Squeeze Difford Dates Into Your Schedule
30th March 2005



The principal lyric writer for that quintissential 70's/80's Band Squeeze is in Peel on Thursday the 31st March 2005 and the following night the 1st April at The Centenary Arts Centre.

Rare as hen's teeth; one of the sold out tickets

Thanks to Triskel I caught the first of the two sold out shows on Thursday night (31st March 2005) and thoroughly enjoyed the whole evening. Local singer/songwriter Ben Dunderdale impressed with his interesting guitar skills and some well crafted songs. "Please" was one of Ben's tunes that left a deep impression and I am still mulling over the ideas that it triggered.

Chris Difford and his excellent band, Matt Deighton - Guitar, Dori Jackson - Vocals and Richard Causen

Chris Difford & his band - click to enlarge

- Piano, came on to warm applause on a fairly cool early Spring night and he was well advised to be wrapped up in a large scarf.

The music was of course beautifully played and the songs familiar and still sounding fresh and edgy. Good stuff. Stage presentation at the Centenary Arts Centre was cool and classy and deserves a mention too. Chris was easy and relaxed at the centre

Chris Difford & his band - click to enlarge

of proceedings and as raconteur he was as skilful as he is as a musician and lyricist. His between-songs stories of the glory days of Squeeze and his songwriting with Glenn Tilbrook were amusing and, more importantly, interesting. Although these were taken from a book by Jim Dury they had the bell-like ring of truth about them and contributed a great deal to the success of the evening. The scarf eventually came off at the end of the night but only because Chris had been too embarrassed to take it off earlier - or so he said. We all laughed empathically. We'd been there too.

Links:
www.chrisdifford.com
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