WEBVTT 00:00:05.390 --> 00:00:08.609 Chatterbox, when the stars talk, they talk to 00:00:08.609 --> 00:00:33.200 Nick and Sue. Welcome back to the Chatterbox 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.960 Redux podcast with Sue and Nick. In this edition, 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.820 our special guest is Alan Clark of the Hollies. 00:00:56.460 --> 00:00:59.060 And now on Chatterbox UK, we're just lucky enough 00:00:59.060 --> 00:01:01.520 to welcome Alan Clark. Alan, welcome. How are 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.560 you, sir? I'm fine, thanks, Nick. Yeah, great. 00:01:04.859 --> 00:01:07.840 It's nice to actually speak to people from Hastings, 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.760 where you are, right? Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:16.239 I love Hastings, yeah. As I was saying before 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:18.480 we started recording, I've had the pleasure of 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.239 seeing the White Rock Theatre, Hastings, twice, 00:01:21.659 --> 00:01:24.060 with you as lead singer, with you as a band. 00:01:24.810 --> 00:01:28.150 even better one of those times of course as he 00:01:28.150 --> 00:01:30.230 ain't heavy he's my brother just being the number 00:01:30.230 --> 00:01:31.790 one actually you know we've got around second 00:01:31.790 --> 00:01:34.969 time around so absolutely great Alan um okay 00:01:34.969 --> 00:01:37.409 it's a great career you've had of course but 00:01:37.409 --> 00:01:41.890 um we've got this new release um now it's also 00:01:41.890 --> 00:01:44.469 you've teamed up with graham again which is fantastic 00:01:44.469 --> 00:01:47.569 so how did that come about he's written the song 00:01:47.569 --> 00:01:50.390 so tell us a bit about the song and how you got 00:01:50.390 --> 00:01:55.650 involved Well, I thought that it was about time 00:01:55.650 --> 00:01:58.329 that we did something together because we're 00:01:58.329 --> 00:02:01.950 getting on, you know, and that shows you along, 00:02:01.950 --> 00:02:04.030 you know, when you get to a certain age. No, 00:02:04.150 --> 00:02:07.730 but, you know, when I started with Graham, you 00:02:07.730 --> 00:02:10.330 know, a lot of those years ago when the two of 00:02:10.330 --> 00:02:13.930 us got together as kids and then, you know, teenagers 00:02:13.930 --> 00:02:16.689 and then into, you know, being into rock and 00:02:16.689 --> 00:02:19.569 roll and getting in a band and becoming... famous 00:02:19.569 --> 00:02:23.990 you know and and then he divorced me in 1968 00:02:23.990 --> 00:02:27.069 went to join two other I can't remember the names 00:02:27.069 --> 00:02:30.009 now but I think they had a couple of hits uh 00:02:30.009 --> 00:02:34.889 joke um so anyway no uh since since graham left 00:02:34.889 --> 00:02:38.610 um i've always wondered uh would there be a time 00:02:38.610 --> 00:02:41.409 that we'd be able to get together and and sing 00:02:41.409 --> 00:02:44.930 as as a couple rather than with the band the 00:02:44.930 --> 00:02:47.430 hollies and that you know But we did do something 00:02:47.430 --> 00:02:51.030 with the Hollies in 1984. We recorded an album 00:02:51.030 --> 00:02:53.930 over there in America with them and toured. And 00:02:53.930 --> 00:02:59.090 I think that was 1984. So all in all. That'd 00:02:59.090 --> 00:03:02.530 be about 30 or 40 years since the last time we 00:03:02.530 --> 00:03:04.669 ever sang together. Oh, apart from the Albert 00:03:04.669 --> 00:03:09.689 Hall, which was in 2010, where he sort of got 00:03:09.689 --> 00:03:12.689 me going down there to get a guitar, my Buddy 00:03:12.689 --> 00:03:16.469 Holly guitar, which I play virtually every day 00:03:16.469 --> 00:03:19.289 and write most of my songs on. He was going to 00:03:19.289 --> 00:03:22.449 present me with that. And when they're in the 00:03:22.449 --> 00:03:25.409 halfway in the dressing rooms, he said, you're 00:03:25.409 --> 00:03:27.680 going to sing bust up, aren't you? And I said, 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:31.379 am I? And all of a sudden I'm still on the stage, 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:35.340 you know, at the Albert Hall with David Crosby's 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:40.319 Teeth and Stills and his whole band singing Bus 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.740 Stop, which was to me, it was one of the most 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:48.199 fearful things I've ever done. you know, when 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.659 the ovation that came from the audience, it really 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:55.219 made me feel, you know, special. You know, I 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:57.939 was really glad that Grant did that at that particular 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:00.539 time, because I thought it gave me a little bit 00:04:00.539 --> 00:04:04.759 of hope. But that was 2010. You know, I think 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:08.340 it was anyway, just either before the Rock and 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:11.099 Roll Hall of Fame. I mean, it gets crazier and 00:04:11.099 --> 00:04:15.560 crazier, you know. And in the 20 