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Celebrating Slade’s ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’, 50 years on

Posted on December 8, 2023 by writewyattuk

I was barely six years old when ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ became Slade’s third single of 1973 to go straight in at the top of the UK charts. But I have vague memories from around then, and the Radio Times listings … Continue reading →

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Floating down the stream of time with The Beatles – the David Stark interview

Posted on January 15, 2021 by writewyattuk

Heard the one about the 15-year-old and his mate who gatecrashed the premiere of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine film in July 1968, ending up directly behind the Fab Four in seats reserved for Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull? That same … Continue reading →

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Sailing at Eight Bells with Fisherman’s Friends – in conversation with Jeremy Brown

Posted on March 8, 2019 by writewyattuk

As Fisherman’s Friends, the original sole men and Cornwall’s best-known occasionally off-shore musical export, head back out on tour, it was high time I hollered ‘Ahoy there’ to arguably their second most recognisable singer, Jeremy Brown. The so-called ‘nemesis of … Continue reading →

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Getting by in time – back in touch with Rick Buckler

Posted on February 15, 2018 by writewyattuk

To misquote A Town Called Malice, I’ll start by apologising for the things I’ve never done. On a family taxi duty the Sunday before last, I cut my eldest daughter short as she told me what she’d been up to … Continue reading →

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