Greg with one of the inspiration’s behind issue #01 of the Doncopolitan, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
Considering this, Greg is enjoying an impressive level of success in LA. He’s appeared in various adverts and commercials as well as modeling. He’s even launched a music label called All Mine. All Mine is my music management and label that I run with another guy. All Mine manages electronic producers on both sides of the pond. We’re releasing a compilation of our artists in January, so looking forward to that. Greg is energetic and chatty, and talking to him is like catching up with a friend, an unmistakable trait of that good old Donny charm. I imagine it’s this Donny charm that has faired him so well in LA. He’s down to earth and seems to have endless supplies of optimism. It’s impossible to dislike him. We talk about what he misses from home, mostly peoples’ friendliness and humour. The biggest thing I miss about Doncaster is just the friendly people. There’s so much more of an affinity within your hometown, I guess. Everyone just says ‘hello’ to you, even in a grocery shop. They don’t get humour [here] […] That is what I miss so much.
I like to think I’m funny, right. I were on about fireworks to this dude just after 4th July. He were like, “Yeah, how did people even get into fireworks. Was it passed down through generations or what?” and I said, “I don’t know mate, it’s not like it’s rocket science, is it?” And he just went, “Yeah, I know,” and carried on.” Greg gives me a deadpan stare of disbelief and shakes his head. I were like, oh, right. Okay, so that’s that. The north really is great for humour, isn’t it? Banter is the word. Even me missus, she says that everybody’s so much nicer in England, in the north. Do you think Doncaster has the potential to become a city? I think Doncaster as a whole and from what I’ve seen from its development and the things it’s trying to include in its infrastructure - it’s really trying. There’s been a lot of effort put in by a lot of people to get that city status and I would love nothing more than to see everybody’s efforts to be… not for nothing. Trying to think of a more eloquent way of putting that but you know what I mean.
Not in vain? Yes. Not in vain. Thanks Fran. I’m reduced here. I’m not with my intellectual peers! We muse over the pros and cons of living overseas, finding we have this experience in common since Australia is so similar to America. We agree that there’s something about Doncaster you can’t really find anywhere else, and Greg sums this up perfectly. Doncaster’s a nice place, ultimately. I mean, it was 15th worst place in the country at one point, but I’m oddly proud of that. End
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