Kevin Rowland

George Fenton did both the Planet Earth and Teleaddicts themes.

well it did it did make me look up that story about jackie wilson jockey wilson with dexys um and uh then i was reading a thing that actually it's an urban myth and apparently kevin roland said yeah don't do it'll be a joke put up jockey wilson i don't know if i believe

it certainly earlier when you were chatting in the in the news and brief you were talking about um world productions doing doctor who and i thought you said world of wonder who made drag race but i'm like drag race doctor who is amazing

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In a few minutes, Dexys Midnight Runners with Celtic Soul Brothers from their Too-Ry-Aye album.

Uh, Kevin Rowland's main collaborators in the band were the trombonist Jim Patterson and keyboard player Mickey Billingham, and their shared Irish and Scottish roots and love of classic soul made them indeed Celtic Soul Brothers.

But for that particular track, they actually found the inspiration somewhere else entirely.

[laughs] Would you believe in Burt Bacharach and Hal David's song There's Always Something There to Remind Me? Rowland told the website Songfacts, "That's a great song.

Uh, but so yeah, it was, it was really busy, the house.

It was sort of exuberant and, uh, the thing about that really though is being the oldest and, um, I, I do think it's a particularly Irish thing 'cause I had this conversation with John Lydon and Kevin Rowland as well and that the oldest is really independent.

Hmm.

Interesting.

James Taylor Quartet were mind blowing.

And then we had the all star band, Paul Weller, Kevin Rowland endless legendary musicians and The New Guard on vocals.

Misha Paris's daughter Russia blowing the roof off [upbeat music] And Paul Weller's daughter Leah Weller doing the same alongside Lisa Moore is doing an incredible Stones cover.

Anyway, if you haven't been to one of these events, you need to get there.

So the name is back where it belongs, Hypno.

Yeah, and I know this song... few years ago, they re-released it, or I remember watching some stuff on YouTube around it, where Kevin Rowland was not particularly thrilled with the original mix, or there were some small things that he wanted to, and they kind of remastered it to kind of get it to the original way that they wanted to, but it's one of those songs when you just listen to it, you can't help, but feel like this is, this is one of those great, you know, eighties British pop songs at a time when they were, when they were cranking out things in the, you know, in, in new wave that just, that just constantly, uh, that just, they hold up so well.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

And he can't quite believe it.

I love the bit where, um, Kevin Rowland and Mick Jones from The Clash hear it in Subterranea, and I think Innes is there, isn't he?

Yeah.

And he rings Bobby as if, like, "If they like it, we're definitely, you know, on a roll here," so.

Correct.

Kevin Rowland had released his biography.

It sounds very interesting.

Maybe Hazy Fantasy can be first song off our Carpool Karaoke.

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It was two Kevins, both on guitar.

Kevin number one comes from the British punk rock scene, but here's the thing, he wasn't interested in playing punk music in this brand-new collaboration with the other Kevin.

Their biggest inspiration was Northern and American soul music with a touch of Irish heritage.

The band's very first name was Dexedrine.

Yeah, I'm talking about the amphetamine, which was associated with the Northern Soul scene.

Ironically, the band had one big rule: no drugs, no alcohol, no excuses.

Kevin, as in Rowland, was a hardcore man about rehearsals, stretching late into the night.

I mean, the music and the clothes, the entire image had to be 100% distinctive.