Interview with the landlord of the Trumpet pub.

Express & Star

Interview with the landlord of the live music venue, the Trumpet pub,  Bilston.

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00:00 Paul Jenkins at the Express and Star in the centre of Bilston at the famous Trumpet pub

00:08 with one of the landlords who run it, Musty, along with his partner Diane.

00:15 It's true isn't it, you've been nominated, or you are, the 16th best pub in Europe.

00:22 That's right.

00:23 According to the European Beer Guide.

00:25 Tell us a little bit about that, you must have been a bit, were you surprised at that

00:28 nomination?

00:29 I was, we were not expecting this, you know, to be, you know, this, that's a...

00:40 To get the award.

00:41 To get the award.

00:42 Yeah.

00:43 But as I say, it's a very famous venue, you've been here over 20 years running it.

00:49 Oh yes, yeah.

00:50 How has that been, that 20 years?

00:52 It was a great experience, you know, when I came here, people, they, I mean, it's through

01:01 the brewery that I had, you know, and the brewery, they...

01:08 When I came here, I was teaching French, you know, and at school, it was a high school,

01:16 I met a colleague, you know, it's a PE teacher, Mr. Banz, he said, "I'll take you to..."

01:25 I was talking with him about music and I said, "I used to play in France here and there."

01:30 He said, "I'll take you to a place you might like it."

01:33 And he brought me to the trumpet.

01:36 And I saw the trumpet here, I saw, "Oh, this is going to be the place where I'm going to

01:42 come here to listen to some music."

01:46 So you are, your background is in music as well, because I mean, this venue, just looking

01:50 around it, look at all the jazz memorabilia, you've got Louis Armstrong on the wall, and

01:57 you've got a big weekend coming up as well, because it's the International Jazz Day on

02:03 Sunday.

02:04 And we've got the big band from Warsaw, you know, coming here.

02:10 Warsaw Jazz Orchestra.

02:11 That's right.

02:12 But you are known really for live music as well as you've appeared.

02:15 Yes, I've been doing this in other countries, especially in France, where I've got a family

02:20 in the South, in Paris, and you know.

02:23 So I go there when I can, because I can't leave the place.

02:30 And I've been a teacher here.

02:31 I started teaching when I came first at George Salter High School in West Brom.

02:40 And then I turned to my, you know, what I wanted to do most, you know, it was the music.

02:49 A bit of a change for you to become a pub landlord after 20 years, you must be used

02:54 to, but again, it is all about the music, isn't it?

02:58 Oh yes, yes, absolutely, yeah.

03:00 So just quickly tell us a little bit about what you've got on this weekend for International

03:05 Jazz Day.

03:06 You've got an open mic tonight, I believe.

03:09 We've got a big band of Warsaw, you know, so they will be, we had already a band as

03:18 big as this one coming in here and it was packed, you know, all chairs, you know, it

03:26 was good.

03:27 But we'll see, I think we've done it before.

03:30 I think we can manage to do it again, you know, with a big band in this small place,

03:36 you know.

03:37 So you've got a good turnout on Sunday then, live music all weekend, I believe.

03:41 We've got a lot of people who reserved already the places, you know, so it's going to be

03:48 busy.

03:49 Well, we wish you all the best with it.

03:50 Thank you very much.

03:51 It's good to see a pub that's going from strength to strength.

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