years that I've 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:22.639 been retired, I've sung with Graham twice. I've 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.199 sung with him twice. What's happened is we've 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:32.120 come round full circle. I said to him when we 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:34.699 met not too long ago, I presented him with a 00:04:34.699 --> 00:04:38.040 Lifetimes Achievement Award. He was very surprised 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:39.759 by it. He didn't know it was going to be me. 00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:45.060 He was very emotional. We saw each other quite 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:48.459 a lot after that. And he did say, you know, is 00:04:48.459 --> 00:04:50.360 there going to be a time? And he said, you never 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.639 know. You know, other things have happened. Why 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:57.939 not? And then I got an album out called Resurgers. 00:04:58.269 --> 00:05:02.709 By surprise, here I was quite happy, just sitting 00:05:02.709 --> 00:05:05.589 here in my nice home with all my children around, 00:05:05.670 --> 00:05:10.490 et cetera. And all of a sudden out of the thin 00:05:10.490 --> 00:05:14.930 air came this will to go along and try and write 00:05:14.930 --> 00:05:18.069 some songs, which I did, not thinking of going 00:05:18.069 --> 00:05:20.470 to get anywhere, you know, but all of a sudden 00:05:20.470 --> 00:05:23.110 I've got a contract with BMG and I've got an 00:05:23.110 --> 00:05:26.670 album out called Researchers. And I did pay that 00:05:26.670 --> 00:05:29.959 to Graham. I played it to him and he went hmm 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.079 that sounds really good maybe there will be a 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:37.939 time well that was three years ago I reminded 00:05:37.939 --> 00:05:40.860 him you know and I sent him a song which I'd 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:43.540 written for me and him thinking that we might 00:05:43.540 --> 00:05:47.220 get together and we might not and it's the name 00:05:47.220 --> 00:05:50.439 of the album which is called I'll Never Forget 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:54.459 and you know that takes two ways you know if 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:56.819 we did get together is something that I'd never 00:05:56.819 --> 00:05:59.740 forget But if it didn't get together, I'll think, 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:01.560 oh well, we've got a great life and I'll never 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.220 forget that. So that's what the whole thing is 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:07.180 about. But there you are, we're doing it. That's 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:09.879 fantastic. So we've got this single Buddy's back, 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:12.620 which obviously I've heard and it's going to 00:06:12.620 --> 00:06:14.540 go on the hit and miss show that we do on a Sunday 00:06:14.540 --> 00:06:18.519 on Radio North Sea International. And I like 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:20.959 the sound of it. You guys still sound great together. 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:25.300 Now, so reading between the lines anyway, sort 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:28.699 of taking you back to sort of Buddy Holidays, 00:06:28.899 --> 00:06:31.819 Heavenly Brothers, et cetera, et cetera. So that's 00:06:31.819 --> 00:06:35.660 what Graham had in mind. And obviously it relates 00:06:35.660 --> 00:06:39.240 to you. as well I guess? Well you know it took 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.300 us a while to do the album because you know we're 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:43.879 just I think we were in the middle of Covid again 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:47.079 you know it was impossible to get over to New 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.439 York and you know it couldn't have come over 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:52.439 here like for a month and sit in a house writing 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:55.180 songs and things like that so you know actually 00:06:55.180 --> 00:06:59.290 doing it online was pretty good. Because I said 00:06:59.290 --> 00:07:02.430 to Graham before we started it, I want the songs 00:07:02.430 --> 00:07:07.589 to feel in the kind of, that when we used to 00:07:07.589 --> 00:07:10.470 sing together in the very early days, when, you 00:07:10.470 --> 00:07:12.250 know, when me and Graham got together and that 00:07:12.250 --> 00:07:15.189 sound came out and the sound became very, very 00:07:15.189 --> 00:07:17.990 famous as the voices of the Hollies. And I want 00:07:17.990 --> 00:07:21.310 you to recapture that. And so, you know, Graham 00:07:21.310 --> 00:07:23.769 said to me halfway through, well, don't you think 00:07:23.769 --> 00:07:26.750 that you should make this your solo album? And 00:07:26.750 --> 00:07:29.250 I said, well, if you really want to, you said, 00:07:29.310 --> 00:07:32.069 well, I'll sing harmony on everything. And I 00:07:32.069 --> 00:07:34.269 said, well, you know, you've got to write something. 