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Looking back on The Jam, 1982 and all that – back in conversation with Rick Buckler
This time 40 years ago, Rick Buckler must have been wondering just what was next, Christmas and New Year behind him, the ultra-successful group that had been his life for the past decade disbanded, his future uncertain. But as the … Continue reading
Getting by in time – back in touch with Rick Buckler
To misquote A Town Called Malice, I’ll start by apologising for the things I’ve never done. On a family taxi duty the Sunday before last, I cut my eldest daughter short as she told me what she’d been up to … Continue reading
Remembering Rick and Status Quo – the John Coghlan interview
In the BBC documentary Hello Quo, there’s revealing footage of a jam session at Shepperton Studios featuring the original members of Status Quo, for the first time since drummer John Coghlan left 31 years earlier. That 2012 meeting led to … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Alan G. Parker, Alan Lancaster, Andy Bown, Bob Young, Diesel, Dulwich, Eric Clapton, Francis Rossi, Half Moon Putney, Hello Quo, Jackie Lynton, JCQ, John Coghlan, Oxfordshire, Pictures of Matchstick Men, Preston, Rick Parfitt, Shepperton Studios, Status Quo, The Rockers, the Spectres, Woking
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About the Young Idea – talking about The Jam with Nicky Weller
From the moment you turn right at the desk inside the Cunard Building’s The Jam – About the Young Idea exhibition and head down a mock London Underground tunnel lined with promo posters publicising the original records, you’re in for … Continue reading
Going back 25 years, ending up 10,000 miles from Kingfield
Woking’s National League defeat at Altrincham on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016, won’t stay in the memory bank for long for too many Cardinals fans, despite the latest party-piece goal from free-kick maestro Giuseppe Sole. For a moment there in the … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Football
Tagged Altrincham, Australia, Brisbane, Cambridge United, Coventry City, Everton, FA Cup, FA Trophy, Garry Hill, Geoff Chapple, Kidderminster Harriers, Lassie, Merthyr Tydfil, New Zealand, Steve Thompson, Surrey Advertiser, Sydney, Tim Buzaglo, West Bromwich Albion, Woking
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Took a long time to come – the Colin Blunstone interview
Some songs provide the soundtrack for key moments of our lives, whenever they were written. And many of those on mine were penned before I was even born, including at least a couple from The Zombies. I’m not quite sure … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Argent, Cat Stevens, Chris White, Colin Blunstone, Dave Grohl, Dave Stewart, Echo Bridge, Elton John, Mike Hurst, Neil MacArthur, Odessey and Oracle, One Year, paul weller, Rocket, Rod Argent, She's Not There, St Albans, Still Got That Hunger, Susanna Hoffs, This Will Be Our Year, Time of the Season, Tom Petty, Woking, Zombies
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Time for Truth – the Rick Buckler interview
There have been insider accounts of the story of The Jam from various angles since Paul Weller called time on the band in late 1982. The first to made an impression on me – and I was barely 15 when … Continue reading
What the Rambling Railwayman did next – the Geoff Burch story continues
Those who have been with me for a while on this blog know it involves a broad church of interests, from comedy and football (two subjects sometimes inter-linked, I admit) to music. There are other passions highlighted too, including nostalgia … Continue reading
Starting to believe again – my distant life with the Cardinals
Now we’re a third of the way through the season, there’s a real sense of belief in the ranks around and about Woking FC. And if nothing else, the fact that we now have 30 league points to our name … Continue reading
Posted in Football, sport
Tagged Altrincham, BBC Radio Surrey, Boreham Wood, Conference Premier, Dean Morgan, FA Cup, Garry Hill, Giuseppe Sole, Ross Worner, Scott Rendell, Southport, Woking, Wrexham
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Where to now? Woking negotiating Conference Runaround
Remember children’s TV quiz Runaround, with gravel-voiced late great Mike Reid asking his young contestants to ‘runaround now!’ and decide which answer’s right, then form an orderly queue? Fast forward 35 years or so and I can see Woking FC … Continue reading
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