Paul Weller Fan Podcast
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 227
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
EP46 - Dave Swift - Bass Player - Jools Holland - "I've got a song, I ain't got no melody, I'm a gonna sing it to my friends..."
My guest is one of the UK’s finest, high-profile bass players, Dave Swift.
He joined Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra in 1991 and his career, which expands beyond three decades, boasts…
EP45 - John Harris - Author & Journalist & Paul Weller Super-fan - ”Oh like paper caught in wind, I glide upstreet, I glide downstreet...”
My guest on this episode is John Harris - author, journalist and Paul Weller Super-fan!
John was a key part of the music press in 90s - working at Sounds, Melody Maker, NME & Q Magazine before being n…
EP44 - Neil Sheasby "Brother Sheas" - Stone Foundation - "Brother to Brother, One for another..."
Neil Sheasby (AKA Brother Sheas) from Stone Foundation joins me for Episode 44.
Sheas formed the British Modern Soul Group with Neil Jones back in 1997 (check out episode 26 for my chat with 'Jonesy')…
EP43 - Daniel Rachel - Musican-turned-award-winning author - "Governments crack and systems fall, 'cause unity is powerful..."
My guest this week is the fabulous musician, turned award-winning author, Daniel Rachel.
He wrote his first book, Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters after spending his twenti…
EP42 - Rick Buckler - The Jam - Drummer "....the absolute luck is - love is in our hearts!"
My very special guest on this episode is Rick Buckler - drummer for The Jam!
Described as 'the big beat behind all of those great songs' and 'the perfect drummer for the perfect bands', Rick tells his…
EP41 - Martyn Goddard - Photographer - Jam Sessions - "In echoed steps you walk across an empty dream..."
On this episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast, Photographer Martyn Goddard takes us through his Jam archives.
For avid consumers of Jam vinyl in the late seventies and early eighties, Martyn Goddard’…
EP40 - Damon Minchella - Ocean Colour Scene / Weller Band - "When we sway, we sway as one, from the floorboards up!..."
My latest guest is described perfectly by @BritpopMemories as 'Probably the best bass player of his generation' - Damon Minchella.
As a founding member of Ocean Colour Scene for 14 years, Damon toured…
EP39 - Bill Smith - The Jam Art Director + Cover Stories... "I've climbed the highest peaks, caught the wild wind home..."
In this episode, I chat to former Polydor Art Director, Bill Smith.
Not only did Bill create that famous spray-paint The Jam logo that lives on today but he also created the covers for 5 of their albu…
EP38 - Matt Deighton - Overshadowed - Paul Weller Band - Mother Earth - Family Silver... "We're words upon a window, written there in steam..."
2021 finally sees the reemergence of British folk’s most enigmatic lost son - and I can't quite believe that the mighty Matt Deighton is joining me on the podcast!
You may recognize Matt Deighton from…
EP37 - Fat Pop Special - Paul Weller Fans on the day of release... "Who's always there when you really need them? Ah, Fat Pop!"
Celebrate the release of Fat Pop (Volume 1) from Paul Weller with some lovely fans!
Including The Magic Mod (Ben Taylor), Trevor Neal (Trevor & Simon), Broadcaster Peter Gordon (PG)
Plus Super-Fans, To…
EP36 - Alex Borg AKA The Stereo Typist - Fat Pop Album Artist + Pop Art... "Say what you want, 'cos this is a new art school"
My Guest on this episode is Alex Borg AKA The Stereo Typist
This podcast is published on the eve of the release of Paul Weller's 16th Solo album - Fat Pop (Volume 1) so who better to chat to than the…
EP35 - Mick Talbot - The Style Council Co-Founder - "Good Morning day, how do you do?"
Mick's Up!
My Guest is The Style Council Legend - Mick Talbot - keyboardist, songwriter, singer, composer and record producer.
On 1st March 1983, Paul Weller officially pulled the wraps off his new pro…
EP34 - Polly Birkbeck - PR Guru (for Paul Weller and others!) - "I fumble for change and pull out the Queen, smiling, beguiling..."
On this episode I'm joined by PR Guru, Polly Birkbeck (the lady who looks after press for the main man - Mr Paul Weller!)
Polly started her career as A&R assistant in the early 90s at Food Records (la…
EP33 - Paul Francis - Bassist - Paul Weller Movement 1990 - "Freedoms truth is the only truth to save the day and pave the route..."
In this episode, I chat with Paul Francis - bass player with The Paul Weller Movement in 1990.
In 1989, Paul Weller found himself without a band and recording deal for the first time since he was 18.
A…
EP32 - Chris Difford - Squeeze - Lyricist, Musician, Producer *Legend* - "Dreams, schemes and everythings..."
My guest on this episode is the fabulous Chris Difford - singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer - founding member of Squeeze with Glenn Tilbrook.
His musical journey has run parallel to Pau…
EP31 - Le SuperHomard AKA Christophe Vaillant - French Musician & Weller Remixer - "Oh heavenly thing, please cleanse my soul..."
This week, we head across the English Channel to the South of France for a chat with LE SUPERHOMARD AKA Christophe Vaillant.
A french musician with a history of mod-styled formations, like the band Th…
EP30 - Danny Eccleston - Mojo on Paul Weller Guest Editor - "We're dashing our seconds on the rocks of a lifetime"
Mojo Magazine - Senior Editor, Danny Eccleston talks Paul Weller Edits MOJO!
Paul Weller has been a reader since Issue #1 and a MOJO cover star 11 times. Qualifications that make him an ideal MOJO Gue…
EP29 - Jill Webb & Steve Hinders - The Jam Scrapbook - "All around the world I've been looking for new - Youth explosion!..."
Welcome to an episode dedicated to The Jam Scrapbook - a unique project from Blogger Jill Webb from Hull, England and Steve Hinders from Ohio, USA
Listen to me play the part of Cilla Black for a very …
EP28 - Jeff Slate - NYC Singer / Songwriter and Journalist - "Don't break my heart about it, things I can't change"
New York City based singer-songwriter Jeff Slate is not only an internationally recognized recording artist and music journalist...
From the discovery of The Jam in the 1970s, to a love of The Style C…
EP27 - Steve Rapport - Rock N Roll Photographer - "The palm trees sway, as a warm breeze blew, and the sun was high"
Steve Rapport - Rock 'n' Roll Photographer - documented the London music scene of the 1980s with nothing more than a pair of trusty Nikons and a passion for music with heart and soul.
Dive in to hear …