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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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A welcome return to Vinny Peculiar’s Counterculture Club – in praise of How I Learned to Love the Freaks
‘Say goodbye to the summer of love…’ There’s an autumnal chill in the air right now, but while the summer’s gone, I’m yet to tire of an album that’s provided a key part of my soundtrack these past couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Wilkes, Dave Draper, Death of the Counterculture, Flower Power, Hippy Kids, How I Learned to Love the Freaks, Leah Wilkes, Manchester, Parlour Flames, Rob Steadman, Summer of Love, The Smiths, Vinny Peculiar, Worcestershire
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And the beat goes on – in praise of Life’s a Gamble: Penetration, the Invisible Girls and Other Stories by Pauline Murray
Catching up with Pauline Murray at Action Records in Preston, Lancashire, last week, she seemed somewhat surprised about the positive reaction to her autobiography, and genuinely chuffed that I thought it any good. Played down reactions and not going out … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Buzzcocks, Coming Up For Air, County Durham, Ferryhill, Gaye Back, Helen McCookerybook, Invisible Girls, John Lydon, Martin Hannett, Moving Targets, Newcastle, Omnibus Press, Patti Smith, Pauline Murray, Penetration, Polestar Studios, Resolution, Robert Blamire, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Tony Wilson, Toxteth, Waterhouses
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Swansea Sound / Special Friend / Oh Hippo – The Talleyrand, Levenshulme, Manchester
Did I mention that I missed Swansea Sound’s live debut – two years ago last month – by barely half an hour? How I turned up at The Continental in Preston one August bank holiday weekend afternoon to spot them … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Bob Collins, Buzzcocks, Erica Ashleson, Guillaume Siracusa, Hue williams, Ian Button, Levenshulme, Oh Hippo, Paris, Rob Pursey, Robert Forster, Skep Wax, Special Friend, Swansea Sound, The Pooh Sticks, The Talleyrand, Twentieth Century
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Try a little Tenderness – revisiting General Public, four decades on
Cast your mind back to a universe far away, The Beat having disbanded not so long after the Special Beat Service touched down, David Steele and Andy Cox deciding to take some time out, going their own way on an … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Rage, Andy Cox, Aswad, Dave Wakeling, David Steele, Fine Young Cannibals, General Public, Hand to Mouth, Horace Panter, Kevin White, Madness, Mick Jones, Mickey Billingham, Ranking Roger, Saxa, Stoker, Tenderness, The Beat
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Deep ocean heart – exploring the world of Peter Murphy
Uncompromising from the very start, it’s fair to say Peter Murphy and the band Bauhaus always trod their own dark path, something I was reminded of on re-entering that netherworld while diving into Flood Gallery Publishing epic read, the line … Continue reading
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Tagged 4AD, Beggars Banquet, Bela Lugosi's Dead, Cuts You Up, Dalis Car, Daniel Ash, David Bowie, David J, Deep, Festive Fifty, Flood Gallery, Iggy pop, In the Flat Field, John Peel, Kevin Haskins, Lion, Marc Bolan, Mick Karn, Northamptonshire, Peter Murphy, The Sky's Gone Out, Youth
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The Who – Langtree Park, St Helens
The Heinemann English Dictionary put my way on reaching secondary school in September 1980 (soon covered in wallpaper, like every other recommended text) lists serendipity as ‘the faculty of making unexpected but desirable discoveries.’ Slipping into the English language via … Continue reading
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Tagged AudreySnyder, Badminton, Heart of England Philharmonic Orchestra, Iain Templeton, John Entwistle, Jon Button, Katie Jacoby, Keith Moon, Live Aid, My Generation, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Richard Houghton, Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey, Simon Townshend, St Helens, Strensham, Teenage Cancer Trust, The Who, Tommy, Who's Next, Zak Starkey
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