00:07:34.310 --> 00:07:38.930 And he said, OK, give me three weeks, more or 00:07:38.930 --> 00:07:41.750 less. And he came back with the song Buddy Holly. 00:07:42.430 --> 00:07:46.110 And he's nailed it. You know, that's the type 00:07:46.110 --> 00:07:48.889 of song that we would have recorded in the old 00:07:48.889 --> 00:07:52.040 days. but bringing it up today now the two of 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.079 us singing this about our youth you know when 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:58.420 we first heard Buddy Holly and we pretended just 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:01.560 to be him looking in the bedroom you know mirror 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.009 and things like that and uh Well, he caught our 00:08:05.009 --> 00:08:08.730 imagination to enable us to carry on, you know, 00:08:09.110 --> 00:08:12.029 as in several groups at that particular time. 00:08:12.490 --> 00:08:15.170 I mean, we called ourselves Ricky and Dane Young. 00:08:15.389 --> 00:08:18.589 We called ourselves the Gaetones. We called ourselves 00:08:18.589 --> 00:08:21.189 the Levins, you know, and all that sort of thing. 00:08:21.470 --> 00:08:25.009 So, you know, this thing that Graham's done is 00:08:25.009 --> 00:08:28.470 in remembrance of Buddy Holly, but also the story 00:08:28.470 --> 00:08:31.389 of how we actually heard him and carried his 00:08:31.389 --> 00:08:34.149 legend on. I think it's a great name because 00:08:34.149 --> 00:08:36.370 uh unfortunately when uh I say unfortunately 00:08:36.370 --> 00:08:40.110 I don't wish my life away but uh yeah he ain't 00:08:40.110 --> 00:08:42.330 heavy he's my brother was a hit first time around 00:08:42.330 --> 00:08:45.389 was a year I was born so I was always left wondering 00:08:45.389 --> 00:08:48.710 was the Holly's named after Buddy Holly I assumed 00:08:48.710 --> 00:08:52.169 he inspired you guys and that's how it all happened 00:08:52.169 --> 00:08:55.250 but unfortunately I came along to uh listen to 00:08:55.250 --> 00:08:58.899 the Holly sort of like uh from the towards the 00:08:58.899 --> 00:09:01.879 end backwards. Now the first single that I remember 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:06.360 buying with my WH Smith record voucher was The 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.299 Air That I Breathe when it came out. Amazing 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:11.840 and you were robbed of a number one spot. How 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:15.559 sad. But that is the first one that I and then 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.519 I discovered the Hoddies in reverse as it were 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:22.179 because of my age basically. Thanks to Mother's 00:09:22.179 --> 00:09:24.120 Record Collection of course. But yeah and now 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:27.409 everyone knows the stuff. Oh what's funny about 00:09:27.409 --> 00:09:30.490 the air that I breathe is that it was um it was 00:09:30.490 --> 00:09:33.309 phil everly that did that first I've heard it 00:09:33.309 --> 00:09:37.789 I've heard it and the version is is so him you 00:09:37.789 --> 00:09:40.669 know and when I heard that for the first time 00:09:40.669 --> 00:09:44.490 I thought we should do that song it was it was 00:09:44.490 --> 00:09:48.250 our um Ron Richard our producer was his secretary 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.740 who came with Phil's album and said, I know you 00:09:51.740 --> 00:09:54.480 love Phil Adderley, but listen to this song on 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:56.240 here. I think you should do it with the boys. 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:59.240 I was so bad that I did because, you know, it 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:02.620 was a beautiful, beautiful song and a really 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:04.700 big hit all around the world, you know. It was 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:07.679 a great song to sing. Absolutely. It's amazing. 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:12.679 It is amazing. And of course, all your songs 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:14.159 are amazing, to be honest with you, but it was 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.460 a great one for me to get to know the group. 00:10:17.029 --> 00:10:21.970 Right. Five coming on six. But yeah, that was 00:10:21.970 --> 00:10:23.809 one of the first records I bought. And yeah, 00:10:23.870 --> 00:10:26.669 very amazing song. And I played it. I must have 00:10:26.669 --> 00:10:28.769 played it hundreds and hundreds of times a day. 00:10:28.950 --> 00:10:31.889 This was great. I'm so proud to have it. Anyway, 00:10:32.070 --> 00:10:36.450 so yeah, great. This great album. Now, you probably 00:10:36.450 --> 00:10:38.669 get asked this all the time. Now, we've got Graham 00:10:38.669 --> 00:10:41.210 and you together. Is there any part, and we've 00:10:41.210 --> 00:10:43.590 already sort of like just trickled past the 60th 00:10:43.590 --> 00:10:48.250 or such. Is there any possibility of the Hollies 00:10:48.250 --> 00:10:52.450 with you and Graham doing it again? No, you've 00:10:52.450 --> 00:10:54.750 already got together once, sort of thing. Could 00:10:54.750 --> 00:10:57.850 it happen, do you think? Never say never, you 00:10:57.850 --> 00:11:03.409 know. I never thought I'd be singing again. Thank 00:11:03.409 --> 00:11:07.230 goodness. Yeah, thank God. It was unexpected. 