ALL IN GOOD TIME® STYLE/MUSIC/CULTURE ISSUE 3 Featuring: The Last of the Troubadours Steve Cradock, Steve White & Jonny Owen IN ASSOCIATION WITH FREE MAGAZINE SPRING/SUMMER 2014 ALL IN GOOD TIME® STYLE/MUSIC/CULTURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPRING/SUMMER 2014 CONTACT [email protected] / www.deliciousjunction.co.uk EDITORIAL SPECIAL THANKS Del Junction & Mark Baxter Mark Baxter for his unwavering guidance and keen eye on proceedings PHOTOGRAPHY Annie Ward, Phil Dias & Chris Bulezuik, Phil Dias for his design and passion Lee Cogswell, Karen Allen, LawrenceWatson Terry Rawlings for writing a blinding article DESIGN Phil Dias & Chrish Othendee @ Karma Creative Lee Osborne for design elements… www.karma-creative.co.uk WELCOME Welcome aboard the 3rd issue of “All In this issue we have a lavish array of The Stone Foundation provide a track in Good Time” magazine… and yes we interviews with Steve Cradock, Jonny by track review of their new long- are still having a blast, doing what we Owen, Steve White and George Dyer. player and we are delighted to be love with shoes, and creating all things associated with the release of “Find the Delicious. Guest writer Terry Rawlings takes a spirit” in 2014. witty look at a few famous faces in his In 2013 we all lost a very dear and excellent article “Dead Cool”. We have to mention our many valued friend, Dean Powell. Well customers, brand collaborators and known for his enthusiasm and relentless We get up close and personal with retailers who have inspired us over endeavours on the scene – he will be Frankie Johns and Paul Lam, a couple the past year with their fantastic sadly missed but never forgotten and of retail warriors in Birmingham, who and sometimes fanatical support – a we dedicate this issue to his memory. have both made their mark in the massive “thank you” goes out to you all. country’s second city. The working title to this issue is Keep on Keepin’ on at what you do “shoegazing” but far from standing Cover stars and all round top gents best, and we hope you enjoy the ride. A still, staring at our loafers we’ve got Darron Connett & Joel Rogers spill splendid read is guaranteed for all… round a number of familiar faces on the the beans on our collaboration project vibrant scene today… “THE TROUBADOUR” and give us Big love an insight into the intriguing world of their band. 2 DEDICATED TO DEAN POWELL 21/4/66 - 10/9/2013 CONTENTS 4. STEVE CRADOCK Guitar genius and one of the most hardworking musicians 10. THE RawlINGS around, we talk to him about his GUIDE TO THE COOL solo album – “Travel Wild-Travel OF THE 1960s 18. THE LAST OF THE Free”. Guest Writer Terry Rawlings TROUBADOURS gives us his witty take on what Cover stars, the guys spill 6. JONNY OWEN makes some well known faces of the beans on their design Writer, actor and one of the nicest the 1960’s dead cool. collaboration with Delicious fella’s in the business, tells us Junction and bring us up to date about his film Svengali and what 14. STEVE WHITE on their band. MOD means to him. AKA “WHITEY” A popular choice among the 22. STONE FOUNDATION 8. GEORGE DYER Modern world, he played at Live A track by track guide to the The Name is DYER – George Aid in 1985 and left his mark on new album To find the Spirit. The Dyer THE Tailor! A fine tailor many special recordings…we soulful band are in their pomp. with a true passion for the cloth catch up with Steve and find him and making suits from the in fine fettle… 25. SPOTLIGHT ON unusual… BIRMINGHAM Two different retailers in the City with two different stories to tell; an insight into independent (All Prices are correct at time of going to print.) retailing today. ALL IN GOOD TIME 3 • SPRING/SUMMER 2014 3 AFTERGLOW – navy corded £55 BULLITt – tan £90 WATTS – black/White £65 THE TROUBADOuR – brown £78 THE CROWLEy – Stone £65 OTIS – black £60 MERTOn – bordo £75 THE UNIVERSAl – navy corded £85 STEVE CRADOCK AS I APPROACHED THE FRONT DOORS OF THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM IN CAMDEN, I COULD HEAR THE DISTINCTIVE GUItar SOLOS COMING FROM A OCEAN COLOUR SCENE SOUNDCHECK BEFORE A GIG THat EVENING. A FEW MINUTES later, I sat DOWN WITH THE player OF THOSE Instantly RECOGNISABLE RIFFS 6 ALL IN GOOD TIME 3 • SPRING/SUMMER 2014 DJ: So, Mr Cradock, did you grow up in a DJ: You are