My local record shop in 1971 was across Blackheath on the Parade of shops facing the church. The young owner had the charts on the wall and kept a well stocked collection of record bins. One sunny afternoon i spied a record by The Nice it was called Ars Longa Vita Brevis, i had no […]
The Sunday Express asked me to write a piece on love songs, the editor thought it was too whimsical to print. It wont be long until this newspaper goes the way of the Independent and then nobody will read it. Having knowingly never written a love song i feel ill equipped to write about the […]
It seems like the parents of our musical heritage are passing on, its time, it shows us all that the clock ticks constantly. Each day there are posts of people we love in the world of entertainment being taken from us by the long sleep of life. As i get older the days glow ever […]
Was that you Glenn blowing your trumpet, nice one! FOLLOWING ON FROM SUNDAY’S INTERNET BREAKING ANDREW MARR PERFORMANCE, SQUEEZE HAVE BEEN DOMINIATING THE PRESS MARGINS TOO… Daily Express, 11.01.2016: Daily Mail, 11.01.2016: Daily Mirror, 11.01.2016: Daily Star, 11.01.2016: i Independent, 11.01.2016: Metro, 11.01.2016: Scotsman, 11.01.2016: The Sun, 11.01.2016: WHILST GLENN TILBROOK SPOKE TO […]
In 1972 i was sitting in my bedroom in my tiny house on a council estate in London when the penny dropped. I put pen to paper and picked up my battered guitar and began to write my first song. I had no idea where i was going too but i knew subconsciously that this […]
Apart from Christmas what is there to do on the 31st of December. A gratitude list springs to mind for it is with great pleasure i find myself here in this moment and this place. I thank thee for a wonderful year and all who sailed in her, from head to toe. Danny and Jeff, […]
August has been Sunshine and showers all the way, Lou and i had a very mini break in London which was bliss. On the roof above Soho, it felt like the South of France. Today as I’m writing this the postman delivered the new Squeeze album. It looks amazing and I’m proud of my part […]
A month of delivery, like the milkman from above, a new album mastered with sleeve and all notes, a deal with Universal (Virgin EMI) which lets us release the album on our own label first. Love that. The TV show (Cradle To Grave) is locked and also delivered, it looks and is fantastic, i feel […]
I woke up after a bad dream, i dreamt that i had gone bald, i rolled over in a cold sweat. Im thin on top but for my age things are not so bad, my hair has a reasonable amount of colour and it can look wild in the wind. Anyway grass never grows on […]