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It’s Windy Miller. Hello, Wendy. Are you busy? Plenty of corn to grind. Plenty of wind in your sails. Oh yes, they’re going nicely, aren’t they? Windy Miller Windy Miller Sharper than a thorn like a mouse, his spry and nimble when he grinds the corn like a bird. He’ll watch the wind and listen for the sound, which says he has the wind he needs to make the sails go round. Phew, it’s warm work being a Miller. This Tuesday evening on East Coast FM, and that means one thing. Yes, the Sundown Sessions is back, bringing you the finest music to grace of turntables through the decades. And when I say back, I’m back from no holiday. But it’s more of a pilgrimage really. I spent the last two weeks over in the States taking in everything from the Casino recording studio in New Orleans, Sun Studios in Memphis, and then just yesterday the famous Studio RCA Studio Be in Nashville. But tonight is back to business. I’m back in studio. In the heart, Arlington where? East Coast FM, excuse me here, East Coast FM and besides some great music from the Mission, Estes and ZZZ, I have Jay and JoJo from the band post Ironic State joining me for a live interview very very soon. So well they make their way in and with me only flying back. In 10, by this afternoon, I’m very much still on A, and it’d be very, very easy for me to talk at length about what I’ve been up to for the last two weeks. But I’m going to spare you all the detail and just sum it all up, saying that if you ever get the chance to do the whole Rock’n’roll Tour thing in the States, you really, really must do it. Because it truly was something else. There she comes. Here comes that girl again, wanted to beat her since I don’t know where but she don’t notice me when I pass she goes with all the guys from her out of my class but it didn’t stop me from my thinking myself. She’s your violin looking man, she’s something else. Hey, look at them across the street. Where’s the car in just for me to own that car would be a luxury, but right now I can’t afford the gas. A brand looking vertical is out of my glass but that didn’t stop it from my thinking to myself and cars. Fine looking man. Get something else, get something else. Hey, look at here. Just wait and see. If I can save my dog, I’ll buy that car that I’ve been worth. So get me that girl and we’ll go riding around. You’ll look me your shot with a white drop down. I’ll keep right on a dream and I’m thinking to myself when it all comes true man, wow, that’s something else. Look at here. What’s all this? Before, but here I am knocking on the door. My cars have fun, it’s all mine. Just a 41 foot, not a 59. I got that girl and I’m thinking to myself, she’s sure Vine looking man. Wow, she’s something else. Here, the Rock’n’roll in one minute, 59 seconds. And in that short space of time I’ve actually had a couple of texts, a couple of messages rather. I’ve heard a text that’s come in the studio from Ray. Ray says good evening calling. How are you doing? Well, I’m doing terrific Legacy. I’m very, very much. The windows are my sales just to kind of latch onto their Wendy Miller from Cumberland Green there. But yeah, I’m, I’m just not going to go on about my holiday slash pilgrimage because, yeah, I think everybody will drop off. It will just be like inviting everybody around to come and look at my photographs. It’s just a bit too much. But I’m doing really, really good. And I hope you are too. And thanks so much for tuning in. And, you know, it’s just been away these two last two weeks. You might have easily found something else to do. So. You could join me. And John Lighthart sent a message on the Facebook page. He says welcome back. Oh, and go yourself. Colin. Sounds like you had a great trip. Well, yeah, the two years tease me as you might and trying to get the information. I’m just. I just wanted to see. It was something else. It really was because because really, when I start, I could just. I’ll just never know when to stop. It was just absolutely terrific. It really, really was. But if anybody else wants to get in touch, I’d really love to hear from you. Well, that’s just to say hello or if you’ve got a question that you want me to. To either Jay or JoJo from Post Ironic State, then there’s a number of ways you can reach me. You can text the studio on 0785902030 or you can drop a comment on the Sundown Sessions Facebook page. Surprisingly enough on Facebook if you just look for Sundown Sessions. UK, you should be able to find me there. But back to the music, I were listening to Eddie Cochran, something else. I was originally released back in 1959 on the London American label. Well in the UK RPM version you know that set you back about £250 upwards of that anyway. But well the earlier 7 inch try center pressings, they just reach. Price about 30 and then the solid center versions, which obviously they’re later pressions, they’re around £15. But with all that being said, what you just heard, there was none of those. It was none of those. It was actually a rare stereo mixer from my personal collection that picked up record for many may many years ago and actually consider that bit of a gem. And Speaking of all these records, there was a time that you in the London American label actually just prompted me really there was a time. Many, many years ago that you could really tell what kind of signs you were in for just looking at the label in the sleeve. London American. Like I say, it was Auk imprint that licensed and released American records in Britain, especially the kind of rock’n’roll rhythm and Blues and pop from the 50s and 60s. And they included what a roster asterisk artists they had Cochran, Del Shannon, Jean Vincent, Roy Orbison. Then there was a Parlour phone label anymore, The Beatles, The Hollies, Columbia, Columbia Records. Cliff in the Shadows, Helen Shapiro, Adam Faith, you know, rattling all these off because just just talking about London American actually takes me back to time when me, my sister were kids, my dad had banging olives. And for anybody who knows, banging olives and back in the 70s and still still true to this day, for that matter, they’re very much more like pieces of furniture. Rather than just a stereo, if you will. So yeah, the banging Alderson front and center in the living room and he had hit less stack of records and he’d play kind of. Is this going to be a hit? Obviously he knew the answer to that, but we were just kids and I think it was just an excuse for to make us kind of listen to those records And, you know, I just hovered them all up. Absolutely love them. Got really, really fond memories and actually just kind of recounting that there just had a flashback there just now. I remember rocking Goose, but Johnny and Eric and that was a that was a real, real favorite of mine. Anyway, but he Cochran, to me, he really epitomizes rock’n’roll, the clothes, the imagery, everything. And when I see the imagery, I’m talking about the cars, the diners. I mean, even like on on later releases, you know, they had the car with big tailgates. This spotlight records Silver spotlight. Somebody’s going to please somebody correct me. I’ve just gone blank, but basically. But back to Eddie himself, like, you know, the Cliff and yes, that guitar has Gretch, absolutely beautiful looking, beautiful looking guitar. I was just absolutely seduced the look of it. And Eddie, you know, saggy, sad. Sadly, his life was tragic cut short on April the 17th, 1960 when he died in a car crash. Anyway, I’ve got some trivia for you. One of the people that was first on the scene was a young police cadet named David Harmon. And you might know him better as Dave D from Dave D Dozy Becky Macintosh. And they had big, big hits like Hold Tight and The Legend Designer do. Eddie Cox and was actually portrayed by a chap called Brian sits other than the 1980 some for 1980 some film and that was a biopic biopic about Richie Valencia and really sex or was a fitting choice and he brought real authenticity to the rule normally did he look that part but it’s performance you know it was absolutely spot on for fans of that either and sits on himself has had a long standing collaboration with Gretch resulting several signature more. Models that pay homage to has rockability roots and distinctive sale. And if you’re sitting at home thinking who on earth is Brian Setzer? Well in 1979 with Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom, he formed the stray Cats and really after learning of the rockabilly rockabilly revival in the UK, he relocated here in 1980. And it was then the Dave Airman’s kind of took notice and produced their self-titled Debbie album stray Cats and that was recent records and the album featured hits like runaway boys. Cut straw and this this is rock this down. Well, they need me. Well, late Saturday night I had my hair part time and the baby just looks so right home. We can’t pick up 10. Got to have it over to you. But I don’t know, I got something in the bed so bad ‘cause we’re looking at schools.



