I played banjo with Billy Bragg at Glastonbury festival

Forget the mud, the toilets and the crowds. Glastonbury first-timer Tim Dowling's biggest challenge was to get a gig. But who would invite him on stage? Step forward Billy Bragg . . .On the train I tell myself I won't write about the mud. There's always mud, I think, and everyone always writes about it. Let's just say the going is extremely soft, even liquid. The ground sucks at your boots when you walk and, once you've crossed a few hundred metres of it, it sucks at your soul a little, too.Wh...

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