Heed Case are North East UK musicians Newts Newton (ex Angelic Upstarts guitarist) and Si Cadelik (Northumbrian Psych rock bassist).
“We’ve been involved in music since our late teens, so that’s approximately 40 years and counting. In some ways it feels like forever, in others, like only yesterday” said Newts.
“Recently I noticed the closure of the Marsden Inn in South Shields and was saddened because that’s where I played my first gig back in 1984”.
Are the duo still angry after all these years?
“The album explores gaslighting, narcissism and entitlement. All three elements feature heavily in populism and identity politics. Social media allows this to flourish, elbowing aside balance, objectivity and critical thinking. This emboldens extremists and those who seek to radicalise people with their brand of hateful rhetoric”.
This album ain’t no snoozefest. Heed Case deliver hefty chunks of pneumatic post punk on steroids, their angry vocals reflect the problems of the world around them, and us, today.
“Rather than tackle the causes of problems, the trend is to scapegoat. This should be a worry and concernfor everyone, not just two people in a band. One day, that scapegoat might be you!”
All Wankers, Rats and stand out track WTFH are on a 16-track album that clocks in at a ball busting 30 minutes.
“The album was recorded at home but mixed and mastered by Martin Trollope at his studio Harbourmaster Productions. We think he did an excellent job, he was a pleasure to work with.” explained Newts.
Heed Case debut album June 2024
With an impressive debut album in the bag the Case are in no mood to rest on their laurels.
“It’s an introduction album but also a transitional one, we hope people will enjoy what they hear and stick with us moving forward as we look to broaden our horizons beyond our punk and psych roots”.
Next up for Heed Case is transferring the songs to a live stage. Can it be done?
“Absolutely. We must do the hard yards and tour – it’s as simple as that. We’re working on that right now, so please like and follow our socials for news of when and where we’ll be making a nuisance of ourselves around the UK and beyond.”
Debut album ‘All the Rage’ is released on Friday 21st June 2024& on pre-sale from the website.
For further info-music-video-merch- contact official website
“A couple of years ago a young friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer, people think it’s older people who develop this disease, so I wanted to raise awareness of this”.
Alison Stanley
‘Hard’, ‘Life of Reilly’ and ‘You Need To Say Sorry’ writer & actor Alison Stanley has tackled diverse subjects such as autism, sex workers and domestic violence. Her new play ‘Tits Up’ examines the strength of maternal love and the choices women face.
“Last year I found a lump and experienced the process of going to the breast clinic. Fortunately, my lump wasn’t anything of concern but it did make me think”.
“Even though I was fine I began questioning my own mortality and spent nights wondering what would happen if I had cancer? What would’ve happened to my son who is autistic”.
Alison threw herself into an intensive period of research, she spoke to people who had lived through cancer and heard real stories including from the LGBTQ community who had another perspective.
“I went along to Live Well with Cancer in North Shields where the ladies were kind enough to share their stories with me”.
From here, Alison created a piece that looked at life choices for three different women with different lives united together in their fight against breast cancer.
Alison explains“Tina, Rachel and Rosie are unlikely friends. Tina is a devoted Mam, she can’t understand why ‘bonny bairn’ Rosie wants to put rings through her nose, and Rachel, who lives to work, can’t understand why Tina is content at home and why Rosie doesn’t iron her jeans”.
Alison added “The three characters are very different and would never have met if they hadn’t found themselves having treatment at an oncology ward.The play hasn’t been cast yet, but will be soon.”
Alison’s last play ‘You Need to Say Sorry’ received good reviews and is now used by Northumberland/North Tyneside social services as a training tool.
“I’m in discussions with Northumberland Police to do the same with them. A lot of police and social services staff came to see the play”.
Alison also finds time to be Director of Participation at the Whitley Bay venue, Laurels, where her new project is called ‘Pasty, Play & a Pint’. People buy a drink and a pasty and a ticket to see a reading of a script of produced plays and new writing.
“It’s an attempt to open up the theatre during the day and encourage older visitors” added Alison.
‘Tit’s Up’ runs from October 8-17 at Laurels, Whitley Bay. There are some matinee performances and tickets are on sale now via Laurels official website.
A North East icon will celebrate her 100th birthday with the launch of her new book of poetry at The Word, South Shields.
