May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
In my previous post titled ‘The Thrill of it All’ I expressed gratitude to Jim Kerr for unlocking the love I have for live music and going to gigs. And although prior to 2015 my gig-going could have been described as “sporadic” at best, there was a period around the mid 1990s when I did…
For all the years I had been a David Bowie fan it was the mid to late 1990s that, upon reflection, feels like it was the most exciting period. I had become a ‘diehard’ in 1985. I can’t remember if I ever have told the story here… I probably have. Anyway, in case not, I’ll…
As I have said in the past, there are few Simple Minds songs that I can’t really warm to. When I tried to put it in mathematical terms from the number of songs I overtly avoid and skip and just can’t listen to as opposed to the rest of the SM catalogue, it was about…
Two inspirations behind Simple Minds. Thank you, David and Lou xx
Jim liked a good old karate kick back in the day 😉