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WriteWyattUK 2019, in quotes – the first six months
As another busy year for the WriteWyattUK website draws towards a close, an annual opportunity arises to wander back through a few of our 2019 feature/ interview highlights, with a chance to click on each highlighted link and relive those … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged A Certain Ratio, Alan McGee, Brix and the Extricated, Buzzcocks, C.P. Lee, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Chris Difford, Damian O'Neill, Dandy Warhols, David Gray, Dean Friedman, Eddi Reader, Eton Crop, Fisherman's Friends, Gary Crowley, Glenn Tilbrook, Gretchen Peters, Ian Hunter, Jeremy Brown, Jez Kerr, Jim Bob, Joe Strummer, John O'Neill, John Robb, Kirk Brandon, Manchester, Mark Radcliffe, Marvin Gaye, Mélanie Pain, Membranes, Mike Baillie, Mott the Hoople, Neville Staple, Norman Watt-Roy, North West Cancer Research, Nouvelle Vague, Pauil Hanley, Penetration, Peter Holmström, Pip Blom, Port Isaac, Skids. Pauline Murray, Squeeze, Steve Harley, The Clash, The Fall, The Pack, The Specials, The Undertones, Wilko Johnson
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Skids / Big Country – Preston Guild Hall
As the years pass, it’s natural to have doubts about what lies ahead. But seeing Richard Jobson and Bruce Watson work a stage, I’d like to think – as a rather prominent rock’n’roller once put it – we’ve all still … Continue reading
If the Skids are United – the Mike Baillie interview
Mike Baillie was a Skids fan from the start, and as a drummer with fellow Fife outfit Insect Bites, he proved the perfect candidate to join the band when the opportunity arose in 1979. They formed two years earlier in … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Big Country, Bill Simpson, Bruce Watson, Burning Cities, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Fife, Jamie Watson, John Peel, Kenny McDonald, Mike Baillie, Preston Guild Hall, Richard Jobson, Rusty Egan, Scotland, Skids, Stuart Adamson, The Absolute Game, The Clash, The Proclaimers, Tom Kellichan
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Absolute game on – reconvening the Skids: the Richard Jobson interview
While there’s inevitably a sombre undertone bearing in mind guitarist Stuart Adamson’s sad passing 15 years ago, it’s fair to say Richard Jobson is relishing the chance to relive his youth while charting new territory with a reborn Skids outfit. … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged 16 Years of Alcohol, Big Country, Bill Simpson, Bruce Watson, Burning Cities, Buzzcocks, Coronation Street, Days in Europa, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Fife, Hamburg, Into the Valley, John Peel, Manchester, Mike Baillie, Rezillos, Richard Jobson, Saddleworth, Skids, St Pauli, Stuart Adamson, The Armoury Show, The Clash
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