Brewer's Droop (band)
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Brewer's Droop is the name of a Southern English band (whose history can be followed in "Hundred Watts" by Ron Watts) in which Mark Knopfler played for a few months in 1973. Knopfler split his time between teaching part-time, and playing with the band. Later, the Dire Straits song "Industrial Disease" mentions a malady (alongside smoker's cough) which shares its name with that band. The song saw its U.S. chart peak on January 22, 1983 at #75. [1]
The name is a reference to a slang expression for erectile dysfunction brought on by heavy drinking.
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- ^ Rock Movers and Shakers, Dafydd Rees & Luke Crampton, 1991 Billboard Books.
