To round out the year, we’re going with the brainchild of esteemed podcast co-host Paul Bindig, to interview the guy responsible for The Keyboard Chronicles, David Holloway. As an alleged keyboard player himself, David talks about his lifetime in adjacency to keyboards, bands, music projects and a whole lot more. There’s also a deep dive / behind the scenes discussion on how the podcast is put together and discussion on some favourite guests.

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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):  

David’s past 12 months, including gigging with Gloss

David’s electronic music outfit –  Civil Sector

David’s musical upbringing

Sliprock

The JVC KB-500 keyboard

Yamaha DSR-1000

Discussion on musicals and orchestra pits

Res Rocket Surfer 

The poet Philip Larkin

David’s ambient music project – Stainless Fields

Stainless Fields on Spotify 

Midnight Fields

David’s go-to keyboards over the years

Check out David’s 2024 rig in detail

Narf Sounds

A detailed chat / behind the scenes expose of the podcast

Some of David’s favourite guests of all time

How rig tours are organised (and apologies to Adam Holzman for calling him Andy!)

Desert Island Discs: Self-Titles – Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, Under the Sun – Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls, Born Sandy Devotional – The Triffids, Songs of Distant Earth – Mike Oldfield, Darkness On The Edge of Town – Bruce Springsteen, Oxygene – Jean Michel Jarre.

Band T-shirt shout-outs: Daniel Martin and The Infamous and Chrome

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