Helen is one of the few surviving ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) members from WW2 – the elite troupe who entertained military personnel. She joined ENSA at 15-year-old and toured the UK singing and dancing.
Helen was born in London on May 30th 1924 near the London Palladium. “I was bitten by the showbiz bug as a young girl and fortunately I could sing and dance well, so I was able to follow my dreams”.
Helen started her career aged eight and at 14 performed in her first professional pantomime, Dick Whittington, at the Winter Gardens in Morecambe.
During the war Helen married Colin Hillcote, who ran a dance hall in Belfast. “It was an exciting time there, too”. At the end of the war the couple returned to South Shields, Colin’s home town, and she has been an adopted Sand-dancer since 1946.
In the 1950s Helen was singing at church events and played many roles as member of the South Shields Amateur Operatic Society. A friend who performed in working men’s clubs heard Helen sing and invited her to step up on stage.
“From there I became an artist in my own right, singing and dancing throughout the region” she said.
“We didn’t have a phone in the house so I’d take calls on the local public telephone box to tell me where I was playing that night! Sometimes it meant getting a bus to Newcastle and then catching another to Stanley in County Durham, or Ashington in Northumberland, then heading back after 10pm – all the time humping my guitar and other equipment. I had no helpers!”
“When guitar groups became popular in the 60s I had to stop dancing on stage because of all the leads and wires. That’s when I took up the guitar and later started writing my own songs.”
In 1965 a Vaux beers television advert came calling and a number of variety shows were filmed at Tyne Tees Television, including a double act with Bill Pertwee of Dad’s Army fame and working with Dick Emery. She was a contemporary of North East legends Bobby Thompson, Bobby Pattinson and Dick Irwin, all of whom she knew well and regularly worked with.
Her TV and film appearances include When the Boat Comes in, Supergran, Catherine Cookson adaptations, Highway (during which she sang with Harry Secombe), Emmerdale, The Fast Show and Billy Elliot.
On stage, Helen’s credits include performing in her self-penned plays Off the Shelf and Keep Calm and Carry On. She was also an original Dirty Duster, a play which transferred to Newcastle Theatre Royal and sold out twice. Helen was still performing in the Dirty Dusting tour until the age of 90!
She was also part of the hugely popular Angels of the North variety group with the two other original Dirty Dusters – Jean Southern and the late Gwen Doran. Their shows, mostly of original material, were self-written and performed to sell-out audiences all over the region.
Regular successful contributions to BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Corner sparked Helen’s creativity, she started writing in the 1970s and returned to poetry during the Covid lockdown.
Her new book of poems “Oh! Life is a Joy” will be launched at a free event in The Word, South Shields Market Place at 1pm Thursday, May 30th.
There will also be an ’in conversation’ with Helen to mark her remarkable life and career. All profits from the book will be donated to cancer charities. Helen successfully fought off breast cancer a decade ago.
Steve Thompson first dipped his toes in the North East music scene in the early 70’s as bassist with rock band Bullfrog who played the working men’s clubs and opened for Vinegar Joe and Wishbone Ash.
By 1977 Thompson was house producer at Wallsend’s Impulse recording studio and helped set up the legendary Neat records working with Raven, Venom and Tygers of Pan Tang earning him the title ‘Godfather of the North East New Wave of British Heavy Metal’.
Steve worked with top female vocalist Lorraine Crosby, also with producer and songwriter Gus Dudgeon of Elton John fame. He went on to write songs recorded by mainstream artists Elkie Brooks, Sheena Easton, Celine Dion and Wavelength who appeared on Top of the Pops with top 20 hit Hurry Home. That was incredible, I had quit producing records to concentrate on my song writing career said Steve. I was 24 year old at the time and just quit a waged job to live on fresh air and follow a dream. I was either very brave, very stupid or both. I quickly began knocking out songs and pitching them all over the place. I knew I needed some action or I was going to starve.
One day I was at the dentist in Wallsend. I’d been called upstairs to the surgery when the receptionist called me back down and said ‘there’s a call coming in for you Steve’. It was my publisher they tracked me down to tell me ‘Hurry Home just entered the charts at 63’. You could’ve knocked me down with a feather, that was the break I was looking for.
From there on in incredible things happened it climbed the charts over a period of three months and peaked at 17. Here I am top 20, I had arrived! Then all sorts of things started to happen, the lyrics were printed in pop magazine Smash Hits, people singing it in the street, all the airplay on Radio One, name checks from DJ Mike Read on the Breakfast show, and of course Top of the Pops.
