May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It was bonfire night, 1980, and Jim recalls it like it’s 2016! (Coincidentally…my first ever visit to Glasgow was that night – Bonfire night, 2016…I had a bankside view of the Clyde from my hotel window and I could see fireworks going off all over from the view I had of the city there. It…
Tomorrow, Nov 6th at 3pm CST (American Central Standard Time) – which is 9pm GMT – Cherisse will conduct a live Instagram stream to run through her drumkit during soundcheck in New Orleans. Be there or be square! View this post on Instagram A post shared by ???????? ???? (@cherissedrums)
Now…where was I? Yes! M3 (aka Minds Music Monday). I distinctly remember Waterfront being the first Simple Minds song I went “WOWZERS!” for when first hearing it on the radio in early 1984 (I know you Brits got it at the end of 1983…but we were a bit behind the time back then “Downunder”). That…
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A couple of weeks back, I was asked whether I’d like to work on a photo of Jim taken at one of the US shows by a lady that attended. She had seen some of my work on Instagram and really liked what she saw and asked if I’d like to try something with one…
Please excuse the rather appalling voice at the end “singing” Queen Of Denmark…I was swept up in it…
Will do the review tomorrow…but for now, enjoy Marz from Wednesday night.
The uber talented Ged Grimes had, very recently, not only been making music and playing with Simple Minds, but he had been busily composing music for a “video” game (in this day and age, do we still call them “video” games?) called The Bard’s Tale. Sarah Brown interviewed (quizzed?) Ged on this event to do…
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What a great name! Sunny Martini! Great photos too! These three are my faves…but all of them are stunning. Click on the first image of Jim to view the rest of the set on the Warm 106.9 website.
The first couple, esp. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg Cochran (@musicfangreg)
Wow! Quite possibly the best review of the tour so far! It may never be surpassed! A great set of photos with it too! Click the image to read the review and see the photos.