00:11:07.929 --> 00:11:10.990 It was not something that I planned. And I don't 00:11:10.990 --> 00:11:15.159 know, I get this house quite a lot. I have to 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.659 be quite honest that, you know, I'm in no fit 00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:21.779 state to ever sing the air that I breathe the 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:26.960 way that I did when I was 26, 27. I don't remember 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:29.960 how old I was, but, you know, going on stage 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:33.100 for 40 years, singing all those numbers with 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:37.220 really, really high notes. It was a time, you 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:39.820 know, that all of a sudden your vocal cords said, 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.100 please don't do that again and then you know 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:46.600 that the one of them actually gave up but um 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.940 i mean it was a shame because i enjoyed being 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:52.559 a part of the hollies at that particular time 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:55.480 but you know you can't change yourself when you 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:57.340 you know when you know that you're not hitting 00:11:57.340 --> 00:12:00.659 the right right notes and you want the expressions 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:03.539 of people in the audience that are looking at 00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:06.299 each other to say there seems to be a change 00:12:06.299 --> 00:12:11.370 i i didn't want to end my career being somebody 00:12:11.370 --> 00:12:14.029 who was going to go on stage and letting the 00:12:14.029 --> 00:12:16.289 audiences down as well as letting the boys down. 00:12:16.909 --> 00:12:19.490 I understand what you're saying there but I mean 00:12:19.490 --> 00:12:22.409 you sound absolutely great on this new material, 00:12:23.029 --> 00:12:25.370 absolutely great, but I appreciate being in a 00:12:25.370 --> 00:12:27.289 recording studio that can be a little bit different 00:12:27.289 --> 00:12:32.700 and I get exhausted, my vocal cords go just singing 00:12:32.700 --> 00:12:35.480 watching Brighton over Albion play, so Lord knows 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:38.159 what it's like when we're doing something as 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.639 high as air that I breathe, and so on, and Carrie 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.000 Anne and some of the other stuff. But I've got 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.710 some, you coming on Chatterbox UK has... prompted, 00:12:46.750 --> 00:12:49.610 well it's great to have people emailing in. I've 00:12:49.610 --> 00:12:52.309 selected, I think it's three I shall throw at 00:12:52.309 --> 00:12:55.990 you very quickly, Dave McGurty who you may remember 00:12:55.990 --> 00:13:00.950 from chapter five. His band chapter five supported 00:13:00.950 --> 00:13:04.289 the Hollies at the Nelson Imperial Ballroom in 00:13:04.289 --> 00:13:08.389 1965 and he says you shared a dressing room and 00:13:08.389 --> 00:13:10.330 you had a good chat and a laugh together, smashing 00:13:10.330 --> 00:13:12.529 lads. So great memory from all those years ago 00:13:12.529 --> 00:13:16.059 from Dave McGurty. Yeah, well, I swear, Tony, 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:20.080 Tony Hicks lived in Nelson, you know, and I think 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:23.639 we only ever did that workplace once and never 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:27.879 went back again. I think it was a good show, 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:30.399 but, you know, in the 60s, you know, we'd only 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:35.620 just go in as famous people. So, you know, we 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:39.580 were still only two amps drunk on stage and it 00:13:39.580 --> 00:13:42.559 was pretty live music all the time. But, yeah, 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:47.120 I do remember I smiled when I read that. That 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:49.259 was a lovely, another great one. Norman Peacock 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:54.019 from Stockport. He's asked me to ask you about 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:57.220 a gentleman's clothing shop, I think it is, based 00:13:57.220 --> 00:14:00.100 in Stockport, where Graham worked before he was 00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:03.860 famous. And the guy who owned it was your manager. 