May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
An excerpt from an interview with Steven van Zandt (Little Steven) in the latest Total Guitar magazine. A certain Mr Kerr gets a namecheck when van Zandt brings up South Africa and Artists Against Apartheid music collective.
But…the BIGGEST shock in all this? The Mister getting political! Holy fucknuts! Never thought I’d EVER see the like of THAT ever again! Him showing his political views. Seriously, Jim. GOOD FOR YOU! Now…THIS IS THE STUFF, eh? Be careful, though…I could almost kiss you again…start calling you Sir once more, and put my Priptona…
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One of those hallowed snippets of conversations with Jim I’d had in the past was about Stan…but I never looked into the full extend of Stan’s involvement with Mott The Hoople…to the degree that he WAS Mott’s vocalist until Ian Hunter stepped in. Then a long career as tour manager for the great and good…
I’d leave a comment…but I don’t want to get “synonymous” 😉 (Actually, truth be told…I’m just too scared to express myself now – no matter how innocuous, so…hey ho)
Part two of the Simple Minds story on the Rip It Up program. The Minds crack America!
First part of the Simple Minds story on the Rip It Up program. Will try and extract other parts and upload over the next day or two. Stay tuned!
Received the new issue of Classic Pop in the post today. This little snippet was in the front pages…
In the past three weeks, the feelings and emotions I derived from the band I love(d) have changed…dramatically. I’m not sure how I am going to continue this blog and be truly objective, for one! And, it probably stopped being objective on January 5th, 2016…the day of the Hunter And The Hunted post. I need…
He has always written so beautifully. A genuine wordsmith. Someone whose way of writing I will always admire. But…are they just words? Has the humility returned? I don’t understand the “shedding” mentality whilst it coexists with genuine mournfulness and degrees of regret. I regret the things I said whilst still feeling just in expressing my…
Today I will try and get some things done on the blog. I have audio to put up. The extract of Joe Donnelly’s interview with Debbie McGee, Jim Kerr’s interview with Janice Long, and all four parts of the history of Scottish pop – the compendium to the Rip It Up exhibition, currently on display…