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Faith is a journey, a path that has to be travelled together, a path that must be travelled with patience, with love.” — Pope Francis I wonder how many millions of words have already been written about Pope Francis? I wonder how many more will be written now he’s passed? Well here’s a few more.…
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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…
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Where to start? I guess it should be a gig I’ve played, I mean that what I’ve promised to everyone, the whole STAGE TO PAGE thing or maybe just about a beach I stood on in the incredible Outer Hebrides last year? Oooh! Maybe I should write about me trashing my guitar on Friday night…
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Back and forth I go between the van and the house, mentally preparing myself for the 14 or so hours I’m about to spend driving to Bideford and back with just the shortest interval in the middle to play a show. I mentally check with each back and forth from the understairs gear storage place…