-
Recent Posts
- 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
- From The Jam / Stanley Road All Stars / Stax Pistols / Samuel Rogers – Here Comes the Weekend, Woking FC
- Heavenly t-shirts won’t ever let you down – celebrating Brian Bilston, the Catenary Wires, and Sounds Made by Humans
- Bringing Flame bak ‘OME – the latest rock ‘n’ roll antics of Slade’s Noddy Holder and Don Powell, from Manchester and Silkeborg
Archives
Categories
Meta
-
WriteWyattUK on Facebook
Tag Archives: The Hipsters
Still hip after all these years: Deacon Blue – Preston Guild Hall
THERE’S something about seated gigs that unnerves me, and I instinctively felt uneasy pulling up a pew at Deacon Blue’s official tour opener at Preston Guild Hall. Granted, this was a more senior audience than when Ricky Ross and co … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Deacon Blue, Dignity, Dougie Vipond, Fergus Sings The Blues, Lorraine McIntosh, Preston, Raintown, ricky ross, Scotland, The Beatles, The Hipsters, Woody Guthrie
12 Comments
Dignity still key for Ricky’s Raintown collective
WHEN I finally moved in with my better half in 1994, there were very few LPs we had doubles of, but one was Deacon Blue’s Raintown. It was quietly acknowledged as part of our personal soundtrack by then – five … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Deacon Blue, Dundee, glasgow, Raintown, ricky ross, Scotland, The Hipsters, When the World Knows Your Name
1 Comment
writewyattuk 