Journal Archive – Chris Difford

06 Jan 2023

Shallow End

It’s been awhile since my last post, I have been mainly on Instagram sounding my horn so here we...

16 Aug 2022

Five Bar Gate

Over the last ten years gradually my escapades at the bowl have been in decline. I don’t think I...

15 Feb 2022

Wobble

Since coming off tour in December last year I have had trouble standing up and walking in a...

02 Jan 2022

22 The High Street

I have been on and off tour since the end of July this year, and this last month or two is taking...

02 Dec 2021

Fruit Cake

After a triumphant time supporting Hall and Oates in America for 10 weeks we played the final show...

20 Sep 2021

Cracker Jack

I have said so much about the past and documented it in detail, and from this window ledge of...

30 Aug 2021

Beep Beep.

Like always I reflect and think how foolish I was not to look at the tour routing more carefully...

21 Aug 2021

Bunk Up

Having just played support to Hall and Oates in New Jersey the band buses drove back to New York...

05 Aug 2021

D Tour

I have sat in so many dressing rooms over the years and waited for the knock on the door, the call...

11 Mar 2021

Tickles on Tap

I wake at 6.45 and wait to hear the sound of footsteps on the stairs, followed by a kettle boiling...

24 Nov 2020

In The Country

When the world in which you live in, gets a bit too much to bear, and you need someone to lean on,...

31 Oct 2020

Tits up

On my way back from a rare visit to London i drove past Heathrow Airport and witnessed empty car...

05 Oct 2020

Playground

Hearing the children in the playground this morning made me think about how innocent life can be,...

28 May 2020

7 Bells

7 Bells ring out from St Peters Church just...

28 Apr 2020

Pendemic

Welcome, how times have changed, I really...

29 Jan 2020

Do me a Lemon

I take Sid out for a walk for his daily...

06 Jan 2020

And thats just me

And thats just me. The last time I wrote up...

17 Oct 2019

Foo Man Chew

The final week of the American tour was...

06 Sep 2019

Stuck in the Middle with Me

As the tour reaches its mid way point I look back and see the days have just flown by, each day...

03 Sep 2019

Neon Dull

Days off on tour are mostly dull affairs, treading water and waiting for the hangover of no sleep...

29 Aug 2019

3rd Eye Band

After a sold out Pier 17 show in New York I stayed at the Soho Grand and made my way to Boston on...

24 Aug 2019

Gordon Bennet

When you separate puppies and they go off to different homes it’s very sad, for the mothers...

17 Aug 2019

Room 521

I sat in my seat and wept like a baby as the plane veered right then left, up then down, shuddering...

10 Aug 2019

Pre Minstrel table for one

Why am I so surprised when I look out of a hotel window and find myself stolen from life,...