Tag Archives: The Jam

Praise if you wanna – talking Paul Weller with Dan Jennings

Posted on October 24, 2025 by writewyattuk

It’s been a vintage year for Paul Weller-related publications, and I can’t believe eight months have now passed since the release of my own love letter in print to Paul, Bruce Foxton and much-missed Rick Buckler, Solid Bond In Your … Continue reading →

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Further celebrating Rick Buckler and The Jam, on the road and in print

Posted on June 3, 2025 by writewyattuk

One of many highlights for me from the third annual Here Comes the Weekend celebration of all things Paul Weller and The Jam at Woking FC (with my review of the event linked here), was the sight of close to … Continue reading →

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From The Jam / Stanley Road All Stars / Stax Pistols / Samuel Rogers – Here Comes the Weekend, Woking FC

Posted on May 29, 2025 by writewyattuk

Well, that was a blast, eh? Didn’t we have a nice time. As Otis Redding put it at Monterey in June 1967, ‘This is the love crowd, right?’ And there was plenty of evidence of that at the Home of … Continue reading →

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Shouting to the top and from the roof – remembering Rick Buckler, while celebrating The Jam’s legacy

Posted on February 26, 2025 by writewyattuk

I wanted to shout to the top and from the rooftops about all this last week… but then came Tuesday’s devastating breaking news about Rick Buckler, and everything (quite rightly) went on hold. That all remains very much on my … Continue reading →

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Celebrating a dream worth holding dear – Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s History of The Jam

Posted on November 26, 2024 by writewyattuk

It’s been a pretty frantic time, a family move from Lancashire to a new base in deepest Cornwall this time last month compounded by further edits and late-door shenanigans regarding my latest publication, Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s … Continue reading →

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In praise of the Looked After Kid – a Paolo Hewitt appreciation

Posted on July 12, 2024 by writewyattuk

I love reading around a subject while writing, and work on my book about The Jam has me not only returning to or finally delving into various other publications about the band, but also reliving the years around which they … Continue reading →

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Preston Weekender: Sunday on the Square – From The Jam / Buzzcocks / Space / Evil Blizzard

Posted on May 11, 2024 by writewyattuk

‘Hello hooray, what a nice day…’ Forty years to the week from my first live solo sighting of Bruce Foxton – at Guildford Civic Hall on his Touch Sensitive LP tour – the Flag Market in Preston was transformed into … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Sounds of the Street – Introducing Solid Bond in Your Heart: A People’s History of The Jam

Posted on January 13, 2024 by writewyattuk

‘What’re you trying to say that you haven’t tried to say before?’ Yep, it’s the ‘Time for Truth’. After spending much of 2023 working on Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, I can reveal a few basic details … Continue reading →

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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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Daylight turns to moonlight – the Mick Talbot interview

Posted on June 23, 2023 by writewyattuk

Mick Talbot was at home when I called, ‘learning stuff, swotting up on homework.’ And four decades after truly making his name with Paul Weller in The Style Council, he tells me he still has ‘various things going on, no … Continue reading →

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