My guest mixer this week is Tim Goodbody
I first met Tim nearly 40 (!) years ago when we were both students at Wentworth College at the University of York. I am pretty hopeless at keeping in touch with people from school and university, but Tim and I have (very loosely) kept touch due to a shared love of The Wedding Present - both being members of the Facebook group. He is also the first man of the cloth to appear on the show…
(YouTube & Spotify playlists at the bottom of the page)
Hit the ground running
1. The Wedding Present - You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends
Locked Down & Stripped Back version
It came in at no. 17 on my ranking of The Wedding Present's songs
Something old
2. Pete Seeger - Little Boxes
Something new
3. Evy Frearson - Pull Down
Atomic Rooster
Something borrowed
4. Gavin Bryars and Tom Waits - Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic
Something Blue
5. Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord
Bob Seidemann's somewhat problematic account of how the Blind Faith LP cover photo came to be taken.
Take It Down
6. Cerys Matthews - Calon Lân
Around The World
7. Téléphone - Le Garçon D'ascenseur
The Ukranians
Left Of Centre
8. The Watersons - Pace-egging Song
Article about the song from Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music
Wildcard
9. The Wedding Present - Deer Caught In The Headlights
It came in at no. 19 on my ranking of The Wedding Present's songs
Finale
10. Young Romance - Ramona
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