My Ear Candy #24 Bob Keiller

My guest this week was Bob Keiller, he was gonna be a ‘special’ guest until he turned up late and confessed on air that he didn’t like football so was rightly demoted to mere ‘guest’ status. This startling faux pas apart, Bob proved a very entertaining guest and, unlike many of my invitees, brought along good selections.

What can I tell you about Bob? Well click on this link, choose Stoney Baloney and wind it on to the 25 minute mark and he’ll tell you himself, keep listening for an hour and you’ll hear his favourite tracks and more too. We had a great time, despite the barely forgivable selection of a George Michael track, not something I usually permit but given Bob’s got a CBE and is therefore borderline royalty I felt compelled.

The best tracks were the first, a brilliant cover of a Simon & Garfunkel track by a band that really ought to think harder about their stage name, and the last choice, ‘Sunny’. I advise you to listen to the poignant reason Bob chose this song, anyone who’s experienced a similar trauma will identity I hope with the terrific lyrics and passion with which Bobby Herb sings. Oasis are always a winner, there’s a great story behind the UB40 song and The Jam I won’t comment upon given their lead singer once slated Depeche Mode, he should be shackled in the Tower of London for that.

Thanks for being a super guest Bob, if you ever want to get into football let me know and I’ll get you down to Villa Park, bring your boots and you’ll get a game.

Bob’s Selections 

1. Pigpen Theatre Company  -The Only Living Boy in New York

2. The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

3. UB40 - Tyler

4. George Michael - Killer/My Papa was a Rolling Stone

5. Oasis - Champagne Supernova

6. Bobby Herb - Sunny