreds of punters didn’t end up having to listen to Don King singing a sweet soul revue.
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Are you serious? For crying out loud this is just an amusing story of a slight mix up.
How you arrived at doing time and being executed is beyond me.
By the way, I have it on good authority that “slopping out” is now a thing of the past.
Lighten up or get some stronger medication.
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Fascinating reply. Almost humorous.
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