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DEBBIE HARRY (Happy 78) And NICK CAVE Cover GUN CLUB Mastermind JEFFREY LEE PIERCE (Happy 65)

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1 July 2023

Last Wednesday the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce, the wayward mastermind of underrated
indie mavericks Gun Club from L.A. would have celebrated his 65th birthday. Today
glam pop-punk diva Debbie Harry turns 78. Born Angela Trimble July 1, 1945 in Miami.

And yesterday she and expert crooner Nick Cave shared their duet cover of JLP song
On The Other Side. A pearl he only played live for a while. I’m sure there’s a connection between all those facts.

Cypress Grove (British songwriter who played with JLP): “Jeffrey Lee Pierce only performed the song live a few times, faster in tempo before being transformed into an exquisite ballad with Cave on piano, me on guitar, synth by Warren Ellis and Guido Benigni on bass providing
a sensitive backdrop to Nick and Debbie’s unearthly vocal.”

Turn Up The Volume‘s best cover of the month, June 2023.

Heart-and-Soul Touching.

The song will feature on a Jeffrey Lee Pierce tribute album titled The Task Has Overwhelmed Us coming in September. Many other big names are on it too, such
as the late Mark Lanegan, Lydia Lunch, Dave Gahan, the Coathangers, Jim Jarmusch
and more.

Album details here.

Busy Times Coming For NICK CAVE

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Busy days coming for NICK CAVE

He has planned some ‘In Conversation‘ events (mainly in Europe) with
journalist Seán O’Hagan where they will discuss their bestselling book,
Faith, Hope and Carnage.

The book takes readers from Cave’s early childhood to the present
day, through his loves, his work ethic and his dramatic transformation
in recent years, and examines questions of faith, art, music, freedom,
grief and love.

And when the Fall comes Cave and Radiohead‘s
bassist Colin Greenwood will fly to the US for
18 concerts.

NICK CAVE: Website – Instagram

New NICK CAVE Photo Book Called ‘…GRACE’ With DEREK RIGERS Shots

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23 November 2022

Renowned British photographer DEREK RIDGERS (aged 72) has photographed
an array of youth and cultural movements in the UK, street, and alternative London
club scenes. This is the first book published on Ridgers’ early photography that focuses
on a single person as subject. This book comprises material taken from four photographic shoots with NICK CAVE, when Ridgers was working as a freelance photographer and offering material to music press publications of the time.

All formats/order info via publisher BURNING BOOK PRESS.

Taken from Ridgers’ archives and scanned directly from the original photographic transparencies this material has been printed by full colour lithography with the black
and white also being run as full colour to obtain optimal results and high contrast. With this attention this is the best these photographs can be seen.

The pages have been section stitched and hardback bound in a blue cloth with a rounded spine. There is a recessed tip in picture and the title has been gold foil blocked on the front and spine. There is an additional blind image in black on the back cover. Inside an obsolete traditional Heidelberg letterpress was employed to hole cut a perforation running down one of the pages.

DEREK RIDGERS: Website

Photos via Burning Book Press