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:09.820 Am I reading this right? He was in Stockport. 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:14.070 And yeah, it was I don't know whether Graham 00:14:14.070 --> 00:14:16.909 worked there or not. He could have done. But 00:14:16.909 --> 00:14:20.830 they used to make our clothes. And, you know, 00:14:20.830 --> 00:14:24.409 he did actually become our manager, but he wasn't 00:14:24.409 --> 00:14:26.269 for real, if you know what I mean. He was like 00:14:26.269 --> 00:14:29.009 a pretend manager because he was, well, I think 00:14:29.009 --> 00:14:31.070 he was trying to be a Brian Epstein or something, 00:14:31.070 --> 00:14:35.029 you know, but it didn't work with that guy at 00:14:35.029 --> 00:14:38.450 all. I'm not going to go into a deep, deep story, 00:14:39.529 --> 00:14:43.279 but people do let you down. you know, but it 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.360 was one of those occasions where we had to move 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:49.500 on from Mr Cohen, that was his name, and we did. 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.580 So yeah, I look at, you know, Stoppole was our, 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:56.080 you know, we used to live there, you know, in 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:59.659 the Togury and things like that. Stoppole wasn't 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:03.259 too far from Manchester. That was a part of the 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:07.940 history of us. We didn't really know what we 00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:10.740 were doing. We were just going everywhere and 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:14.399 doing what we were told by certain people. But 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:19.330 we soon got wary of that much later. Quite, quite. 00:15:19.909 --> 00:15:24.509 One last one from former child actor Paul McCarthy. 00:15:24.690 --> 00:15:27.750 Now he played Tommy Watson in Grange Hill and 00:15:27.750 --> 00:15:31.590 he says you don't know each other but he says 00:15:31.590 --> 00:15:36.129 do send Alan my regards. I've been a fan since 00:15:36.129 --> 00:15:39.210 I was a kid. Carrie Anne I just loved it. I think 00:15:39.210 --> 00:15:41.990 I would have been about five years old in 1968 00:15:41.990 --> 00:15:44.350 and he just loved it, just wanted to say hi to 00:15:44.350 --> 00:15:51.240 you. Yeah, Carrie Anne, you know, I mean, there 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:53.679 were a lot of women in our songs, you know, Carrie 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:58.139 Anne, Dear Eloise, Jennifer Eklund, Tari Sikker. 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:05.340 Brilliant. Okay, so let's do some social media, 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:08.320 Alan. It's been great chatting, but I know you've 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.480 got your own website and so on, so let's get 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.480 people one to find out more about you, website, 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:17.440 Facebook. Throw it at them now, please, sir. 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:23.620 It's on everything. I have got an Instagram. 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:27.840 I do Instagram. I mean, but you can open that 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:30.299 and you can think, where's that last three hours 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:34.919 gone? I don't use it that much, I've got other 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:37.639 things to do. But yeah, I'm on the Instagram, 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:41.500 I have Facebook, I have Twitter, I have all these 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:45.539 media platforms which are done by other people. 00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:49.700 So I just bring them up and say what's happening, 00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:52.179 they tell me and I go in and have a look and 00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:54.559 then I leave it alone and come up into my room 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:58.519 here and write some songs. But yeah, I'm on everything. 00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:02.120 That's brilliant. So yes, we've got Alan Clark 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:06.119 featuring Graham Nash and Buddy's back. That's 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:10.660 already available and it's taken from the forthcoming 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:14.519 album which is due for release on April the 7th 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:18.680 by BMG and that is called I'll Never Forget. 