This is another episode I'm only posting due a musical friend named Peter. A while back, he sent me a bunch of episodes in high-quality video format. I converted this one to audio format and broke it into mp3s. So thank you, Peter.
Justin Currie is the main singer-songwriter in the band Del Amitri. Their biggest selling singles are "Nothing Ever Happens" and "Roll to Me." They were in existence from 1980 to 2002. So Currie was a solo artist at the time of this concert. But the band got back together in 2013, and they are still together as I write this in 2026.
Here's his Wikipedia entry:
Chris Difford is one of the two main singer-songwriters in the band Squeeze, along with Glenn Tilbrook. Other band members have come and gone, but those two have been constants. Tilbrook has done the vast majority of the singing, although there are exceptions. For instance, Difford was the lead singer on the song "Cool for Cats," which made it all the way to Number Two in the British singles chart in 1979. Although Difford has remained in Squeeze for over 50 years, and the band is still together as I write this, the band has had some extended breaks. During those times, Difford has had a low-key solo career. By the time of this concert, he had put out three solo albums.
Here's his Wikipedia entry:
Boo Hewerdine (whose first name is actually Mark) was the main singer and songwriter in the band the Bible. That band was most successful in the 1980s. But they reformed a couple of times since. They are still together as I write this. He also has a hand a long solo career, releasing over a dozen studio albums. Furthermore, he's written songs for others. For instance, Eddi Reader had a Top Forty hit in Britain with his song "Patience of Angels" (which he performed here).
Here's his Wikipedia entry:
Other than that, there's not much else to say. This episode followed the same format of others for the show, with each musician taking turns performing songs, then getting together to sing the final song.
This album is 56 minutes long.
01 talk (Chris Difford)
02 Take Me, I'm Yours (Chris Difford)
03 talk (Boo Hewerdine)
04 Patience of Angels (Boo Hewerdine)
05 talk (Justin Currie)
06 Nothing Ever Happens (Justin Currie)
07 talk (Chris Difford)
08 Fat as a Fiddle (Chris Difford)
09 talk (Boo Hewerdine)
10 New Year's Eve (Boo Hewerdine)
11 talk (Justin Currie)
12 If I Ever Loved You (Justin Currie)
13 talk (Chris Difford)
14 Passion Killer (Chris Difford)
15 talk (Boo Hewerdine)
16 Sing to Me (Boo Hewerdine)
17 talk (Justin Currie)
18 As Long as You Don't Come Back (Justin Currie)
19 talk (Chris Difford)
20 Up the Junction (Chris Difford)
21 talk (Boo Hewerdine)
22 Muddy Water (Boo Hewerdine)
23 talk (Justin Currie)
24 Always the Last to Know (Justin Currie)
25 talk (Chris Difford)
26 Tempted (Justin Currie, Chris Difford, & Boo Hewerdine)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/7FEfJFQj
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/Ctp1i7AYOBTXMJx/file
The cover photo is a screenshot I took from this exact concert. From left to right: Chris Difford, Boo Hewerdine, and Justin Currie.
Big fan of both del Amitri and Squeeze, so this is a very nice find! I met a couple of the guys from Squeeze after a concert around 1998, including their drummer at the time, Ash Soan, who had previously spent a few years in del Amitri.
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