All this was happening but I was still broke. I went to the bank to draw out a fiver. The bank teller knew me and knew I was a songwriter – obviously the only one they had on their books – he said ‘one of those payments you get has come in’. I’d not received notification so I had no idea of this.
He asked if I wanted him to go check how much had come in and I said yes please. I waited with intrepidation. The largest royalty I’d received to that time was £500. I wondered, could it be more than that or just a 20 quid brush off?
The bank teller came back and gave me the figure. I almost passed out. It was an absolutely huge sum of money and this was just the first of many royalty payments to come. He said do you still want to draw that £5? As I walked home, in a daze I thought to myself “Stevie, you’ve arrived”.
Steve was also on the books as songwriter with MCA records working with Pete Waterman. The Tygers of Pan Tang top 20 single Paris by Air came from those sessions.
But it was while Steve was at Impulse Studio that he came across a young guitarist from the seaside town of Cullercoats who went on to achieve world-wide fame.
Andy Taylor and Steve Thompson.
Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor invited me to his homecoming show in Newcastle September 2021. We had a good catch-up backstage at Wylam Brewery and talked about the two tracks that I’d produced with him back in the day that are soon to be released on the Cherry Red label.
I also mentioned I had a new album in production and talked about him guesting on a track I thought would be suitable called ‘I Will Go Back’. The song is about going back to the place where you belong.
Later Andy’s assistant told me he had said to her “Whatever you do, make sure Steve Thompson is at that show.” I thought that was a bit strange, but just let it go.
A week or two later Andy announced his cancer diagnosis and then went completely off radar. So, I ended up singing the song myself. Surprisingly for the first time in many years, I sang in tune.
Other people were pleased with the vocal so it gave me the confidence to do a couple more tunes on the album. There are four in total with me singing on the ‘Distant Destination’ album.
The final song, ‘The Parting of the Clouds’ is basically my life story and people who are anonymously referred to in the lyrics recognise themselves in there. I sing the final verse from beyond the grave.
Then totally out of the blue I heard from my nephew Martin who is also a singer songwriter as well as a rock show promoter “Uncle Stephen, this would be a good show for you”.
He was talking about a solo performance of my songs with acoustic guitar and vocal. I said don’t be daft I can’t possibly do that. But five minutes later I messaged him back “Oh okay, go on then”.
Then I thought, how the hell am I going to do this? I’ve never done anything like it before. Then Barry Race, percussionist on the album track I mentioned that I had sang, messaged me and offered to play percussion on the show, I was glad of the company.
Later my regular keyboard player Richard Naisbett mentioned that he had seen I was doing a show at The Carriage in Jesmond. He said it was his regular haunt and that he would be along to see me. I suggested he bring his keyboards and watch the show from the stage which he did.
Until the very moment I sang the first note of the first song I had no idea whether or not I could do it. It turned out I could do it so I arranged another show at the White Room in Stanley and for this I prepared an extended set.
It turned out to be a well received show and I was pleased with it. I’d gone from being a non-singer to singing a full 90 minutes on my own. It took me two days to recover from that show, so I decided a change was needed.
You will find a link to the Stanley White Room showvia You Tube.
I invited two great singers to join the lineup on backing vocals, Jen Normandale and Kirsty Forster. They have a couple of featured slots as well. Rehearsals with this new line-up have sounded great.
I’m doing all the songs I wrote for people like Celine, Elkie, Sheena as well as stuff from my last two albums, including a hit I wrote for Tygers of Pan Tang and a whole bunch of other artists.
Although we are now a five piece it’s still basically an acoustic show with cut back versions of the songs I wrote for all kinds of people. And this line-up creates a really nice sound with an emphasis on vocals. We’ll be back at the White Room in Stanley on June 9th 2024.
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Former guitarist of ‘90s Newcastle band Greedsville releases a new solo album. The 12 track CD Distortion includes new single Too Far (link to music video below).
My new single was recorded in July and August 2022 at Sound X Studios The song is based around a guitar riff I kept coming back to. The lyrics reflected feelings I had to get out there. Like the heavy tone of the music, it’s about the rollercoaster journey into the uncertain aspects of future life both personal and global.
A quick spin of the song immediately turns my ears on to Black Sabbath’s track Symptom of the Universe.
