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Did anyone take any decent pictures of last night’s show?

October 10, 2013 David Hepworth 0

I was somewhat preoccupied so I didn’t. Which is a shame because it seemed to go very well. Can’t tell you how much simpler it […]

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Word In Your Ear
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David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and chums cast an occasionally jaundiced eye over the goings-on in the worlds of music and entertainment.

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Van Morrison’s agent writes crime fiction as the music business sleeps
byMark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

In the 70s Paul Charles wrote lyrics for an Irish prog band. Now he writes mystery novels. Inbetween he’s been agent for Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Van Morrison, Hothouse Flowers and many others and has forgotten more about live shows than most of us will ever know. Here he talks about:

•⁠ ⁠hearing the Beatles for the first time through the family radio

•⁠ ⁠meeting Tom Waits in a queue at Tower Records in Hollywood

•⁠ ⁠why he likes to watch the way bands take the stage

•⁠ ⁠the changes he’s seen in the live music landscape

•⁠ ⁠why everybody suddenly wants to tour

•⁠ ⁠what will change about ticket prices and what probably won’t

•⁠ ⁠why the artist doesn’t want to see his agent in the bar after the show

•⁠ ⁠what it’s like when Jackson Browne plays you his new record

•⁠ ⁠why his latest McCusker mystery is called “Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove”

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