Jim
@hanner.org.uk
In the summer I run Heatwave Spa. The rest of the time I mess around with music.
It's a Gretsch. Lovely thing. Not sure of the model name/number, but it has an amazing padded back which I've never seen on any guitar, ever.
PS. Googled it and I'm fairly sure it's a Country Gentleman, like this one guitarsagogo.blogspot.com/2012/01/1967...
PS. Googled it and I'm fairly sure it's a Country Gentleman, like this one guitarsagogo.blogspot.com/2012/01/1967...
1967 Gretsch Country Gentleman
Perhaps no other Gretsch model is as famous and ubiquitous as the Country Gentleman; this model was seen by 73 million viewers strapped arou...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's a Gretsch. Lovely thing. Not sure of the model name/number, but it has an amazing padded back which I've never seen on any guitar, ever.
PS. Googled it and I'm fairly sure it's a Country Gentleman, like this one guitarsagogo.blogspot.com/2012/01/1967...
PS. Googled it and I'm fairly sure it's a Country Gentleman, like this one guitarsagogo.blogspot.com/2012/01/1967...
I'm with you. I think it's their best. Would have said Coming Up before now, DMS as a second. If catchiness is a rule-of-thumb, I had Disintegrate as an earworm for the whole of the South Bank / Record Store dates. And Trance State is an understatedly huge tune, even better live (as you said)
October 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm with you. I think it's their best. Would have said Coming Up before now, DMS as a second. If catchiness is a rule-of-thumb, I had Disintegrate as an earworm for the whole of the South Bank / Record Store dates. And Trance State is an understatedly huge tune, even better live (as you said)
Down the front, you'd be getting a lot of sound direct from the stage gear and Brett's monitors, so it might have sounded fine there. I didn't notice, but I could mainly only hear Richard and Simon!
September 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Down the front, you'd be getting a lot of sound direct from the stage gear and Brett's monitors, so it might have sounded fine there. I didn't notice, but I could mainly only hear Richard and Simon!
Ah you should have. I did have a few errands to run but I probably managed to look busier than I actually was 😂
The foh mixing desk 'lost' some connections. Being digital, you can't just plug things back in like with an analogue desk. Sounded worse further back in the room...
The foh mixing desk 'lost' some connections. Being digital, you can't just plug things back in like with an analogue desk. Sounded worse further back in the room...
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ah you should have. I did have a few errands to run but I probably managed to look busier than I actually was 😂
The foh mixing desk 'lost' some connections. Being digital, you can't just plug things back in like with an analogue desk. Sounded worse further back in the room...
The foh mixing desk 'lost' some connections. Being digital, you can't just plug things back in like with an analogue desk. Sounded worse further back in the room...
Yeah I only just read that. And I didn't realise at the time, probably because *everyone* was doing disco beats in '79
PS. I think I spied you on the front row down the 'Neil' end last night. Sorry I didn't get to say hi! x
PS. I think I spied you on the front row down the 'Neil' end last night. Sorry I didn't get to say hi! x
September 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yeah I only just read that. And I didn't realise at the time, probably because *everyone* was doing disco beats in '79
PS. I think I spied you on the front row down the 'Neil' end last night. Sorry I didn't get to say hi! x
PS. I think I spied you on the front row down the 'Neil' end last night. Sorry I didn't get to say hi! x
Mad to think that song was Christmas number one in 1979. Floyd had been left behind by punk and post-punk, but this kind of made them cool again.
September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Mad to think that song was Christmas number one in 1979. Floyd had been left behind by punk and post-punk, but this kind of made them cool again.
A two-storey story by Storey
July 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A two-storey story by Storey
Neighbour when I lived in a flat in Highgate was a Canadian actor in his 40s who resembled Beavis. Could hear him learning his lines, shouting, screaming, and weeping. At least we thought it was a script. Might just have been him living his life 😬
July 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Neighbour when I lived in a flat in Highgate was a Canadian actor in his 40s who resembled Beavis. Could hear him learning his lines, shouting, screaming, and weeping. At least we thought it was a script. Might just have been him living his life 😬
Don't forget to employ a co-host / regular who has a really annoying laugh
July 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Don't forget to employ a co-host / regular who has a really annoying laugh
Disappointingly not crap and captures the Prof very well
July 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Disappointingly not crap and captures the Prof very well
Because the alcohol doesn't freeze, pour it out to make a 5% beer into a 15% (or maybe higher) beer 😅
July 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Because the alcohol doesn't freeze, pour it out to make a 5% beer into a 15% (or maybe higher) beer 😅
Would like to hear that! We were pretty good live, though I say it myself.
I shall tell him. I probably have, but he would have modestly shrugged it off.
I shall tell him. I probably have, but he would have modestly shrugged it off.
July 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Would like to hear that! We were pretty good live, though I say it myself.
I shall tell him. I probably have, but he would have modestly shrugged it off.
I shall tell him. I probably have, but he would have modestly shrugged it off.
Pete and I cut our musical teeth together. We'd have been 19/20 when we made this. It was an outlet for his brilliant songwriting, and my desire to be Will Sergeant 😂
July 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Pete and I cut our musical teeth together. We'd have been 19/20 when we made this. It was an outlet for his brilliant songwriting, and my desire to be Will Sergeant 😂
Brilliant! I didn't even know we had a reel-to-reel of a live set. Though maybe it was after I left. Still, it's Pete's songs and I spent most of my life wishing I could write like that 😊
July 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Brilliant! I didn't even know we had a reel-to-reel of a live set. Though maybe it was after I left. Still, it's Pete's songs and I spent most of my life wishing I could write like that 😊
Groundysmell. You can make it yourself by pouring boiling water on a patio
June 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Groundysmell. You can make it yourself by pouring boiling water on a patio
Aw well done! Lovely to meet you too, hope to do so again soon, and I hope you had a great time. I thought it was pretty special as a gig. Stood near the back and remember the goosebumps hitting me at one point in general love for the band and all that surround them ☺️ x
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Aw well done! Lovely to meet you too, hope to do so again soon, and I hope you had a great time. I thought it was pretty special as a gig. Stood near the back and remember the goosebumps hitting me at one point in general love for the band and all that surround them ☺️ x
Wow is this you going home from yesterday's thing? I salute you. I though getting home at 2am after dropping a drummer off was tough! x
June 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wow is this you going home from yesterday's thing? I salute you. I though getting home at 2am after dropping a drummer off was tough! x
Could be wurst
Lots of love to you Emma xxx
Lots of love to you Emma xxx
June 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Could be wurst
Lots of love to you Emma xxx
Lots of love to you Emma xxx