Glad you like the song, genuinely, didn’t make the Sabbath connection at the time, but you’re dead right with the riff!
A couple of people have compared it to Rockin’ in the Free World by Neil Young and Bowie’s Rebel Rebel as well, I can see that too.
Did the songs come easy or did you have to work on them over a period of time?
I had a burst of regular songwriting that started in the lockdown period and continued long after. I got to about 36 songs and thought I have to do something with them!
I came back from a holiday in Los Angeles in July 2022 and was totally energised by it, California has that effect on me. Too Far was one of the songs I wrote and recorded when I got back.
As on previous albums Jackson played all instruments and recorded on a Mac Book Pro coupled with Apple’s high end Logic Pro X Software.
Yes, and I cherry picked what I thought was the best out of everything I’d written. Sadly, I had to delay anything to do with the album in the first few months of 2023 due to serious family issues. I finally finished recording in October 2023.
It was mastered by Jon Astley in November 2023 at Close to the Edge Studios in London. Jon was a producer on albums by The Who and Eric Clapton in the 1970’s and has remastered albums by tons of artists including Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.
Have you any plans to play live?
I’m playing a gig in Newcastle at the singer/songwriter night at the Globe on the 18th May 2024. I hope it’s one of many to promote the album. I’ve applied to play for a lot of festivals, showcase nights and Music Industry events.
What are your hopes for the album?
I hope the album reaches as big an audience as possible via streaming and download through professional online promotion, this includes the music video for Too Far.
I’d also love to somehow release the album on vinyl which is experiencing a deserved resurgence, it’s maybe seen as old technology but it still sounds bloody great!
2024 is shaping up to be a busy year in the Tygers camp – for an old cat there is plenty wag left in its tail!
“First show of the year was a heavy metal cruise called ‘70,000 tons of metal’ the world’s biggest heavy metal cruise. This year the ship sailed from Miami to Porto Plata in the Caribbean and back to Miami. 60 bands and two performances from each act. Absolutely amazing!”
“Next up was Italy, just last week we played to sold out shows in Rome, Florence and Milan” said founding member & guitarist Robb Weir…
“We also have a new live album due out on April 26th called, ‘Live Blood’. The first single taken from the album is in video form on YouTube called, ‘Gangland”.
Second single Keeping Me Alive has just been released. The track is a mainstay of their live set which first appeared on the 2012 album Ambush.
Live Blood was recorded at the Patriot Club in Crumlin, Wales, by vocalist Jack Meille, drummer Craig Ellis, bassist Huw Holding with guitarists Francesco Marris and Robb Weir.
The album includes material from across the band’s career including tracks from their first four albums from 1980-82 on MCA Records.
Robb explained “Our live show adds a new dimension to the old songs and allows us to stretch out a bit on the newer numbers”.
Vocalist Jack Meille added “Live Blood captures all the energy we deliver while playing our favourite songs live and raw“.
What has the summer got in store for the Tygers? First up they’ll be zooming over the Atlantic Ocean to play in South America then keep the thunder rolling with a return to Europe for gigs in May.
Robb has the details…“Next shows are the Summer Breeze festival in Brazil on April 27th, then four UK shows starting at Preston Continental May 2, London Boston Music Rooms May 3, The Crown Merthr Tydfil, Wales May 4 and Eleven in Stoke on Trent on 5th May.
We have two days off then back out to play Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb in Croatia, Belgrade in Serbia, and that’s just for starters”.
With the first half of the year mapped out, Robb adds a final message…
“We’ll be playing a rather special show up in the North East of England in November, details coming very soon. We can only do all of this because of your amazing support and belief in the band and the Tygers would like to whole heartedly say ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you, oh, and see you down the front at the next show!”
Live Blood will be released on double LP (black vinyl, including three exclusive bonus tracks), CD and digital formats on April 26th 2024 via Mighty Music.
Full track listing, gigs, photos & latest news contact the official website >
It’s free entry on Sunday 19th May at Newcastle Trillians Rock Bar for the visit of Troyen who first hit the NWOBHM scene in 1981.
Troyen toured with Girlschool, Spider, Diamond Head plus a European support slot with Nightwing, their demo was produced by Gil Norton who went on to work with the internationally renowned Foo Fighters, Feeder and the Pixies.
