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Very sad news, even if Vini has been out of the music business for a long, long time - but why beg on Facebook? If he can barely afford the essentials he should do what other unemployed people have to do and go down to the local Jobcentre.
Couldn't Vini ask a local venue such as Cornerhouse / Night and Day / Deaf Institute to have a gig?
He had a stroke and he can't really play anymore, so I don't think that would be feasible. Even if it were, I don't think a Vini Reilly gig would sell enough to cover the £1,200 plus utility and food costs. In truth, I don't know anyone who would even recognise his name. It's staggering to me that someone who once touched the fringes of fame and found plenty of work as a session musician is now so poor that even rent is a struggle. Did the work dry up so dramatically? Johnny Marr survived on session work for decades but he's never been poor - he still lives in the same house he bought 20 years ago.
He had a stroke and he can't really play anymore, so I don't think that would be feasible. Even if it were, I don't think a Vini Reilly gig would sell enough to cover the £1,200 plus utility and food costs. In truth, I don't know anyone who would even recognise his name. It's staggering to me that someone who once touched the fringes of fame and found plenty of work as a session musician is now so poor that even rent is a struggle. Did the work dry up so dramatically? Johnny Marr survived on session work for decades but he's never been poor - he still lives in the same house he bought 20 years ago.
*Shakes head*
''Johnny Marr survived on session work for decades''
Yes, it must have been hard for the millionaire Marr to survive doing ''session work'' all those years!
Marr's royalty cheques per year will have been greater than Reilly's royalty cheques during his entire career.
Morrissey is the one who should be coming to his rescue. He's the one always bragging about how he's so gentle and kind. He hates the greedy Royal family but I'm hard pressed to recall him donating to any cause whatsoever. What does he have to spend his money on besides his boyfriend and making signs telling us he's the 'real poet laureate' ?