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Working with gospel great, Randy Matthews

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I’m going to be the producer on Randy’s re-release programme. In September, I’m flying in from the south of England and Randy will be flying in from Florida. We’ll be meeting in New York City to flesh out plans. We’ll be meeting at Yankee Stadium and living in Manhattan. Please pray for us. If everything comes together there will be a Kickstarter programme to finance everything.

Again, I want to emphasise that there will be no streaming releases and those that are out there are doing that to Randy’s financial disadvantage. There will be downloads, cds, and vinyl (depending on demand).

Consideration is also being given to a possible new album. We’ll see.

Bim Ingersoll is also prominently involved. He has been a great help in planning this.

Hilary James and Bob James have “Christmas Eyes”.

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Well, it’s been an interesting year. Just in case you hadn’t noticed. In the first three months of the year my writing went along in its normal way and then came the the first three lockdowns we’ve experienced in London because of the pandemic. I started that period floating the idea of online performances and interviews to some artists. Some worked out and some didn’t. I interviewed Nad Sylvan (who is also known as lead singer in Steve Hackett’s band) about his trilogy of solo albums. There was an interview with Bob James and Hilary James which was going to be a stand alone interview but has now become part of a series. Then, there was a long essay about Bob Dylan’s “Tell-Tale Signs” box set.

Each of these was well-received and attracted a very healthy readership. And then my eyesight began to fade. And so everything was delayed until surgery brought about improvement in what was a complicated situation.

So, now this week I was able to interview Bob and Hilary for the second time. Appropriately, this time we concentrated on their Christmas Eyes album – just the right time of the year. At the beginning of the interview, there was a short discussion about my situation, which I’ve left in as a personal marker in the sand.

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