As Mark Ellen had taken his shrimping net to the coast Alex Gold steps into the breach to talk to David Hepworth about

….how solo acts like Bing Crosby and Bruce Springsteen get to play the common man in a way they never could if they were in a band

….the extraordinary sight and sound of the band called Punch trying to make their name on “Opportunity Knocks” in the vanished land of 1976

….what to do with your wedding ring if you find yourself on the world’s largest cruise liner

….Cat Stevens’ “Father And Son” and a few less exalted things that Dads say.

Don’t miss the amazing Punch doc

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