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:21.920 That's it. Yeah, that's the one. So let's see 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:25.500 people buying that and let's see them downloading 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:27.720 it, buying it and everything else. That'd be 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:31.069 wonderful. If they like it, please do, if they 00:17:31.069 --> 00:17:33.529 like it, you know, but I mean, it was a joy to 00:17:33.529 --> 00:17:36.210 do it with Graham, even though we never met while 00:17:36.210 --> 00:17:38.470 we were doing it. It's amazing, isn't it, what 00:17:38.470 --> 00:17:41.089 you can do now? Yeah, well, you know, I mean, 00:17:41.089 --> 00:17:42.690 I don't know whether there's going to be anything 00:17:42.690 --> 00:17:45.450 else after this. I mean, I've written songs for 00:17:45.450 --> 00:17:49.509 another album, you know, but whether that's going 00:17:49.509 --> 00:17:52.690 to happen in any shape or form, I have no idea. 00:17:53.309 --> 00:17:57.130 As you say, sorry, sorry, as you say, never say 00:17:57.130 --> 00:18:00.849 never. No album worth the material and what I've 00:18:00.849 --> 00:18:04.109 heard sounds amazing. Oh good. You two sound 00:18:04.109 --> 00:18:07.289 great together. Yeah I know but you know I wrote 00:18:07.289 --> 00:18:13.269 11 songs for it and there's 10 on the album and 00:18:13.269 --> 00:18:17.450 I think the one that Graham wrote is a good introduction 00:18:17.450 --> 00:18:20.069 of Here We Are Back Again with this wonderful 00:18:20.069 --> 00:18:24.549 sound praising the guy that we loved so many 00:18:24.549 --> 00:18:27.710 years ago but you know You have to listen to 00:18:27.710 --> 00:18:30.289 the rest of the album because it moves on from 00:18:30.289 --> 00:18:33.509 that commerciality into what I think are really, 00:18:33.509 --> 00:18:35.650 really good songs. Even though I'm saying that 00:18:35.650 --> 00:18:39.269 I wrote them, I can't understand how I did it. 00:18:39.589 --> 00:18:41.930 You know, but all of a sudden you get something 00:18:41.930 --> 00:18:44.210 coming into your mind and you have to put it 00:18:44.210 --> 00:18:46.769 down on paper and put it into music. And then 00:18:46.769 --> 00:18:49.390 you have songs that mean something, you know. 00:18:49.789 --> 00:18:52.069 And it means a lot to me, this album, it really 00:18:52.069 --> 00:18:55.019 does. And it's something that I... to get to 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:59.920 the kind of age that I am, it's amazing. It's 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:02.400 just amazing. I can't believe it. I really can't. 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:06.279 Thank God that you had some very serious health 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:09.000 problems and I think I was about 15 years back 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:12.480 or more. But thank God and it's great that you 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:17.200 produce this. And yeah, as you say, never say 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:20.539 never. Let's hope health keeps... on your side 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:24.039 now. Let's just hope you can do something together 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:27.099 but this is amazing and I didn't see this coming 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:30.059 in advance so you've done something great that 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:32.299 I'm going to enjoy playing to the listeners so 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:37.019 there we go. I hope we do get to chat sometime 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:39.980 in the future but it's been a great privilege 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:42.359 to have a chance to chat with you and thank you 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:45.039 for coming on Chatterbox UK. One way or another 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:46.920 I'll see that you get to hear the final thing. 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:51.000 Okay, well, my son lives in Hirsmonsu, which 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:55.140 is very close. We go down your way to eat quite 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:59.079 a lot in the Old Town. You know, lovely restaurants 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:03.680 there in the Old Town. And so he goes to the 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:06.299 alley for the skateboarding, the underground 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:11.400 one. So next time I'm going to be in Hastings, 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:14.680 I'll give you a blow. Lovely. We would love that. 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:18.759 Thank you very much. We look forward to it. We 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:20.960 love the old town restaurants and that as well. 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:23.839 And the country ones, yeah. Anyway, Alan, thank 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:27.240 you so much, cheers. Thank you, cheers. Bye bye. 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:50.380 This edition of the Chatterbox Redux podcast 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:53.220 was presented by Nick and Sue. We thank our special 00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:56.500 guest who is Alan Clark of the Hollies. 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