Tag Archives: Squeeze

Discovering the roots of Nine Below Zero – the Dennis Greaves interview

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

  When I got through to Nine Below Zero front-man, guitarist and vocalist Dennis Greaves, he just happened to be doing a little shopping in South East London. “I’m in Lidl in Lewisham, doing my domestics! I’ve gone out to … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Best of Times – the Glenn Tilbrook interview

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

Glenn Tilbrook’s clearly not one for putting his feet up at home. Barely off the plane a few days after a major US tour with Squeeze, he’s already on the road again. What’s more, he’s fielding calls from the likes of … Continue reading →

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Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad

Posted on January 4, 2016 by

As the hands reached midnight on New Year’s Eve, the minions behind the scenes at writewyattuk.com polished off the last of the Irish cream (explaining at least one of those empty bottles that next morning) and got to work on … Continue reading →

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Squeeze / John Cooper Clarke – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Posted on October 8, 2015 by

Dr John Cooper Clarke was already halfway down Beasley Street by the time I rocked up at the Liverpool Phil on Monday night. The legendary wordsmith is as much a stand-up comic these days, his one-liners and winning anecdotes soon … Continue reading →

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Squeeze – Cradle to the Grave – a writewyattuk review

Posted on September 23, 2015 by

Squeeze are back, some 17 years after the rather disappointing Domino, with a brand new set of songs. And they’re everything I might have hoped for. In the same sense that I wish The Beatles’ Let It Be hadn’t followed Abbey Road … Continue reading →

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Squeeze into a new era – the Chris Difford interview

Posted on August 13, 2015 by

Catching up with Chris Difford’s blog earlier this week, I realised how close we were to a new Squeeze album, the band’s first since 1998, the result of a project also serving as the soundtrack to a new BBC comedy … Continue reading →

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Testing the Big Band theory – the Jools Holland interview

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

It’s difficult to write about Jools Holland without going down the retro route. He is after all a man who carved out a career celebrating the best in popular music from the past century. His long-running BBC television show Later … Continue reading →

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Paul Carrack/Elliott Morris – Preston Guild Hall

Posted on November 21, 2014 by

From Satisfy my Soul through to a show-stopping How Long, those at the Guild Hall on Wednesday night were left in no doubt as to why they call Paul Carrack ‘the man with the golden voice’. Whether tackling classic ‘60s … Continue reading →

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Stepping Stones to the big time – the Paul Carrack interview

Posted on October 31, 2014 by

When I introduce myself to Paul Carrack on the phone, telling him I’m putting together something for a Lancashire publication, his gruff Northern response is, “You don’t sound very Lancastrian.” I add more detail, explaining how I’ve got around a … Continue reading →

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Glenn Tilbrook – 53 Degrees, Preston

Posted on December 10, 2013 by

I’ve said it before, but I’m pleased to see 1991 Squeeze LP Play getting some kudos again all these years on. And it seemed fitting that Glenn Tilbrook started off his solo show at Preston’s 53 Degrees with one of … Continue reading →

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