On this weeks glittering edition of Britain's Number One Syndicated Vinyl Radio Show listen out for the Album Of The Week - Boy Meets Girl - Five (Deluxe Edition) - Wonderground Music 2022My special guest is Allan Clarke of The Hollies chatting about his new single Buddy's Back with Graham Nash (The Hollies,Crosby, Stills and Nash) and 2023 Album - I'll Never Forget.The album cover features the Fender guitar that was gifted to Allan in 2010 by The Buddy Holly Education Foundation, the Buddy guitar continues to be a connection with Allan’s hero. He smiles, “I play Peggy Sue whenever I pick up that guitar to warm up. I write all my songs on it – it’s inspiration from Buddy Holly. Maybe he’s around somewhere, offering that help.” Not wanting to force attempts to sound like The Hollies again 55 years on, they soon decided Allan would write the songs and Graham would sing harmonies. “We’ve still got that sound,” smiles Allan. “It’s a sound nobody else has. Me and Graham being back together again, it’s great. What I wanted to do on this record is have the two of us getting together to make that sound again. The songs Graham sings on are worthy of that.”Pop Music History Makers In 1999, Allan announced his retirement from the music industry due to ongoing medical problems with his vocal chords and following his wife, Jennifer’s second cancer diagnosis, having successfully beaten the disease some 15 years earlier. He decided that the time had come to enjoy everything he had worked for and achieved and most importantly to spend precious time with his loved ones. Once again, Jennifer beat cancer and this year they celebrate 59 years of marriage!Despite greatly enjoying his retirement there were still more trials to face. Allan’s daughter was diagnosed with cancer and like her mother, went on to beat the disease into remission, but it wasn’t until his own diagnosis that he even began to consider music seriously again. Having been told to rest up following treatment, Allan found himself writing poetry and picking up his guitar. Songs began to form and with no intention of recording or releasing them he played some ideas to his son Toby, a musician himself, who pointed him towards recording software programme GarageBand. Newly equipped with the means to make his own music at his own pace, the creative floodgates opened. Allan brought in Francis Haines, a former collaborator, as producer and arranger, and soon a body of work was taking shape. Even at that stage, he wasn't thinking of the project as an album — but then word reached one of his countless industry admirers, BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch. A deal was struck, and 2020’s Resurgence album was born.If you would like to support the show please feel free to send me a donation or buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/vinylreviv4 all helps with bringing the show together every week.Number 1 of The Week comes from 26.03.2023 and spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK Official Top 40 Chart. The Oddity Of The Week, the clue is: The artist mentioned in this song was a regular at his local shop, but did he buy anything?Music this week from: Billy Joel,Alvin Stardust,Shakin' Stevens,Natalie Imbruglia,Curtis Mayfield,Chaka Khan,Peter Cetera,Jermaine Stewart and many more...If you would like a shout out or a request please feel free to drop me a message here: https://www.vinylrevivalradio.com https://www.facebook.com/vinylrevivalradioshowTell your friends and tell them to tell their friends.I hope you enjoy the show Cheers Phil 'P-P-P-Pop' Wilson (Celebrating nearly 30 years of broadcasting in 2023)