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Slade Alive at Christmas – a two-decade trip down Memory Lane … towards Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre
There’s a rather wonderful website out there listing more than 20 years of live performances for Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell, marking Slade’s evolution from their time with the bands that preceded the Black Country’s finest … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, A People's History of Slade, Ambrose Slade, Dave Hemingway, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Hammersmith Odeon, Jim lea, Liverpool, Noddy Holder, Royal Court Theatre, Slade, Spenwood books, Sweet, the Vendors, Top of the Pops, walsall, Wild! Wild! Wild!, wolverhampton
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Pies, Peas, Performances and Paul – in conversation with Paul Cookson, the poet touched by the band of Nod
Paul Cookson was at home in Nottinghamshire when I called his number on the lead-up to the publication of Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, taking a breather between back-to-back school visits and social engagements, planning his next … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Football, Music
Tagged Back Home, Brooks Williams, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Edge Hill University, Everton, Hellfire Preachers, Henry Priestman, Jim lea, lancashire, Les Glover, Miles Hunt, National Football Museum, Noddy Holder, Nottinghamshire, Occasional Flames, Paul Cookson, Penwortham, Pies Peas and Performances, Retford, Slade, slady, Stan Cullimore, The Amber List, Top of the Pops, walmer Bridge, Walsall Town Hall, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade
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From George Abbot and Godalming College to the Marquee and the Whisky a Go Go – in conversation with Howard Smith
Howard Smith was just back from a family holiday in Suffolk when I called, setting up his children with a Disney classic before chatting about his own golden era. In his case that involved a comparatively short but incident-packed period … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Foxton, Cherry Red, Clem Burke, Daniela Soave, David Fenton, Ed Bazalgette, George Abbot School, Godalming College, guildford, Howard Smith, John Peel, John Weller, Labour Party, Magnets, Michael Bowes, New Clear Days, PRS, Setting Sons, Steve Smith, The Clash, The Jam, The Unthanks, The Vapors, Top of the Pops, Turning Japanese, Waiting for the Weekend, West Hampstead
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Perilous Beauty – from Vampish past to touching presence and future intent – the Wendy James interview
As another week of UK lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic gets underway, I’m certainly not the only one reflecting on just how much there was about our old everyday lives that we took for granted. And high on my own … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Coronavirus, Elvis Costello, Glen Matlock, Iggy pop, James Jameson, James Sclavunos, Mick Jones, Nick Sayer, Norway, Perilous Beauty, Queen High Straight, The Clash, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Psychedelic Furs, The Stooges, Top of the Pops, Transvision Vamp, Velveteen, Wendy James
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Looking back at 2018. Part one – the first six months
As another busy year draws to a close, let’s take a trawl through 2018’s WriteWyattUK feature/interviews, selecting a few choice quotes from within, starting with the half-year up to … well, in the words of Neil and Tim Finn, ‘You … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Bill Bailey, Chas and Dave, Chas Hodges, Chris Hewitt, Chumbawamba, Damian O'Neill, Darron Robinson, Dave Peacock, Dave Robinson, Dave Wakeling, David Baddiel, Days of Future Passed, Deeply Vale, Donald Trump, Dunstan Bruce, Fun Boy Three, Gaz Birtles, Gordon Gibson, Gretchen Peters, Heather Small, Holly Ross, hygge, Interrobang, JC Carroll, Justin Hayward, Knebworth Park, Lee Thompson, Levellers, London, M People, Madness, Mark Chadwick, Mark E Smith, Mark Steel, Mary Whitehouse Experience, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, One Man's Madness, Preston, Rick Buckler, Roddy Radiation, Simon Fowler, Steve Smith, Stiff Records, The Beat, The Clash, The Common Cold, The Fall, The Jam, The Lovely Eggs, The Members, The Moody Blues, The Sha La La's, The Sound of the Suburbs, The South, The Specials, The Swinging Laurels, The Undertones, The Vapors, The Wesleys, Tom Williams, Top of the Pops, Wilko Johnson
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Hold tight, now we’re on our own – the Fay Fife interview
Four decades after first gracing our TV screens, belting out the tremendous ‘Top of the Pops’ on the iconic BBC chart show of the same name, the alluring Fay Fife clearly still has a passion for rock’n’roll. Anyone who’s caught … Continue reading
Still pickin’ up Good Vibrations – talking The Undertones with Mickey Bradley
Devising questions for the following feature/interview, I thought it was high time I caught up online with The Mickey Bradley Record Show, in which The Undertones’ bass player treats listeners to a two-hour weekly stroll through a vinyl wonderland of his … Continue reading
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Tagged 1977, Billy Doherty, Buzzcocks, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Feargal Sharkey, John O'Neill, John Peel, Louder than Words, Mickey Bradley, Paul McLoone, Penetration, Radio Foyle, Radio Ulster, The Casbah, The Clash, The Undertones, Tom Robinson, Top of the Pops, Trevor Horn, Warrington
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Renewable Power in the Darkness – back in touch with Tom Robinson
As I may have mentioned on these pages before, few TV shows of yore hold as much magic as Top of the Pops re-runs for this nostalgic, and recently I was digging among the online archives for the October 1977 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-4-6-8 Motorway, Adam Phillips, Andy Treacey, Chris Thomas, Danny Kustow, Gerry Diver, Glad To Be Gay, Jim Simmons, John Lydon, Mark Ambler, Northern Ireland, Power in the Darkness, Rock Against Racism, So It Goes, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Tom Robinson, Tony Wilson, Too Good to Be True, Top of the Pops, TRB, Up Against The Wall, Vic Maile, Wessex Studios, Winter of '79
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