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It sounded bizarre on paper, William E Whitmore playing in a Winery in New York City. Yes, that William E Whitmore, full sleeve tatoo-wearing, weather-beaten former roadie for hardcore Iowa bands like Ten Grand, playing in a wood panelled winery and fancy food in… Continue

The Proclaimers will forever be remembered for I Would be 500 Miles and Sunshine On Leith. During their last visit to the US the Reid twins found some time to sit with Gianluca and talk about songwriting and their love of country music. You can listen to the interview by either clicking or cutting and pasting the below address to your browser.

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Well we’re only a couple of weeks away from the release of Guy Clark’s new CD which comes out on September 22nd so I thought I’d post an archive interview I did with him. He was touring with Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt at the time (2004) and we just sat in his hotel room over coffee and cigarettes and talked about songs and how to write ‘em. I asked him how he wrote some of his corkers and also what made Townes such a great songwriter. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did… Continue