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Over Our Garden Wall

Music based podcast with friends, available on You Tube, and most good/not so good streaming services! We have 4 different podcast series for you to enjoy 1 - Greatest Year For Music - 13 years, 12 guests, dozens of songs 2- Live Music & Me - Gig memories Q&A with a different special guest each episode. ( 20 and counting) 3 - 100 Greatest Albums Ever - 21 Episodes. Actually ended up being 101! Took us 18 months. You wont find a better/more eclectic list. 4 - 30 Greatest Scottish Songs

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00:36:12

Bay City Pollers. 40 Greatest Scottish Albums. Episode 1

Over Our Garden Wall ·

2025/11/14

Its the first episode in our quest to create our 40 greatest Scottish Albums list. Therefore there is a bit of scene setting, rules of engagement chat etc. However, we also had time to look at the 30 albums voted on X already ( with Zoom cutting half of the hosts head off screen!) , extract some 'die on that hill' Top 5 nominations from the podcast panel, and get Mike Scott from The Waterboys to confirm that, he is indeed, Scottish!This is the river, who knows where the sea is....Till next

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00:59:50

LIVE MUSIC & ME - PETER HOOTON. EPISODE 32

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2025/11/05

For this episode of Live Music & Me, our guest was The Farm’s singer/songwriter, Peter Hooton. We had a hunch that Peter would have stories to tell, and we weren’t wrong. Our chat started off with Peter telling us that A.I. doesn’t know that the Sensational Alex Harvey Band could have been his first gig, to getting caught by his dad bunking off school to buy gig tickets, to being barricaded in an Edinburgh venue dressing room with Madness, the gig memories came thick and fast.We also discovered

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00:52:53

LIVE MUSIC & ME. PETER COYLE. EPISODE 31

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2025/09/16

We have covered a lot of musical ground across the 30 odd Live Music & Me podcasts we have done so far. However, on this episode, our guest, the singer/songwriter and artist Peter Coyle ( The Lotus Eaters) covers more than most.From a first gig that could have been Queen, Bush, Magazineor Ultravox (no, really) – to sharing the same stage as Bowie (but not at the same time), to being in a phone box next to Costello (who was also in a phone box), Peter brought his A-game throughout. We also

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00:45:58

LIVE MUSIC & ME - PAOLO HEWITT. EPISODE 30

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2025/08/21

We love all of our podcast guests - however there are a couple of guests that we have been that little bit extra excited to chat to. The music writer/journalist Paolo Hewitt was on that list. The first music biog we purchased in 1983 was A Beat Concerto ( The Jam) - written by Paolo, so we go back a long way. And so does Paolo as his gig memories confirmed. From a first gig at The Reading Festival in the rain in 1973, ( when he wished he was in Jamaica), to multiple teenage gigs at Guilford Civic

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01:07:38

LIVE MUSIC & ME. DEAN OWENS. EPISODE 29

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2025/06/20

For our latest episode of Live Music & Me, our guest was the Scottish singer/songwriter & musician Dean Owens. Deans live music journey has been ‘ eclectic’ to say the least, and his gig list includes a first gig seeing a famous TV presenter and a second gig seeing an equally famous children’s TV group. We also managed to discuss margarine, and one of Dean’s band members getting police protection in the local hospital. No, really…In between all that, we did manage to chat about some cracking

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00:47:17

BAY CITY POLLERS. 30 GREATEST SCOTTISH SONGS. EPISODE 5

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2025/05/17

After 6 months, and voting on over 350 songs, we came to our final podcast discussion on Scotland's 30 Greatest Songs. Our friends on Twitter/X had already decided that Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri was the No 1 song - our podcast panel had the chance to debate this, and indeed the full top 10 that was voted in. Suffice to say, they weren't in agreement! We also managed to chat about tin hats, Anchorman & punching Danny Wilson ( no, really). And, we also had an offer from Colin to

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01:00:10

LIVE MUSIC & ME - JO CAULFIELD. EPISODE 28

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2025/04/04

The title of our podcast suggests that our guests will havesome sort of musical connection. However, it doesn’t preclude us from getting guests on from other genres that are keen to talk about their gig history!Therefore, for this episode we were delighted to be joined bythe comedian & writer Jo Caulfield. We were pretty sure that Jo would talk with passion & humour about the concerts she has been to, and from the get-go trying to work out whether her first gig was at Rock City or De

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00:37:29

BAY CITY POLLERS. 30 GREATEST SCOTTISH SONGS. EPISODE 4

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2025/03/07

It was all going so well. Voting Party's going great on X, lots of love in our virtual room, some amazing songs getting voted through to the Finals. And then....we get to the 2000-2025 nominated songs. In a word, carnage. 107 songs voted on, only 14 voted through. Lots of big hitters missing out, and recriminations aplenty amongst our music friends. It is with this backdrop that our latest podcast was recorded, with our resident BCP panel member Caroline Binnie & the ( award winning) writer

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00:42:06

LIVE MUSIC & ME. XAN TYLER. EPISODE 27

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2025/03/06

Our latest Live Music & Me guest was the singer/songwriter Xan Tyler. We were pretty sure that Xan would have some pretty good stories to share, and she did. From a first gig at Knebworth, to travelling to NYC for a first gig date, to missing Patti Smith playing at the Doune The Rabbit Hole festival, there was plenty going on. Xan also got mentions for 2 gig venues we haven't had before ( the Panopticon Glasgow & the Byron Bay Blues Festival, Australia), and, more importantly, gave us