Mike Peters of the Alarm (the story of the Poppy Fields): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-2g_S2o0g8 Vinyl Film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703923/

Vida Gigs:

3rd May 2025: Old Brewery, Alloa (raising funds for Andys Man Club and Macmillan Cancer Support) 18th June 2025: Cluny, Newcastle 19th June 2025: 100 Club, London

PLAYLIST:

  1. Show Intro - Glen Michael’s Cartoon Cavalcade 00:00:00
  2. The Alarm - 45RPM 00:04:15
  3. The Alarm - 68 Guns 00:18:28
  4. The Alarm - Totally Free 00:21:55
  5. Big Country - Chance (12" Version) 00:26:07
  6. The Lathums - No Direction 00:32:14
  7. Vida - Fade Away 00:37:25
  8. Sergeant - Sunshine 00:53:28
  9. Vida - Different Storm (LIVE Acoustic Session for Sundown Sessions) 00:56:55
  10. America - Horse With No Name 01:04:04
  11. Vida - All My Life (LIVE Acoustic Session for Sundown Sessions) 01:08:26
  12. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony 01:18:44
  13. Vida - All My Life 01:30:58
  14. Milltown Brothers - Apple Green 01:35:50
  15. Unbelievable Truth - I Wanna Be Adored (LIVE) 01:38:58
  16. ‘Til Tuesday - On Sunday 01:49:19