It's week eight and so it's the letter H. Simon talks about his love for Hulme, his ex band mate Steve Hanley, treading the boards in Hey Luciani and why Mark E Smith loved Hilda Baker.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://cutt.ly/cdew5lX

Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley. Post Production Karl Svenson, Tadah Media Ltd. Artwork Lee Dyer. Music by Colin McGrath, Joe Brown, Johnny Smale and Simon Wolstencroft.

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

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It's week seven and so it's the letter G. Simon talks about rehearsing at The Greenhouse studios which led to him touring and writing with his old school friend Ian Brown, watching Grandmaster Flash at The Hacienda and what Mark E Smith said when faced with a shotgun in the middle of the night.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://cutt.ly/PsycO0S

Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley. Post Production Karl Svenson, Tadah Media Ltd. Artwork Lee Dyer. Music by Colin McGrath, Joe Brown, Johnny Smale and Simon Wolstencroft.

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

It's week six and so it's the letter F. This week Simon talks about playing at the Festival of The Tenth Summer, his fish filleting skills and his time with The Fall.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://https://cutt.ly/4ad4qv1

Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley. Post Production Karl Svenson, Tadah Media Ltd. Artwork Lee Dyer. Music by Colin McGrath, Joe Brown, Johnny Smale and Simon Wolstencroft.

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

It's week five and so it's the letter E. This week Simon talks about his biggest regret - walking out of a recording session for Electronic and how he and Mark E Smith thought about entering the Eurovision Song Contest.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://cutt.ly/7pdw034

Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley. Post Production Karl Svenson, Tadah Media Ltd. Artwork Lee Dyer. Music by Colin McGrath, Joe Brown, Johnny Smale and Simon Wolstencroft.

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

It's week four and so it's the letter D. This week Simon talks about his first Saturday job as a golf caddy with Ian Brown at Dunham Forest Golf Club, his run in with Mick Hucknall in Dry Bar and his very brief time working on the 80s cartoon Danger Mouse.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://cutt.ly/GocKxUL

Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley. Post Production Karl Svenson, Tadah Media Ltd. Artwork Lee Dyer.

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

It's time for the letter C. Simon takes us from his time as a trainee chef at County Hall to his brief stint with Terry Hall's The Colourfield by way of Cheetham Hill.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://cutt.ly/6imnMIy

Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley. Post Production Karl Svenson at Tadah Media Ltd. Artwork by Lee Dyer. Music by Colin McGrath, Joe Brown, Johnny Smale and Simon Wolstencroft.

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

It's time for the letter B. This time Simon's stroll through his own fascinating musical journey takes us from The Boardwalk to his love of Barry White. He also talks about recording Bend Sinister with The Fall and the business opportunity he turned down with his friend Bez.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://cutt.ly/9uSSSs3

Produced and edited Jackie O'Malley.

Find out more at https://funky-si-s-a-z-of-manchester.pinecast.co

In this episode Simon takes us through the As of his musical journey to date.

He talks about his early years at school in Altrincham with Ian Brown and John Squire, his favourite Manchester venue the Apollo and recording at the famous Abbey Road studios with The Fall.

You can find this week's playlist on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Y9iyW8zVAEWT9QQ7ZQVyz?si=4uArpdcpQPCgyoM5LMAv-Q

Edited by Jackie O'Malley, produced by Karl Svenson at Tadah Media Ltd, artwork by Lee Dyer.

The theme music is by Colin McGrath, Joe Brown, Johnny Smale and Simon Wolstencroft.