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December 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Guest Post: R.I.P. Rick Bryant by Chris Armour

Very sad to hear of the passing of Rick Bryant yesterday. At one time a giant in the New Zealand music industry and by all accounts he had stories for days. Sharing his story about connecting with Rick and his legacy, I offer this post by guitarist Chris Armour. Chris is involved in many musical […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blerta, Blues, Chris Armour, Darren Watson, Eulogy, Gordon Spittle, Guest, Guest Post, Guest Post: R.I.P. Rick Bryant by Chris Armour, Guitar, https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2018725531/blue-eyed-counter-culture-soul-man-rick-bryant-has-died, R'n'B, Rick Bryant, The Jive Bombers, Tribute, Vocalist, Windy City Strugglers, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 115 – Fane Flaws

Welcome to episode 115 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat I had with Fane Flaws. This was a great conversation – and it was a long time in the making. I hadn’t met Fane, we’d corresponded, I grew up listening to Blerta and The Crocodiles, was […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Art, Artist, Author, Blerta, Books, Bruno Lawrence, Chat, Conversation, ep.115, Episode 115, Episode 115 – Fane Flaws, Fane Flaws, Hawke's Bay, http://www.faneflaws.com/, Interview, Le Petite Chocolat, Music, Napier, No Engine, Painting, Podcast, Radio With Pictures, Simon Sweetman, Songwriter, Songwriting, Spats, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 115 – Fane Flaws, T Leaf, Tears, The Bend, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering Bruno: My Bruno Lawrence Story

I was 17. Final year of school. I’d done a bit of journalism work for the National Youth Drama School, an ad hoc publicity officer role. Because my interest, at that time, was to move into journalism (I’ve been thinking about moving into journalism ever since then, a silly limbo to be in of course […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actor, B.L.E.R.T.A, Blerta, Bruno, Bruno Lawrence, Drums, Kiwi, Memory, National Youth Drama School, NZ, Quincy Conserve, Remembering Bruno: My Bruno Lawrence Story, Ride The Rain, Tears, The Crocodiles ·

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December 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 42 – Nick Bollinger

Welcome to episode 42 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with music journalist and broadcaster Nick Bollinger. I’ve been reading Nick Bollinger’s reviews for over 20 years. He’s been writing them for more than 30. Well, as I found out when I finally sat down to talk to him, he […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Author, Awa Press, Blerta, Book, Chat, Conversation, ep.42, Episode 42, Episode Forty-Two, Goneville, Interview, Journalist, Memoir, Music, Music Reviewer, Music Writer, Musician, Nick Bollinger, Reviewing, RNZ, Rough Justice, Simon Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 42 – Nick Bollinger, The Listener, The Sampler, The Windy City Strugglers, VUW, Wellington ·

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August 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Luke Haines: Rock and Roll Animals

Luke Haines Rock and Roll Animals Cherry Red/Southbound Only a cunt like Luke Haines would make an album like Rock and Roll Animals. Notice I said would rather than could. Almost anyone could give it a go – most wouldn’t allow it out in public; too scared they’d be laughed out of town if they […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blerta, Cherry Red, Concept Album, David Bowie, David Sedaris, Gene Vincent, Jimmy Pursey, Luke Haines, Nick Lowe, Pink Floyd, Robyn Hitchcock, Rock and Roll Animals, Sham 69, Southbound, The Auteurs, Woody Allen ·

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July 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Rick Bryant and The Jive Bombers: The Black Soap From Monkeyburg

Rick Bryant and The Jive Bombers The Black Soap From Monkeyburg Red Rocks Records Rick Bryant’s big soul bellow was once New Zealand’s answer to Van Morrison – in that you could find inside it hints of jazz, soul, blues; it was loud and proud, it was big and beautiful. And Bryant’s best work – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blerta, Mammal, Nick Bollinger, Red Rocks Records, Rick Bryant, Rick Bryant and The Jive Bombers, The Black Soap From Monkeyburg, The Windy City Strugglers ·

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