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September 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 26 The Beast Girl

I’ve had three really great guitars. The Ovation I bought in Hamilton in 1978 – a round back acoustic – the Glenn Campbell model. It was the loudest acoustic I’ve ever heard; it kind of projected the sound and was perfect for the Negative Theatre gigs where we had no PA – we played some […]
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May 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 9 Chris

One of the few typos in my novel Manslaughter was on the back cover. Inkweed had got Chris Knox to write a nice review but the printer missed out his surname – “…a real page-turner – Chris…” Later that year I was out and about with Jane Bowron and we ran into him after seeing […]
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