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- Billy Bragg – a personal appreciation
- Up and rock ‘n’ rollin’ with the rest – back in touch with Slade’s Dave Hill
- Holding on for tomorrow… and all our yesterdays – talking Blur with Dave Rowntree
- Praise if you wanna – talking Paul Weller with Dan Jennings
- Stone Foundation – The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
- Hello? Is that the second greatest songwriter this world will ever know? – in praise of Vinny Peculiar’s Things Too Long Left Unsaid
- Love is here today – celebrating Brian Wilson, Sly Stone and the power of music’s family affairs
- Further celebrating Rick Buckler and The Jam, on the road and in print
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Love is here today – celebrating Brian Wilson, Sly Stone and the power of music’s family affairs
‘You’ve got to keep in mind love is here… today And it’s gone… tomorrow, it’s here and gone so fast’ The night I heard about Brian Wilson’s exit, I felt a compulsion to head to my back room for a … Continue reading
Shining crazy diamond light on mighty sound systems
Chris Hewitt clearly remains on a mission… his calling to continue enlightening us with an in-depth working knowledge of what went on behind the scenes in the World of Rock back in the day. And I’m not talking encounters with … Continue reading
Celebrating a dream worth holding dear – Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s History of The Jam
It’s been a pretty frantic time, a family move from Lancashire to a new base in deepest Cornwall this time last month compounded by further edits and late-door shenanigans regarding my latest publication, Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s … Continue reading
The Undertones / Ruts DC, Liverpool, Hangar 34
It’s always so good to catch The Undertones live, with last Thursday night no exception… exceptional as they always are. What’s more, this marked my official North-West big show farewell before an impending move to Cornwall. And coming on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon's Burning, Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Dave Ruffy, Hangar 34, Hypnotised, In a Rut, John O'Neill, Leigh heggarty, Liverpool, Malcolm Owen, Mickey Bradley, Music, Paul McLoone, Pete Wylie, Positive Touch, Ruts Dc, Segs Jennings, Teenage Kicks, The Rezillos, The Undertones, travel
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Frank Carter, Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock – Manchester Academy
The spirit of ’76, ‘77 and all that written large on a stage in M13. I give you Manchester Academy, 24th September 2024, where punk met heritage rock ’n’ roll, with added panto and theatrical moments, all before an adoring … Continue reading
In praise of the Looked After Kid – a Paolo Hewitt appreciation
I love reading around a subject while writing, and work on my book about The Jam has me not only returning to or finally delving into various other publications about the band, but also reliving the years around which they … Continue reading
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Tagged books, children's homes, London, Looked After Kid, Martin chivers, Napoli, paul weller, reading, Robin Friday, The Jam, Tottenham Hotspur, Woking, writing
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A seasonal salute marking another 12 months of WriteWyattUK feature/interviews – the 2023 quotes review
In which we take our annual delve into the WriteWyattUK feature/interview archives, picking out a few choice quotes from the last 12 months January The Undertones, That Petrol Emotion and The Everlasting Yeah guitarist Damian O’Neill, on the rightly acclaimed … Continue reading
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Bass Notes: Life and Times on the Road with Stone Foundation – back in conversation with Neil Sheasby
Neil Sheasby was at home in Atherstone when I caught up with him earlier this week, having a breather between live commitments with Stone Foundation, the Midlands soul band he co-founded with namesake Neil Jones a quarter of a century … Continue reading
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Tagged Atherstone, Bass Notes, Boys Dreaming Soul, Camden, Coventry, glasgow, Haircut 100, Horace Panter, Islnigton Assembly Hall, Japan, John Bradbury, Kevin Armstrong, Neil Sheasby, Nuneaton Queen's Hall, Outside Looking In, Paolo Hewitt, Paul Hanlon, paul weller, Stone Foundation, Terry Hall, The Specials, Wendy May
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Vinny Peculiar / Common Hall / John Denton – Castle Hotel, Manchester
A return to Manchester’s Northern Quarter, and somehow my first visit to the Castle Hotel, and something of a showcase for three happening singer-songwriters at different stages in their… well, I’ll say careers, because they all deserve them. It’s a … Continue reading
The Undertones / Neville Staple Band – Manchester Academy 2
You may well know how it is – weekend traffic on a second trip into Manchester in four nights taking its toll. For Haircut One Hundred on Wednesday, we let the train take the strain, but there’s always that worry … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Doherty, Bobby Charlton, Damian O'Neill, Derry, John O'Neill, Manchester, Manchester Academy, Mickey Bradley, Neville Staple, Paul McLoone, Sugary Staple, The Fun Boy Three, The Specials, The Undertones, Tony Husband
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