With gigs coming thick and fast a recording contract was on the table from legendary record label Neat, but the band never made it up the A1, unfortunately they split and went their separate ways.
Bringing things up to date the band reformed in 2014 and appeared at Newcastle’s Brofest along with a line-up of NWOBHM bands from around the country, appeared on many European metal festivals, produced a whole load of new recorded tracks and a CD anthology, plus this year went back in the studio to record new album Unfinished Business for the Classic Metal Records label.
Latest line-up, there’s been a few changes since the original Troyen over 40 year ago, is Jeff Badley (drums), Steve McGuire & Simon Lind (lead guitars), Mark Nortley (bass) and Paul Ward (vocals).
Jeff explained “For the album we’re still finalising the twelve tracks, all are unique in their own way with contributions from all five band members”.
“On the live front we’re returning to Trillians next month and will have tracks from our forthcoming album in the set. We have an awesome new vocalist Paul Ward fronting the band” (pic. above).
Jeff added “It’s going to be an awesome night of rock and metal. Joining us will be our good friends and local heroes Culloden”.
Free entry on Sunday 19th May 2024 at Newcastle Trillians Rock Bar.
Official release date for the album ‘Unfinished Business’ is 22nd June 2024.
Emma first appeared on this site back in 2019 talking about her influences in music and how she got started…
“It was ‘Aretha Now’ and ‘Aretha Sings the Blues’, both records shaped my development as a singer. I used to sit for hours listening to the songs on vinyl”.
Last Christmas as the sun went down on a cold, dark night I filled me hot water bottle, turned on the TV and watched an exhilarating performance by Aretha Franklin. The live concert from Amsterdam in 1968 was an absolute joy to watch.
In the packed audience the front row laid flowers for the Queen of Soul as Aretha ripped into (I Can’t Get No)Satisfaction wiping away the painful memories I have of the Stones version.
With Aretha at the piano my mind flips back to Christmas Eve 1975. I was a 10 year old kid watching Freddie Mercury singing Bohemian Rhapsody on his white piano, the BBC were broadcasting a Queen concert from Hammersmith Odeon. Live events like these on the telly stood out as really special.
With fast cutting, crash zoom and whip pan camera shots, Aretha’s black and white film captures a danger – giving the concert an air of at any momentthis could all fall apart. I can see why the show has acquired legendary status. Closing out at 35 minutes my only complaint was why so short?
Here we are in 2024 and life for Emma is coming at her fast, she kick started the year being pictured on the cover of Blues Matters magazine which features her new album ‘Memphis Calling’ recorded in Sam Phillips studio, USA.
“The studio breathes, it has an immense presence. The live room is awesome, beautifully designed. I let my emotions out on the recording” said Emma.
USA publications Downbeat and Living Blues have also featured Emma. Keeping the momentum up live dates see Emma hitting the North during March, first up is Bowness Bay Festival on 16th then Boom Club in Leeds on 23rd. More gigs are planned during spring.
A gig in the North East is a quickie on the coast in May with an acoustic set at the Harbour View, Sunderland on the 23rd where you might see Emma on Roker beach plodging in the sea. For non-Geordie or Mackem speakers that’s when yer ankle deep in water.
More dates during summer are being fixed in the diary with venues lined up through to the autumn. Details to be released soon.
After 500 posts and over 370,000 views, WordPress (who run this blog) have sent their congratulations to the North East culture site after completing its seventh year, aye seven years, can’t believe how quickly time has gone.
From the first post in February 2017, the free site – without any ads, pop ups or clickbait – has gone from strength to strength picking up views not only here in the UK but worldwide, including USA, Japan, Brazil, Sweden, Ireland, Australia and European countries Spain, Italy, France and Germany.
First up were metal bands Fist, Mythra, Raven, Satan, Venom and Tygers of Pan Tang followed by music memories from bands including Beckett, Angelic Upstarts, White Heat, Lindisfarne, Lorraine Crosby, Wildhearts, Dance Class, Kane Gang and Southbound.
Searching the site, you’ll find interviews with authors and photographers, there’s also stories from recording studios Guardian and Impulse.
As well as theatre producer Leah Bell and TV actress Lesley Saint-John, by far the most popular post at 15,000, there are stories from roadies, radio presenters and TV production teams.
During the 2020 covid lockdowns people looked for something new to read so their views added to the regular readers, resulting in monthly numbers of 7,000 with a high of 9,700.
