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I was looking on the Edwyn Collins website forum and noticed that he said he had a Rickenbacker. A quick google later and here he is with a Lightshow!
Any one else a fan of him or his previous band, Orange Juice?

I LOVED Orange Juice- in fact, I spun Ostrich Graveyard earlier this week. Some great tracks in their career. One of my personal favourites is the Texas Fever EP, and especially the single 'What Presence', which has a bass line that rates as one of the coolest from the '80s IMHO. It makes sense that a man who wrote 'I wore my fringe like Roger McGuinn' would have a cool Rick!

Collins is great! He's apparently still not completely whole following a cerebral hemorrhage in 2005. But he's back making music now:

http://www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomedwyncollins

"What Presence?!" is also a fave of mine, also "If Ever You're Ready" (B-side to the first solo single - "Don't Shilly Shally") which is achingly beautiful.

I don't think that he can use his right hand much yet, but is progressing and hopeful - and he can still sing. I think that most of the stuff for the new album was recorded before the illness. It's stunning how people can recover from such appalling disasters.

Here's the story from the Scottish Press.
http://sundayherald.com/life/people/display.var.1596535.0.0.php

This is a recent photo.

And he still has the Lightshow!!!!
Is that a vintage Gibson ES335 with a dogear P90 at the neck?

I had no idea about his illness. I really hope he recovers.

I think that's a Gibson ES330 Noel. Same spec as an Epiphone Casino.

Just skimming through and did not realise that Edwyn had a Light show Cool!
Sending him all the best from me.Oh and cheers for the post Mark.

scotty wrote:Just skimming through and did not realise that Edwyn had a Light show Cool!
Sending him all the best from me.Oh and cheers for the post Mark.

Ha! Do keep up old boy!

Edwyn and the kitsch Ric in action -

Is it A dee das or add is as? im a A dee das man myself. Strangly i just bought myself a new black adidas zipper.

It's from the originators name - Adolf "Adi" Dassler, so I'll plump for Ah-dee-das. I read about it in a book about Liverpool casuals who robbed them from all over Europe - a, day do doh don't day.

scotty wrote:Is it A dee das or add is as? im a A dee das man myself. Strangly i just bought myself a new black adidas zipper.

I hope that you got the jacket as well as the zipper.

Give us fashion show Gok!

Just realised it was a Fred Perry i bought.

Orange Juice were a great band, I met Edwin at a gig he played at Reading Uni, he was a real gent (albeit a very drunken one)