the new ‘hardest working man SC: Ten of course! A lot of my shoes are ‘musical’ house? in showbiz’, what with OCS, working with battered and bruised, but there again, so Paul Weller and the solo stuff - ever get am I! I love shoes, they are very important!!! SC: Well, my grand dad was a banjo tired of life on the road? player, who came first in the equivalent DJ: Who is your ultimate guitar hero and of Opportunity Knocks, but the day after SC: I’ve always seen myself as copping out what about them inspired you? winning, his best mate, and the other of hard work. That is what being a musician banjo player committed suicide, so he allows you. Music isn’t work to me. It’s a SC: Guitar heroes are difficult, but Steve didn’t play again from that day onwards. pleasure. But also keeping busy is good for Marriott on the Decca stuff, Hendrix on My mom was an hairdresser and dad was the heart and mind. his first two albums. Jack White, John a policeman. Squire on the first ‘Roses’ album. Pete DJ: Tell us about the new ‘solo’ album Townsend from 1966-69. Paul Weller, DJ: What age were you when you first Richard Hawley, Lee Mavers, Mani, Peter picked up the guitar? SC: My new album is called ‘Travel Wild Green on ‘Man Of The World’. John, Paul, - Travel Free’. It’s the best thing I’ve done George on Abbey Road, it goes on and on... SC: I started playing the bass guitar at musically, and spans a lot of sounds and eleven and then changed to the six string grooves. It’s also quite 60s sounding DJ: You mentioned you would be up for when I was sixteen. haha. However much I try to make it not a collaboration with Delicious Junction – sound old world, it always does. My wife what style of footwear do you have in mind DJ: The world of ‘mod’ seems to have Sally sings more on this album, which is and why? claimed you at a young age, why? cool as I don’t like my voice that much. I have co-written songs with Andy Crofts/ SC: Two -hole jumbo cord boots. I have SC: All my mates were either mods or Steve Pilgrim/Chris Difford and Sally. a pair of shoes that Brian and Mick are rude boys and I remember a mate having It has a lovely front cover of me and Sally wearing on ‘High Tide and Green Grass’ a parka when we were eight or nine, with walking by the canal near Paul’s (Weller) all the targets and patches and have loved studio in Surrey. The horses name was DJ: Finally, what does 2014 hold for you? that look of a parka ever since. I’ve got a Melody, which again is a sign. great M-1951 and a M-1965 with real My favourite song at the moment on it is SC: No idea. Music, mod and shoes fur hood from the company Art Gallery ‘The Magic Hour’, which sounds like it’s hopefully! which are the best parka’s around. Also a written for Andy Fairweather Low lot of the older lads had amazing scooters - I wished! DJ: Thank you kind sir, we can’t argue in Birmingham and also great shoes! It was with that. a style that was all around me from an early DJ: On a scale of 1 to 10, how important age and I fucking loved it! are the right shoes to finish off a look? ALLALL ININ GOODGOOD TIMETIME 32 •• SPRING/SUMMERSPRING/SUMMER 20142014 75 CARDIFF FAN, WRITER, ACTOR AND jONNY ONE OF THE NICEST FELLAS AROUND Jonny Owen devised a series of short films called ‘Svengali’ which played on Youtube a couple of years ago, popping up every few months or so and which gained a huge on- OWEN line following. Starring in them, were the likes of Boy I loved about the way things were then. often used to say...’We lived on our wits’. George, Martin Freeman and one time How stuff was passed around. It was a real Singing, cards, betting on the dogs. He Oasis manager Alan McGee. sharing thing. The terraces were alive with once walked to London as a young man. culture. People always passing around tapes They slept in hedgerows on the way. But The whole idea was picked up by a film and books. I had Trainspotting given to soon as they got there they loved it. He was company and ‘Svengali’ the movie should me at the football and Catcher in the Rye. a big one for his suits too. So that rubbed be out in cinemas by the time you have this It was strange because there were plenty off on me. And, the Football? Where do I magazine in your hands. of nutters in South Wales but I was never start with him and that? He took me to my arsed about them.