When I posted yesterday the story about my song that the Searchers recorded I forgot to mention that I was actually a member of the Searchers. Ok, just for a day but it left me with a terrific memory. I had co-produced with John Verity a solo single with Mike Pender. He was still in … Read more
This is my granddaughter Mia in the video below aged 6 spoofing up one of those “sell your house” TV shows. She tells her viewing public “The man who lives here used to be famous but he’s not that famous any more” Huh – out of the mouths of babes !! Anyway, fast forward 8 … Read more
I’m remastering the original cast recording of Steel Town. Also there are demos, poems, live cuts & unreleased tracks. http://steeltown.co.uk Apart from the songs featured in the show there is a wealth of related material including oral history recordings. This will take a little while and in order to accommodate the inevitable cast of thousands … Read more
A Love Song for Two Dolphins In the early 80’s I was signed to MCA Music. One day I got a call from my mentor there, Pete Waterman. Pete said I there was a big-shot movie producer in town and I was was urgently needed the next day in London to meet up with him. … Read more
This was the Whitaker Band in 1998 or 1999 (can’t quite remember) at one of our favorite gigs – the Cellar Club, South Shields. I took these down from my old site as I had run out of file space. Here we go again. Vocals: Mick Whitaker, Keyboards & Backing Vocals: Andy Hawking, Guitar and … Read more
I just wiped my Mac and started to reinstate software. Ableton Live and Propellerheads Reason/Record were fine but Cubase would not recognise the dongle. Same problem with my soft synths Korg M1 and Wavestation (I used to have these synths) and Absynthe. I decided to just use these on the PC and finsh earlier projects … Read more