Tuned with Alister Atkin

Podcast number ten, the last of season one, features rock guitarist Steve 'Boltz' Bolton who's six decade spanning career has featured a host of huge music industry names.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across what must be about 6 miles from Steve's cabin in Whitstable, Kent to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. Steve and I talk about his amazing career, going to Levon Helm's house, playing with the Who, and Dr John's feud with the Rolling Stones.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Steve's Website

Dead Man's Corner

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number nine features English folk luminary Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across the 3 miles from Simon's home in the Beautiful Cathedral City of Canterbury, Kent to the Atkin workshop in the Beautiful Cathedral City of Canterbury, Kent. Simon and I talk about Fairport's history, touring with Art Garfunkel, the Cropredy festival, and Joni Mitchell.

Huge thanks to Mr Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Fairport Convention's Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number eight features English guitar making legend Andy Manson.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across the 870 miles from Andy's workshop in Mortágua, Portugal to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent, as the crow flies (if crows were migratory). Andy and I talk about how he got started making guitars, taking photographs and the transformative experience of building his incredible Mermaid Guitar.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Andy's Custom Guitars Facebook page

A video of the Mermaid Guitar

Andy's Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number seven features my chat with guitarist and sound designer Toby Pitman

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 57 miles from Toby's room in Air Studios, London to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. We talk about making Film and Television soundtracks, working with Giles Martin and playing the Bond theme.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Toby's Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number four features my chat with singer songwriter Ezio Lunedei

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 300 miles from Saarbrücken in Germany to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. We chat about changes in the music buisness, the Cambridge folk festival and the joys of cooking.

The song at the beginning of the podcast is 'Saxon Street' from Ezio's 1995 album 'Black Boots on Latin Feet'.  I've put together a Spotify playlist of some of the songs we mention in the shows, you can find that here Tuned Playlist.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast.

Links

Ezio Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number five features my chat with head of manufacturing at Collings Guitars Steve Nall, known to most as Nully.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 4900 miles from the Collings Guitars workshop in sunny Austin, Texas to the Atkin workshop in snowy Canterbury, Kent. We discuss Nully's journey from the 82nd Airbourne to Collings Guitars, Bill Collings himself, instrument development, and making guitars during an international pandemic.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist. 

Links  

The Collings Website  

The Atkin Guitars website  

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number four features my chat with singer, musician and songwriter Chris Difford.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 54 miles from Chris' luxury shed in Lewes, Sussex to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. Obviously we talk about Squeeze but also Chris's solo career, his songwriting workshops and sheep, among other things.

The song at the beginning of the podcast is 'Come on Down' from Chris's 2008 'Last Temptation of Chris' album. In fact I'm making a Spotify playlist of some of the songs we mention in the show, you can find that here Tuned Playlist.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast.

Links 

The Chris Difford website 

Help Musicians UK website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number three features my chat with singer songwriter Boo Hewerdine.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 385 miles from Boo's home in Glasgow to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. We talk about songwriting workshops, guitars full of songs, his fabulous beard and selling pink clogs. 

Boo uses the Atkin OM37 guitar and of course the Boo Hewerdine signature model  

The song at the beginning of the podcast is Boo's "Patience of Angels" from the 2005 album 'Harmonograph' which you can find on spotify, In fact I'm making a Spotify playlist of some of the songs we mention in the show, you can find that here Tuned Playlist. 

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast. 

Here are some videos of Boo 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z93CPLQRA2g 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRn86TqVec 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kr42zhM7Ck 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBQfNraUemU 

Some other Links

 Boo's website 

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number two features my chat with luthier Patrick Eggle.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 200 miles from Patrick's workshop in Oswestry, Shropshire to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent.

We talk about his career from Patrick Eggle Guitars in the 1990's to Patrick James Eggle Guitars in the 2020's, spraying guitars in the mountains of North Carolina, buying wood while drunk and Brian May's instagram.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the beginning and end of this podcast. 

I'm making a Spotify playlist of some of the songs we mention in the show, you can find that here Tuned Playlist.

Links

The Patrick James Eggle website 

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number one features my chat with Olly Knights of Turin Brakes.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 60 miles from Olly's home in Southwest London to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. There's lots of Turin Brakes talk from their beginnings to the 20th anniversary of their debut album "The Optimist LP", writing songs, growing hair and Joni Mitchell. 

The song at the beginning of the podcast is "Lost in the Woods" from the 2018 album Invisible Storm which you can find on spotify, In fact I'm making a Spotify playlist of some of the songs we mention in the show, you can find that here Tuned Playlist.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast. 

Links

The Turin Brakes website 

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website