My guest in this episode is Andy Smith.
In between some great song choices we talk about, amongst other things :
· Growing up in Grimsby "The Garden City"
· Surviving Trinity College Cambridge as a working-class boy
· The delights of flangers!
· How The Smiths generated a love for poetry
· Taking part in the downfall of the Soviet Union
· Being mistaken for a member of Razorlight
· The magical communal experience that is a gig.
His song choices are:
· 1969 - Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
· 1976 - David Bowie - Station to Station
· 1984- The Smith's - Still Ill
· 1994 - Oasis -Whatever
· 2006 - Razorlight - America
· 2011 - Frank Turner - Glory Hallelujah
· 2020 - Banners - Got It In You
If your Podcast supports "Chapters" then so does Music Talks. Its a great way to consume an episode in decade sized chunks.
Since 1992, with the exception of a Dot Com Sojourn for a year , Andy has worked for Accenture & Avanade and during that time he has always lived in Europe. Initially in Sophia Antipoles and for over 20 years home has been Frankfurt in Germany with his wife Astrid and their two teenage children
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