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June 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 120 – Sam Cutler
Welcome to episode 120 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during their infamous 1969 tour of America, he went on to work for The Grateful Dead. You can see him in a small handful of documentaries focussed on that era […]Archive
May 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
An Evening with Sam Cutler: Film Screening and Q&A
UPDATE: The Wellington show has now been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during the tumultuous Altamont show that capped the 1969 tour. He was left to clean up the mess – and eventually wrote about it, along with so many other stories from his life […]Archive
February 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 99 The Stones
It was my mate Geordie who first got me into The Rolling Stones. He was from Newcastle and brought his record collection with him when his family moved to Hamilton. His albums had more elaborate covers than the versions we got out here. He had a great passion for the Mick Taylor years, had seen […]Archive
April 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 3 Gimme Shelter
In my first two years in Wellington I worked at the Arts Centre in Willis St. It was a kind of PEP work scheme for artists set up by Grahame Nesbit and Colin Knox and all kinds of great people came through there. I was there as a musician/songwriter but wound up doing lots of […]Archive
February 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Olafur Arnalds: Gimme Shelter [OST]
Olafur Arnalds Gimme Shelter [OST] Day Twenty-Eight I’ve not seen the film and I’m not sure that I will – it doesn’t appeal, beyond the fact that there’s clearly some beautiful and arresting cues to be heard in the film’s soundtrack. This very much appeals to me, scratches that Max Richter itch, there’s a lovely […]Archive
April 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman