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- September 2023 has now seen the release of the Big Heads last album: “And Its Goodbye from Him”. At the ripe old age of 65 and having made a momentous discovery about himself (revealed on the album) Duncan has decided he no longer needs to play music and is determined to go out at the top of his game.
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Aug 6, 2023 · This past weekend Duncan Reid & the Big Heads will have played their final gigs at Rebellion, with their final hurrah following on the 7th October in The Lexington, to mark the release of the glorious final album And It's Goodbye From Him.
Jul 12, 2020 · The ‘angry young punk’ is still lurking within Duncan Reid – although you’d be forgiven for not believing that listening to ‘Don’t Blame Yourself’ (Reid’s fourth album with The Big Heads). However, when he admits; “When stuff makes me angry, very melodic, poppy songs come out of me,” you realise that Reid is more than a ...
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Nov 11, 2022 · Well finally it happened with the amazing Maurice Hipkiss dropping in to add some magic. I wouldn't say Maurice is long in the tooth but it was great hearing his anecdotes about playing with Frank Ifield!
September 2023 has now seen the release of the Big Heads last album: “And Its Goodbye from Him”. At the ripe old age of 65 and having made a momentous discovery about himself (revealed on the album) Duncan has decided he no longer needs to play music and is determined to go out at the top of his game.
- Interview
- Writing Songs
- New Album
- The Grim Reaper
- Don’T Blame Yourself
- Touring
- Lockdown
- Don’T Blame Yourself – Review
- 14 Superior Tracks
- Optimistic Life-Affirming Melodies
LTW: You are now four albums down, with the latest Don’t Blame Yourself released on the 15th of May. Tell us from your perspective about your progression from the inception of Duncan Reid solo/Duncan Reid & the Big Heads to where you are now. Duncan Reid:The first album, Little Big Head, was a solo album. Having been in a band, The Boys, for ever I...
LTW:I think you have a knack for clever witty couplets and storytelling in your songs, I love how all your songs have a story to them. I read on the sleeve notes for “To Live or Live Not” you also mentioned suffering writers block, you said you always have plenty of tunes, but the lyrics are difficult. How do song theme and lyrics come to you, many...
LTW:Tell me about then new album – do you have any favourite tracks? Any amusing stories while you were recording? I enjoyed your series on videos showing how you record and mix the tracks. Duncan Reid: The video blog about song writing was fun to do and people really enjoyed it (Link here). A good use of lockdown time. I still get people asking ho...
LTW:The Grim Reaper comes from some sad losses in a short period of time, but the theme of the song is one of defiance. I know many of my circle of friends were hit hard by the death of Garry Borland, someone so close and so young. Obviously, it was one of the factors that led you to write this song. Has it changed the way you look at life and view...
LTW:The title track Don’t Blame Yourself has come from witnessing the change in the climate in the UK since the dreaded B word. Staying with that topic but changing direction slightly, I have seen you comment on the impact it would have on bands like yourselves touring in Europe, then of course the COVID 19 crisis struck. I know none of us can see ...
As for touring, the worry is that the UK imposes restrictions on European Musicians playing in the UK (and we have already announced that they will need expensive visas) which means that each EU country requires a visa for UK musicians to play there. Combine that with the “Carnet” requirements that existed before we joined the EU (and I remember th...
LTW: As I’ve extolled on many occasions, you and the band excel in the live arena. One of the things I’m missing most during lockdown is live music, and the realisation that that isn’t going to change any time soon. What are you missing most during lockdown and what are you doing to get through it? I sense there may be a video coming soon? (Update–...
So, to that new album. Is it any good? After all, it has to tide us over that Duncan Reid & the Big Heads live gigs leave a large sized gap in our lives. I’m happy to report that all is well, and the album is, as Duncan says, as close to the live experience as I’ve heard on their recorded works. What’s that you say? You haven’t bought it yet? Well,...
Don’t Blame yourself runs to a total of 14 superior tracks. But the feeling that you get when you’re listening means It still isn’t enough. One listen through needs to be repeated, and you’ll find yourself flipping the purple vinyl back over to side one and starting with Your Future Ex Wife once again. The music grabs you, shaking you out of your s...
Despite tackling those types of subjects, the band always tackle things in a positive way. I’m not going to say that listening to the band can cure those divisions and sort out all the ills of the world, but they have hit the motherlode in terms of optimistic life-affirming melodies. They have found the formula and they aren’t scared to use it. I’m...
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Sep 20, 2023 · Duncan Reid and the Big Heads will always be part of our lives, a soundtrack that uses ordinary musings and opinions and creates an extraordinary listening experience. With a grand finale scheduled for 7th October at The Lexington, it will definitely be a ‘I’m not crying, you’re crying’ moment, sigh…swoon….
Jun 26, 2020 · The death of three close friends in quick succession caused Reid to confront his own mortality in The Grim Reaper. “It’s a jolly, pretty, sort of Paul McCartney, Supertramp -ish sort of tune – in fact the band call it my Take That song – but it’s got an extremely heavy lyric.
