The Official Chris Difford Website

When Glenn and i first met we played a number of small festivals firstly on our own and then with...

22 Apr 2016

Pop life

“Just wait a few days before saying your prayers.” I was in Brussels recording Cosi Fan Tutti...

07 Apr 2016

March in Plaster

March on, and that’s what we did, we marched on. I loved getting dressed up as a woman for the...
February and the band stepped back into the studio to record a freshly written song, it was good to...
When i first heard The Yellow Submarine album i was gutted that side two was all classical music,...

13 Mar 2016

Nice one

My local record shop in 1971 was across Blackheath on the Parade of shops facing the church. The...
The Sunday Express asked me to write a piece on love songs, the editor thought it was too whimsical...

01 Feb 2016

January 16

It seems like the parents of our musical heritage are passing on, its time, it shows us all that...

12 Jan 2016

Life on Marrs

Was that you Glenn blowing your trumpet, nice one!   FOLLOWING ON FROM SUNDAY’S INTERNET...

11 Jan 2016

David Bowie

In 1972 i was sitting in my bedroom in my tiny house on a council estate in London when the penny...
Apart from Christmas what is there to do on the 31st of December. A gratitude list springs to mind...

31 Aug 2015

Walking Home

August has been Sunshine and showers all the way, Lou and i had a very mini break in London which...

22 Jul 2015

Milk Man Cometh

A month of delivery, like the milkman from above, a new album mastered with sleeve and all notes, a...

16 Jun 2015

Far Away Field

I woke up after a bad dream, i dreamt that i had gone bald, i rolled over in a cold sweat. Im thin...

15 May 2015

May B Minor

The band were all back at work in the studio dishing up backing tracks and being creative in 45....
Welcome to my new fresh looking website, im so excited to see it go live. For a long time i have...

25 Apr 2015

Donkey Talk

The usual fare, me in the car, 160 miles a day plus. Up to the studio where Squeeze are recording...

07 Mar 2015

March Hare

Ah the fuddy duddy way we live, and how we survive is beyond the pale. A vast amount of hours in...

06 Feb 2015

Feb In The Box

My first show of the year was at The Astor Theatre in Deal, a lovely evening and much longer than i...
The start of the year is always like this, lots of thinking and planning, bedding in the mental...

04 Jan 2015

Cusp

Its been a good year for the roses and a good year for the nettles too, here in this field sits the...

20 Dec 2014

Chrimbo

Check out “Crimbo One” on Mixcloud http://www.mixcloud.com/mews/crimbo-one/ At this time of the...

07 Dec 2014

No Fixed Abode

Born in 1954, Winston Churchill was in government and rationing was still in effect. Around me...

02 Dec 2014

Nocktober

And so my month started with a writers week at Arvon in Devon. Myself and Kathryn Williams holding...