Seja talks to her guest Darren Hanlon after many scheduling conflicts. They firstly talk deportation and injuries, then about Darren’s childhood and how he started playing in a country/western style dance band at 15 and got kicked out for knee sliding whilst playing Johnny B. Goode. Darren chats about meeting Rik Mayall and Billy Bragg as a kid, to then going on to support Bragg for the first time by pretending to be his manager and showing up to the show on a whim with his guitar. They also talk lyric writing, guitar solos and recording in Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans.

Darren’s strange show story is illustrated by Scott Edgar (Tripod) (@scodmanisfine) and can be seen on the HearSej instagram (@hearsejpodcast) or on the HearSej Facebook page.