May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A cracking acoustic version of Home…because today I have been trying to see if it’s doable. If I can get out there. It won’t be the longest trip…but it would be a start! Better get my bloody skates on if I’m going to try and make it for the gig!
I could ogle photos ALL DAY…I really could (most days I do just that…at least for a bit of time anyway). And, just to compound the fact this is a SIMPLE MINDS *cough* Jim Kerr *cough* blog…here are two photos of Jim from another wonderful set from Thursday’s Miami gig by 4Rio Photography, shared on…
A brilliant review of the SM gig last night at St. Petersburg in Florida by Gabe Echazabal. Click the image of Jim to read…
Instagram really is becoming the place to be for visual splendour. Between Cherisse and Sarah’s video clips and fans sharing some truly amazing photos, as well as pro photographers too….there is a growing treasure trove of Simple Minds visuals to enjoy there. Here is but one example. Some truly cracking photos shared by account “imageberne”…
A little montage of clips shared on Instagram from last night’s penultimate North American gig. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daniel Harris (@britbandfan)
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…