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George Best & Me - Waggy's Tale: GEORGE by the Man Who Knew Him BEST (Hardcover)
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George Best & Me - Waggy's Tale: GEORGE by the Man Who Knew Him BEST (Hardcover)
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Manchester in the late 1960s and early 1970s revolved around the
exploits of one man - George Best. At his side throughout this
exciting period was his best friend and confidante Malcolm Wagner
(or 'Waggy' as he is universally known) with whom George eventually
opened Slack Alice night-club in 1973. Now for the first time Waggy
sets the record straight on George's exploits during a period when
he was the most recognisable face in the world. The relationship
began following a chance meeting at a Manchester night-club in the
mid-sixties. Some months before, Malcolm's career as a singer with
early 60s pop-combo The Whirlwinds had ended but that chance
meeting with Best, then a young footballer with a growing
reputation following a number of sensational performances for
Manchester United, led Malcolm into a new social group - the Best
Set, which grew in reputation as George's fame grew. By 1968 George
was winning the European Cup and Malcolm was running the Village
Barber, often cutting Bestie's hair in front of crowds of adoring
fans. Manchester was their oyster and as George's fame grew, it
soon became clear that the pair needed a sanctuary. They found it
in the infamous environs of The Brown Bull, a rundown pub on the
wrong side of the tracks. Within weeks of the pair setting up
residence there, the nation's most famous celebrities were
attracted to a previously non-descript Salford pub. By 1973 George
and Malcolm opened Slack Alice night-club in the city, once more
attracting the celebrity cream of the day to a club tucked down a
small side street in Manchester. Again, the power of George's
magnetism ensured the venture's success even if by now Bestie's
football career had ended. Regular visitors included the likes of
Elton John, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart. The pair
travelled the world together from Canada down to Mexico via Palm
Springs, then later on to South Africa and Israel. The tales of
these trips and many other exploits are told here for the first
time as Malcolm comes clean about life with George and the power of
his celebrity and reveals the seeds of his ultimate demise through
alcoholism. At its centre, this is the tale of two lads with the
world at their feet in an era when anything seemed possible. It
includes contributions from: Sir Michael Parkinson, Bernard
Manning, Graham Gouldman, Paddy Crerand, Andy Peebles, and George
Best.
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