Shuggy Barr

Very sad news, which will mean something to anyone who's come to the Scottish Falsetto Socks' Zoom shows over the last year: I'm afraid Shuggy, aka Scott Barr, died a few weeks ago.

This photo is the way most zoom show guests will recognise Shuggy, as he watched the show on his Kindle. He was the star of the after-show chats, with his anecdotes about Larp-ing, getting lost on the way to football matches, and all the gigs he was looking forward to going to in the coming year. Our loss is, it turns out, also Guns & Roses' loss.

I first met Shug when he came to a Socks gig at the Dram in Glasgow a couple of years ago, and he was a regular fixture at our annual visits before joining us at the zoom gigs last year. Every show we would talk about meeting up when the Socks return to Glasgow, Sadly that's not happening till next year, which turns out to be too late.

We (Hev & I) are very sad about the loss of Shuggy, and feeling guilty about the number of times we muted him and told him to shut up throughout the show - the shows would have been rubbish without Shuggy. You can hear him in most of the Youtube clips we've made in the last year, especially the improv bits.

The Funeral is at the South Lanarkshire Crematorium on Thursday 23rd September 2021 at 3PM. The Family have said if you want to wear kilts/bright colours, etc feel free as Scott Barr was a proud member of the Tartan Army.