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01:02:11

LIVE MUSIC & ME. HELEN O HARA. EPISODE 26

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2025/02/13

Our guest for this episode of Live Music & Me was the very wonderful musician, arranger & author Helen O Hara - and 25 episodes in we are still pulling rabbits out the proverbial gig hat. For example, we're pretty sure Helen was the first guest to get Ozzy Osbourne, James Brown & a Commonwealth Games closing ceremony into her gig answers. And it was definitely the first time that we could tell our guest that they were the answer to one of the hosts gig questions ( first date with a

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00:59:43

LIVE MUSIC & ME. JJ GILMOUR. EPISODE 25

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2025/02/10

For our first Live Music & Me podcast of 2025, we were joined by our good friend the Scottish singer, songwriter & musician JJ ‘Jinky” Gilmour. You go into the New Year full of plans to make the podcast lean and mean, focus on the music etc. However, before we even got to the first gig question, we had discussed the ageing process, the relative merits of the Old Firm and hot water bottles. No, really.As a long-standing member of The Silencers, we were sure that JJ would have a few stories to

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00:57:46

BAY CITY POLLERS - 30 GREATEST SCOTTISH SONGS. EPISODE 3

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2025/01/31

We have reached the 1990s! For this episode on our quest to create a list of the 30 Greatest Scottish Songs ever- as well as our resident Bay City Poller Caroline Binnie, we were joined by our friends, the actor Colin McCredie & Station Manager for Cumbernauld FM Gerry Duffy. In addition to the panel re-stating how great the 1980s nominated songs are ( all 42 of them!) we had a proper discussion on both the songs that have been voted into from the 1990s list, and more important those that

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00:45:49

BAY CITY POLLERS. 30 GREATEST SCOTTISH SONGS. EPISODE 2

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2024/12/30

When we recorded Episode 1 of this series, we mentioned inpassing that the 1980s looked like being a particularly challenging decade toagree a Top 30 on, and so it proved! Episode 2 is pretty much taken up with chatting through the 1980s songs that did make the cut, those that didn’t, and those that did but then didn’t.Confused? Join the club. We also managed to adopt another couple of bands into our ‘Scottish’ family, although we remain unconvinced that even the bands themselves would agree! As

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00:46:36

30 Greatest ' Scottish' Songs - Episode 1

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2024/11/12

When we finished our last music podcast series that took usalmost 18 months! (101 Greatest Albums), we had no plans to do another. However, after some pub some chat with friends we concluded that, although there has been plenty of discussion on great Scottish albums, there has been very little on what a great Scottish songs list might look like. So…..we asked our Twitter/X friends for song suggestions. And,5000 nominations later, we are now having a go at working through a quorum of them. Episode

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00:56:43

LIVE MUSIC & ME - DAVID MCCLUSKEY. EPISODE 24

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2024/09/16

Our guest on this episode of Live Music & Me is the songwriter, musician & singer David McCluskey. When your guests first gig is The Clash/Specials/Suicide - you know its going to be a good un... And it was. From a first winch pogoing at a punk gig, to being the only punks at a Captain Beefheart gig ( no, really) , to walking out on a Johnny Cash gig, David's gig memories were highly entertaining We also found out that, as well as being the backbeat of The Bluebells for over 40

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01:01:53

LIVE MUSIC & ME - MARTYN WARE. EPISODE 23

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2024/08/25

We ask a question about bucket gigs to all of our Live Music & Me guests when they join us. We also have a bucket list of guests we would like to get onto our podcast, and Martyn Ware ( Heaven 17, BEF) was on that list. As a musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and music programmer, Martyn has been in the music industry for over 40 years, and we were convinced he would be good company. He was. From his first gig anecdote that involved Marc Bolan and his satin pants, to visiting

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00:40:52

LIVE MUSIC & ME - GRAHAME SKINNER. EPISODE 22

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2024/08/04

After a few false starts – for this episode, we finallymanaged to get on as our guest the singer, songwriter, musician Grahame Skinner. Grahame’s gig memories started on the 16th October 1978 ( Glasgow Apollo). We then weaved through numerous stories with a Stranglers connection, trying ( and failing) to become pals with the Bunnymen, and why Grahame, in his own words, was a ‘fanny’. We also got recollections on walking back post gig from Balhama to Drumchapel ( about 6 hours) , Lou Reed

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00:47:10

NOTHING ELSE MATTRESS. 100 GREATEST ALBUMS. EPISODE 22

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2024/07/13

Just when we were beginning to think that we might never give this series the send off it deserved......here is the 22nd ( and final) edition of our 100 Greatest Albums series.Episode 1 was actually in November 2022, at a time when we had just changed Prime Minister - and we end at a time when we have just saw another one off - which feels pretty good. Over the last few weeks we have been voting to create our final Top 10, in order, from the 101 Albums we previously selected. And we reveal on

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00:24:08

Live Music & Me - Fay Fife

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2024/06/15

When we are trying to get some of our favourite people on as guests, it’s always a challenge to get diaries to align! However, when the guest is the legend that is Fay Fife ( Rezillos, Revillos, The Countess Of Fife) and she tells us she has a spare 30 minutes – we were up for making that happen. And it goes without saying that Fay didn’t disappoint. From her first gigs as a cinema attendant watching the Sensational Alex Harvey Band in Dunfermline, to watching the Cramps at CBGBs in the late

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00:42:01

LIVE MUSIC & ME - JIM GELLATLY EPISODE 20

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2024/05/28

Our latest Live Music & Me guest was the journalist, DJ and radio presenter Jim Gellatly, who was kind enough to give us an hour from his busy schedule. Jim could remember what his first 2 gigs were ( but not in which order). Tbf, they were both belters. He also regaled us with the time he patched a Bon Jovi gig to go and see Take That ( good decision!) , having a ticket to see Nirvana but not seeing them, and also being offered £800 for his U2 ticket ( and Jason Donavan was in that chat

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