Squire Fan Club Newsletter

Welcome to the latest Squire newsletter where we meet the fans and open the scrapbook! The stage is set with Squire’s equipment laid out in front of From The Jam’s.  As school kids, the anticipation as we watched the choreography of roadies and technicians prepare the stage and lay everything out in measured symmetry, followed by the buzz of excitement as the lights went down and shadowy figures walked onto the stage has never left the memory. The excitement of going to a concert and seeing the ritual of the whole event unfold, is part of the thrill of live music....

Hi and welcome to the latest newsletter where we travel back in time to September 1979 and watch a clip Squire live on stage at The Bridge House, home of the Mods Mayday album! A few days ago BBC Archives added to their YouTube channel, a documentary sequence focused on the emerging 1979 mod scene in the UK. Entitled The Mod Revival - Retro Fashion, the ten minute clip was first shown on Thursday 13th September 1979, on the prime time news programme Nationwide, and never shown again - until now.  What’s remarkable for Squire fans is that the first...

Hi and welcome to the latest Squire newsletter. We‘ve recently been visiting another Soho - in New York! Soho was the location of last year’s newsletter and video which we published on the anniversary of Kirsty MacColls Birthday which falls on the 10th October.  We won’t repeat the newsletter, there is a link below, but for all the new newsletter subscribers, we paid a tribute to Kirsty and explained the connection and how she ended up on the ‘My Mind Goes Round In Circles’ and ‘Does Stephanie Know?’ single! Her voice and harmonies take centre stage on the record and the combination...

Hi and welcome to the latest newsletter where we unplug the guitar, and investigate songs beyond the Squire repertoire, moving into the realm of lyrical songwriting. Today we are listening to the upcoming Anthony Meynell / Passengers On Trains LP and use ‘Tapestry of Fire' as an example to contrast the different sounds of acoustic guitars! Passengers On Trains is a mix of folk and pop influenced songs with an overarching theme of observation, introspection and discovery. In keeping with the context of solo album the lyrics dig deep inside the psyche and capture thoughts while, for instance, gazing through a...

Welcome to the latest Squire newsletter, where we put the kettle on and discuss one of our most favourite pastimes alongside music and walking the dog - drinking tea! A few of you have enquired what the picture was on the 'No Time Tomorrow' demo video from a couple of weeks ago.  It is actually a ceramic glazed ‘tea tray’ from the Squire tea set! Pictured here, is the complete set of tea pot, two mugs, the tray, and a vase! They were commissioned and made by Babzotica in 1996, and represent the perfect marriage between music and tea! Babzotica was...