Category: From Stage to Page
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A few weekends ago I had a whirlwind of a few days scattered with music, mates, motorways, and maybe one too many harmonica solos. Friday night – Big Country, Big Tunes, and a broken roadie. The weekend kicked off at The Roadmender in Northampton watching the mighty Big Country. A favourite of mine for years…
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There’s a photo of me from Ey Up Mi Duck taken by The Late Developer that feels like it was taken from the inside out. I’m mid-scream, guitar having 7 shades of crap knocked out of it, I’m completely unhinged in the best possible way. My eyes are squeezed shut, mouth wide open, mid yell…
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Ey Up Mi Duck – 9th – 11th May 2025 There’s something special about rolling into a field with your gear, a bit of last year’s mud on your boots, safe in the knowledge that you’re about to be part of something truly intimate. That’s what Ey Up Mi Duck is to me, it’s…
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I think I’ve played Bodega maybe three or four times now? Dan Booth suggested it first when The Railway in Oakham closed, ending our annual “Legends of the Railway” gigs. I say annual—we only did it twice before Dan took his sabbatical from music, so we never actually played the Bodega together. Happily, Hannah from…
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It’s 4 whole years since I was gifted the utter joy of a heart attack. Being the carefree type I had walked around with a collapsing artery for 4 days, blaming it on drinking too much tea, eating too much ham, indigestion and a whole host of other potential causes before I was made to…
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Ever wondered what it would be like to be “that” person? I have, I’ll be honest I’ve avoided it like the plague for as long as I possibly could but I nearly crossed that threshold about 6 weeks ago. I was almost the idiot! What happened was this, I “umm’d and ahh’d” over spending 80…