Guy Garvey remembers the Grumbleweeds in panto, Santana fantasies & a song nicked from Roy Castle

Guy Garvey and Elbow start touring the UK in May and he looks back here at the first shows he saw growing up in Bury in the ’70s - when his five elders introduced him to punk, prog, folk, soul and Elton John - and proudly admits he still doesn’t know the names of the guitar strings. Look out for … … the secrets of the “Vanity Thrust” and other 21st Century stagecraft. … the time they supported the Stones. … being with the same band members for 34 years and each “wanting to be a different member of Santana”. … what he’s learnt about live performance - “never announce new material”.  … his 6Music show, Guy Garvey’s Finest hour (“one hour too long” – Mrs Guy Garvey).    … the un-PC death of Roy Castle in the Peter Cushing movie Dr Terry’s House of Horrors. … good things about Little Simz. … the time a snowstorm doubled their audience.   … working with the BBC Concert Orchestra – “if it’s Wagner you’ll miss two tea breaks”. … when Paul McCartney turned “Partridge-esque”. … and the possible ‘star guests’ on the upcoming tour. Elbow tour dates …https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/elbow-tickets/artist/886289 Guy Garvey’s Finest hour …https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072q60 Elbow are on Radio 2’s Piano Room with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Feb 21…https://elbow.co.uk/bbc-radio-2-piano-room-month/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content, plus a whole load more!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience. Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.