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#OnThisDay in 2010 Ian Brown headlined Platt Fields Park Manchester....

Thursday July 3rd The Charlatans Embrace & The Coral Live at Castlefield Bowl Tickets right here: seetickets.com/event/the-char…

Big salute 🫡 to the Jedi Chris Hawkins for playing the live version of A Certain Ratio ‘All Comes Down To This’ from our Marc Riley ⚽️🍺🐳 & Gideon Coe 6Music session April 2024 🔊

Spent a wonderful day talking to this gentleman in this studio about all kinds of Shizzle 🎵The Blue Monkey Podcast 🤔👌🔊 #BlueMonkeyPodcast 😉

If you know…. Rod Temperton - Wah Wah Watson - Sly & the Family Stone then you know why I’m here Doing my Du! Go check out these great artist (Links in Bio)

Check out my Linktree I’m always adding new content 😉 Find out how a tap dancer from Brighton & a kid from Cleethorpes are huge part of my musical vocabulary? & maybe yours ??🤔 (Links in Bio)

Long before I arrived at Factory Records and became resident guy who “Hits Things” for A Certain Ratio These 3 albums were hardwired into my DNA & if you listen very closely to certain Ratio tracks (pun intended) you will hear their influence now you have the answer go find the clues 😉

top floor left) on Wendon Road W/shawe is where Billy (H)Ackland lived he got me into Sly Stone loaning me the album “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” which had the singles “Runnin Away” & “Family Affair”on it - 1971 “Family A” was the 1st time I ever heard a drum machine on a record🤯

Listen to the drum intro A Certain Ratio “A Trip in Hulme” on the album 1982 see if you can spot the Sly and the Family Stone reference ?? 🤔

Here are some of my go to albums when it comes to Rhythm & Groove 😉

🔵🐒 Episode 40 OUT NOW Was an honor and privilege to have legendary drummer Dojo from Manchester giants A Certain Ratio on the podcast. Episode link in comments, hope you enjoy x #Podcast

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Me chatting with Bev from The Blue Monkey Podcast all the heavy hitters are in there as well as some notables, looking at you @WEARELINES so… take a 2hr ride with us looking into all things past, present, & future. 😉🔊🎵 A Certain Ratio Link in Bio🔗

Head over to my Linktree (link in bio) Find out how… Stanley Clarke Steve Forrone Wah Wah Watson Rod Temperton Sly & the Family Stone Do their Du 😉

2 Artist that are new to my radar Hector Plimmer & Reheem Devaughn 🔊 Like George Clinton once said…. “Free your mind & your ass will follow” 😉

Awesome modes of transport spotted in Rome

Back in Feb 2021 Working in studio on “Tumbo in M3 which appears on the A Certain Ratio Album - 1982 I was channeling Airto/Chic Corea/Azymuth as their ability to play legendary killer drum riffs in 7 time signature, go check out the Ratio track 🔊🎵

When you are in Rome with your friend who’s just starting his first arena tour 😂😉

Hendrix in 2019 being coached by my wife, watch the difference when the penny drops.

Awesome modes of transport spotted in Rome #2