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Posts Tagged Neill Duncan

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April 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 159 The Braille Guys

Neill Duncan was the first musician I hooked up with when I came to Wellington. He was at the Art Centre when Louise and I started there and played some flute and sax with us. He was part of what seemed to be a large group of interconnected alternate jazz players that were just starting […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged # 159, Act Your Age, Andy Craig, Ant Donaldson, Art Centre, Braille Records, David Donaldson, David Long, Family Mallet, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon Mcleary, Louise, Negative Theatre, Neill Duncan, New Deli Jazz Band, Primitive Art Group, Spines, The Braille Guys, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 159, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 159 The Braille Guys, The Spines, Thrashing Marlin, War Stories, War Stories # 159, Wellington ·

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October 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain

I woke up this morning and Facebook reminded me that a year ago I was very nearly killed by a runaway car – I was lucky to survive. Just like the time I nearly fell to my death at McLaren Falls when I was eighteen or almost drowned at Ocean Beach at the turn of […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Anniversary, Aro Valley, Art, Caroline Easther, DD Smash, Electricity On Stage In The Rain, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guitar, Guitar Solo, Jon Mcleary, Lead Guitar, McLaren Falls, Music, Near-Death, Neill Duncan, Ocean Beach, Rob Mahoney, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 131, Wellington, Writing ·

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May 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records

It was Jim Moss and his Wellington answer to the South Island’s Flying Nun and Auckland’s Ripper or Propeller Records and yet it was totally different. Those other labels had their own style or ethos whereas Jayrem would release any type of music in any given genre – from the Upper Hutt Posse to the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Act Your Age, Art, Body Electric, Brian Kassler, EP, Flesh D-Vice, Flying Nun, Greg Bryce, Guest Blog, Guest Post, James Moss, Jayrem, Jayrem Records, Jon Mcleary, Last Laugh, Lily and I, Lions, Maurice Priestly, Music, Neill Duncan, Propeller Records, Punch/Your Body Stays, Ripper, Roger Shepherd, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records, The Moon, The Spines, Upper Hutt Posse, War Stories, War Stories # 112, Wellington, Writing ·

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March 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 101 The Old Bodge

It wasn’t huge but it had a lot of soul and some great bands played there – the original Bar Bodega on Willis Street. Fraser created a monster in 1991 and I was lucky enough to become a small part of it. The larger pub venues of the 80s like the Terminus or Cricketers were […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andy Craig, Art, Bar Bodega, Bodega, Fraser, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Spines, Sva, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 101 The Old Bodge, The Old Bodge, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 101, Wellington, Writing ·

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September 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 77 Vocals

It’s the best time.  When you go into record the vocals over the tracks with the headphones on or when you open your lips to sing that first line at a live gig to a big crowd – there is nothing quite like it. I wasn’t blessed with any great voice and so I had […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", Art, Brent McLaughlin, Greg Bryce, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Ian Morris, Jon Mcleary, Mark Austin, Music, Negative Theatre, Neill Duncan, Painting, Sing, Singing, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 77 Vocals, The Spines, Theatre, Vocals, voice, War Stories, War Stories # 77, Wellington, Writing ·

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August 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 73 Your Hair – Mother Gun

You think the world’s in love with your hair All tangled up but it’s gonna look great You spent your last twenty bucks on the braid And stole the night with a dead straight face Why not try a different style you can lose yourself in a thousand ways Rolling down your shoulders like a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Snakelike Life, Art, Documentary, Film, Flowerchild Productions, Jon Mcleary, Mark Austin, Music, Neill Duncan, Songwriting, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 73 Your Hair - Mother Gun, The Spines, TV, War Stories # 73, War Stories by Jon McLeary # 73, Writing, Your Hair - Mother Gun ·

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January 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 43 A Snakelike Life – Part One

At the beginning of the nineties most of the various Spines had left town – Ross, Wendy, Caroline, Tim and Rob. I had just got my telecaster back and was writing lots of new songs in Holloway Road on it – I really needed a rhythm section. Neill Duncan – the last remaining Spine in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Snakelike Life - Part One, Andy Craig, Bodega, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 43 A Snakelike Life - Part One, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 43, Wellington, Writing ·

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October 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant

I first met Brent McLachlan when the Spines were playing in Christchurch and he was doing our sound – we hit it off immediately.  When The Gordons broke up and he moved to Wellington he became our regular live sound guy and was great – he recorded everything on cassette and got a terrific drum […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anything We Make, Brent McLachlan, Caroline Easther, Flying Nun, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Rob Mahoney, Roger Shepherd, Ross Burge, Spines, The Beatles, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 2 Nambassa, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant, The Gordons, The Miscreant, The Skeptics, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 28, Weighed Down With Words, Writing ·

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September 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 24 The Drummers

I’ve always had great drummers in the Spines – they like my songs and the fact that I’m crap on drums and can’t tell them what to play. Barton Price was to be the first but before we got to do a gig he was headhunted by the Crocodiles then the Models. He was a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Cross, Anthony Donaldson, Barton Price, Caroline Easther, Colin McNamara, Drummer, Drums, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Jordan Ratray, Malky Taylor, Mike Niland, Music, Neill Duncan, Phil Roundtree, Riki Gooch, Ross Burge, Spines, The Drummers, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 24 The Drummers, The Spines, Tim Robinson, War Stories, War Stories # 24, Writing ·

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June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #12 The Moon

At the end of 1984 the Spines was humming again. Ross Burge and Wendy Calder were both back in the band and it was time to record our first album. Neill Duncan suggested Capture Studios in Gisborne, run by his old mate Maurice Priestly. We took the train. Jayrem Records gave us a budget for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Debut Album, Guest Blog, Jayrem, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #11 The Moon, The Moon, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 12, Wendy Calder, Writing ·

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May 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 7 Your Body Stays

I wrote this song. .. 1982. All this stuff was going down – a close friend of mine was in an abusive relationship – I was in a relationship with a strange girl that turned to pus when this other boyfriend of hers emerged out of nowhere. So I had a wild one night stand […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Barry Jenkins, Caroline Easther, Ian Morris, John Campbell, Jon Mcleary, Karen Hay, Marmalade Studio, Neill Duncan, Peter Robinson, Punch, Riki Gooch, Rob Mahoney, Ross Burge, Simon Morris, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Spines, Tim Robinson, War Stories, War Stories # 7, War Stories by Jon McLearly # 7, Wendy Calder, Your Body Stays ·

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May 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1131

Spines, The Moon (1985) It’s funny how it all falls into place, it all gets tied together – some things make more sense as you get older, you realise you live with bits and pieces and then they take on whole new meanings. I had this album by The Spines, felt like I discovered it […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Jayrem, Jon Mcleary, Lily and I, LP, Neill Duncan, Ross Burge, Spines, The Moon, The Spines, Vinyl ·

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