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A New History Of Simple Minds: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Graeme Thomson...



For the first Scots Whay Hae! podcast of 2022 Ali speaks to journalist, cultural commentator, and music biographer Graeme Thomson to talk all about his latest book, Themes For Great Cities: A New History of Simple Minds, which concentrates on the early years and albums of one of Scotland's most successful and lauded bands.


The two talk about the unusual working methods of the band, the many changes they went through, and the feverish work ethic which defined them from the start.

They also talk about the influence Simple Minds' music had on others, the influence of individual members, the inspiration taken from their home town, the ambition which drove them on to bigger, if not necessarily better, things, and why the music endures.


It's an insightful interview which will interest not only admirers of 'the Minds', but music fans more generally as a picture emerges of a band unlike any other.



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