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Podcast number ten, the last of season one, features rock guitarist Steve 'Boltz' Bolton who's six decade spanning career has featured a host of huge music industry names.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across what must be about 6 miles from Steve's cabin in Whitstable, Kent to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. Steve and I talk about his amazing career, going to Levon Helm's house, playing with the Who, and Dr John's feud with the Rolling Stones.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Steve's Website

Dead Man's Corner

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number nine features English folk luminary Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across the 3 miles from Simon's home in the Beautiful Cathedral City of Canterbury, Kent to the Atkin workshop in the Beautiful Cathedral City of Canterbury, Kent. Simon and I talk about Fairport's history, touring with Art Garfunkel, the Cropredy festival, and Joni Mitchell.

Huge thanks to Mr Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Fairport Convention's Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number eight features English guitar making legend Andy Manson.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across the 870 miles from Andy's workshop in Mortágua, Portugal to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent, as the crow flies (if crows were migratory). Andy and I talk about how he got started making guitars, taking photographs and the transformative experience of building his incredible Mermaid Guitar.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Andy's Custom Guitars Facebook page

A video of the Mermaid Guitar

Andy's Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number seven features my chat with guitarist and sound designer Toby Pitman

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 57 miles from Toby's room in Air Studios, London to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. We talk about making Film and Television soundtracks, working with Giles Martin and playing the Bond theme.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist.

Links

Toby's Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number four features my chat with singer songwriter Ezio Lunedei

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 300 miles from Saarbrücken in Germany to the Atkin workshop in Canterbury, Kent. We chat about changes in the music buisness, the Cambridge folk festival and the joys of cooking.

The song at the beginning of the podcast is 'Saxon Street' from Ezio's 1995 album 'Black Boots on Latin Feet'.  I've put together a Spotify playlist of some of the songs we mention in the shows, you can find that here Tuned Playlist.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast.

Links

Ezio Website

The Atkin Guitars website 

Jim Moray's website

Podcast number five features my chat with head of manufacturing at Collings Guitars Steve Nall, known to most as Nully.

Recorded remotely in February 2021, across roughly 4900 miles from the Collings Guitars workshop in sunny Austin, Texas to the Atkin workshop in snowy Canterbury, Kent. We discuss Nully's journey from the 82nd Airbourne to Collings Guitars, Bill Collings himself, instrument development, and making guitars during an international pandemic.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Jim Moray for letting us use his tune 'Lord Douglas' at the end of the podcast, you can listen to it along with some other carefully selected relevant tunes on my Podcast Playlist. 

Links  

The Collings Website  

The Atkin Guitars website  

Jim Moray's website