Now the site gets a steady monthly count of 4-5,000, I must say a big thanks to everyone who reads the posts – much appreciated.
How long will it last? Well, the phone’s still ringing and stories keep dropping in my inbox, so I’ll keep gaan until the juice runs out.
‘I’m originally from Teesside but have lived South of York for 10 years now. I had a marvellous time working the North East, the greatest training ground for anyone, but retired from the business when live backing started to be replaced with self-contained acts, my job was always to put on a show not just be a singer of songs’.
‘As well as all over the North East I worked in Australia and the cruise lines, I was voted male vocalist of the year twice in the ‘80s in the National Club Mirror awards’ said Peter.
‘I look at some of the talent now and feel sorry that they never experienced the Saturday night atmosphere of say, King Street club, North Shields. The club full at 7pm, great musicians to play for you led by the inimitable Micky Watson, what a buzz!’
‘Yes of course, there were poor nights when it didn’t all go according to plan, but hey the good times by far outweighed the bad times. I feel lucky to have experienced the golden age of clubland, there were some brilliant acts and musicians’.
Peter at the back on the left in one of his club bands.
Did you appear on radio or TV?
I did regular radio broadcasts from Manchester with the Northern Radio Orchestra, for TV, I was the first act to appear on London Weekend Television’s ‘Search for a Star’, there were more TV including two appearances on ATV’s ‘Starburst’, also two appearances on Granada’s ‘The Video Entertainers’ and a guest spot on ‘The Cannon and Ball show’ for London Weekend.
I did a national tour and two summer seasons with Cannon and Ball when they were at the height of their fame playing to thousands at Bournemouth and Scarborough.
There was lots of radio jingles at Metro radio and TFM (radio Tees) plus I wrote and recorded ‘Up the Boro’ for Middlesbrough football club which is still played 50 years later at the stadium!
Peter first got in touch after reading the recent Guardian Studio post (14 Feb 2024).
I first became aware of Guardian studios in the late ‘70s, I had been working at the Club Fiesta in Stockton as resident singer/compere and had just left to become ‘Peter Saint’ and start a solo career in the North East workingmen’s clubs.
One night I worked with a young band who began telling me about their recent experience at Guardian, they had just finished an album in there and were singing the praises of producer Terry Gavagahn.
I’d been doing some writing with the keyboard player at the Fiesta club, Pete Jackson, and we were looking for somewhere to do some demos so I gave Terry a ring and booked some dates.
Pity Me in Durham was a typical pit village, blink and you’d miss it. Basically, it was a row of terraced cottages and in the middle was Terry’s house – Guardian studios! The most unlikely place you could ever imagine a studio to be.
But inside it was like the Tardis, walls had been knocked down to make a decent sized recording area, there was a glass fronted control room at the back with an excellent recording desk and pro reel to reel machine.
Terry seemed like a nice guy and was very welcoming, more importantly he seemed to know what he was doing. If I remember correctly, he was quite an accomplished Rock guitarist and that was his main love, but he did a good job for us.
I think we had about three days there and ended up with some decent demos. Shortly after that I was told by my agency that Tyne Tees TV were looking for a theme tune for a new show called ‘Friday Live’. I put something together and sent it to them and was as surprised as anyone when they said “yes, we like it.”
I assumed they would organise the recording of it but they handed it all over to me and said “there’s a budget, go and do it”. I relied heavily on Peter Jackson as it needed arranging for a seven-piece band, that’s when we made the decision to go back to Guardian.
I think a few of the more seasoned session players were surprised when they pulled up at the terrace in Pity Me, but it didn’t get too cramped because we recorded the rhythm section first then overdubbed the brass, and finally layered the vocals.
Terry did a fine job and Tyne Tees were very happy with the finished track. I think he got some more work from them after that session. ‘Friday Live’ ran for nearly a year, I even got a guest spot on it.
I’ve since worked in many studios including Strawberry and A.I.R studios – George Martin’s place in London, but I’ll never forget Guardian.
What are you up to now Peter?
Right now, I sing for fun, I have taken a huge interest in guitar, play in a few different bands and enjoy singing in a local choir which performs an eclectic mix of music.
Alikivi February 2024
Drop me a line at garyalikivi@yahoo.com if you have any workingmen’s club or Guardian Studio stories.
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