Dave and Serge..played the Fiddler's Elbow as if it were Giants Stadium, and even though it was acoustic, they just about blew the place up. They were standing on chairs adn lying on the floor, they were funny, they charmed everyone in the pub apart from an old drunk ditting next to the drum kit..who put his fingers firmly in his ears during Serge's extended harmonica solo. It was utterly bizarre and very moving: most musicians wouldn't have bothered turning up, let alone almost killing themselves. And I was reminded..how rarely one feels included in a live show. Usually you watch, and listen, and drift off, and the band plays well or doesn't and it doesn't matter much either way. It can actually be a very lonely experience. But I felt a part of the music, and a part of the people I'd gone with, and, to cut this short before the encores, I didn't want to read for about a fortnight afterward. I wanted to write, but I didn't want to read no book. I was too itchy, too energized, and if young people feel like that every night of the week, then, yes, literature 's dead as a dodo.( Nick's thoughts after seeing Marah at a little pub called Fiddler's Elbow.) . Nick Hornby
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Nick Hornby is one of the best contemporary writers. He has a very sharp and witty writing style. His writing is direct and to the point without being funny. The Fiddler’s Elbow is a small music venue in London and was where Nick Hornby saw Marah play.

He wrote about the experience and the music in his book "High Fidelity: A Novel" because he was so moved by Marah’s music. He admitted that he was not the only one who felt that way, as he described that he had watched many other people in the audience become very emotional during the concert as well.

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