May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The day that many a Simple Minds fan has been anticipating is upon us. Today sees the release of a new book, Themes For Great Cities: A New History of Simple Minds by renowned music biographer, Graeme Thomson. Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Graeme for the blog, asking him about his career…
There have been some other great reviews coming in for Graeme Thomson’s Themes For Great Cities book. Firstly, Classic Pop magazine gave a glowing review. And recently, both Uncut and Electronic Sound magazines have reviewed it. The Electronic Sound review is succinct yet wonderfully positive. The Uncut review gives the book an 8/10 and its…
“This is a fast story”, author Graeme Thomson says at the beginning of the book and keeps reminding us a few more times further in. It’s a story of the formative years of two pals from Toryglen, their school chum down the road, the keyboard player from the Chinese restaurant and the bass player that…
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