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May 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 58 The Solo Album

In 2002, in the aftermath of our relationship meltdown, Michelle and I had to sell our place on Wigan Street as part of the settlement. I rented a little flat overlooking the city and bought a computer and a Boss digital 8-track recording device – I had a new bunch of songs and wanted to […]

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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 […]

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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 […]