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Lee Southall and Ady Johnson
by Bob Oram
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
AFTER seven albums with The Coral, guitarist Lee Southall is now getting back into a new groove with a gentler and more fragile honesty as he sings about personal experiences like becoming a father and moving away from Merseyside to a “hill in west Yorkshire.”
He’s a really talented guitarist and his voice is both achingly pure and as soulful as a veteran country-folk singer.
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