Simple Minds star's dad put drunk Bob Dylan to bed so he could play Live Aid
dailyrecord.co.ukSimple Minds star Jim Kerr has told how his late dad Jimmy helped put a drunk Bob Dylan to bed hours before the song legend was due to play Live Aid.The Minds were one of dozens of top acts who played in America when simultaneous Live Aid shows took place in July 1985, at London’s Wembley and Philadelphia’s JFK stadiums.Others on the bill for the US show included Dylan, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Mick Jagger and Neil Young.Jim, 65, recalled: “I had so many events to do the day before the show and I had taken my dad with me.“Kirsty McCall wasn’t playing at Live Aid, but she was there.
She was a great pal of ours because she met her then husband, Steve Lillywhite, through Steve working with us.“Steve was working with Jagger and Keith Richards who were in Philadelphia.“Kirsty used to come down to the studio and that’s how she met Steve.
She had been over the house many times and loved my mum and dad.“So as soon as Kirsty saw my dad, she said, ‘Jimmy, come with me’.
So, I thought ‘Great, Kirsty can babysit him while we get on with it’.”Jim, who had helped Simple Minds rocket to No1 that year with the hit song Don’t You (Forget About Me) realised something was up when his dad, who passed away in 2019, went AWOL.He added: “But this was the days before mobile phones.
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