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RichardB replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Pete Who? (No 2) in the forum Blogs 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I see you’ve been having a good listen…
Interestingly (or not) Messrs Atkin and James have each blamed themselves and excused the other for the lack of sales. After Clive James wrote in the fourth volume of his memoirs that the problem was that his lyrics were too cerebral, Pete Atkin wrote a long and thoughtful refutation (it’s here on the website if you’re interested) which boiled down to his belief that his tunes weren’t simple and catchy enough. ‘The egg is on my face.’
I’d like to see him one more time before one or other of us pops his clogs, but since I took myself off to the wilds of Wales he hasn’t done a gig anywhere within convenient reach. About the nearest was a recent appearance at Ledbury (Herefordshire), but that was a workshop-type thing at a poetry festival, rather than a ‘proper’ gig.
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Now I’m back home in South Wales, we’re probably not too far apart.
I’m in the Western Valleys, about halfway between Glynneath and Seven Sisters.
About 50 minutes from here, depending on the state of the roadworks around Merthyr. I’m in Gilwern, between Brynmawr and Abergavenny.