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Restart on reel two – back in touch with Gary Numan
Following the success of his 2013 album Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) and its accompanying two-year world tour, Gary Numan returns to the UK soon, for a live celebration of his breakthrough long players, Replicas, The Pleasure Principle and Telekon. After a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ade Fenton, Are Friends Electric?, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Los Angeles, Pleasure Principle, Pledge Music, Replicas, Splinter, Telekon
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An appointment with Dr Hook – the Dennis Locorriere interview
Dr. Hook were always something of a musical conundrum for me. Sharp, witty purveyors of great songs, but somewhat disregarded by the professors of cool on account of their more chart-friendly fodder. As a kid turned on to punk and … Continue reading
Return of the Magnificent Maytals – the Toots Hibbert interview
I’m not quite sure where Frederick Hibbert, better known as ‘Toots’, is when I get through, but I’m guessing it’s Jamaica’s own back of beyond, with the phone reception poor. It doesn’t help that he’s en route between engagements, nor that … Continue reading
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Tagged 54-46 Was My Number, Amy Winehouse, Big Feastival, Bob Marley, Funky Kingston, Island, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Madness, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop, Reggae, rocksteady, ska, The Clash, The Harder They Come, The Specials, The Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert
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Sideways On – the Geno Washington interview
I should give prior warning here that this interview involves lots of exclamation marks. But believe me, there could have been many more. Let’s just say that the septuagenarian soul legend on the other end of the line lives life with … Continue reading
Lead us unto The Temptations – the Otis Williams interview
At the end of a month in which the world mourned for Muhammad Ali, it seems apt that I’m conducting an interview with the sole surviving original member of a band the revered US boxing legend and civil rights activist … Continue reading
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Tagged Aretha Franklin, Berry Gordy, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendrick, Gerri Hirshey, Melvin Franklin, Motown, Muhammad Ali, New Jersey, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Richard Street, Ron Tyson, Smokey Robinson, Tavares, Texarcana, The Distants, The Four Tops, The Primes, The Temptations
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Paying homage to the blues – the Joe Bonamassa interview
Joe Bonamassa has not long finished his latest tour on home soil, involving 20-plus dates in barely a month, taking in – as he put it – ‘all the great metropolitan cities of the United States of America’. That came … Continue reading
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Tagged BB King, Blues of Desperation, British Blues Explosion, Cavern Club, Dave Stewart, Donald Trump, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Hoghton Tower, Humble Pie, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, Kevin Shirley, Led Zeppelin, Liverpool, New York, Otis Rush, Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, Stephen Stills, Symphony at the Tower
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The Undertones – Chester Live Rooms
“Summer’s really here and it’s time to come out, time to discover what fun is about.” Yep, The Undertones are back, taking on a series of mostly-weekend commitments to mark the 40th anniversary of becoming a proper functioning band, good … Continue reading
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Getting up close and personal with Toyah
Regular readers of this blog won’t be surprised that this scribe is an avid viewer of BBC 4’s Top of the Pops re-runs, a point I soon confess to my latest interviewee, Toyah Willcox. “Oh, God bless those!” The more … Continue reading
A jaunting we will go, with The Undertones – the Mickey Bradley interview
I tend to find books on bands traditionally take the formulaic approach, rather predictably following artistes from rags to showbiz riches, preferably with plenty of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll clichés en route. In many cases, and somewhat inevitably, acts lose a … Continue reading
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