website noticeboard of 321
Wales tour 304
Bragg, Billy (albums):
Back To Basics 188
Billy Bragg Volume 1 292
Billy Bragg Volume 2 292–3
Brewing Up With Billy Bragg 24, 137–9, 150–53, 155, 157
Don’t Try This At Home 28, 218–20, 221–5, 231, 232, 248, 250
England, Half English 274, 278–9, 293, 300, 301
Fight Songs 308
Internationale, The 130, 215–16, 240
Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs Spy 100–104, 107–8, 109–10, 111–13, 117–18, 120, 123, 137, 150, 155, 176, 209, 215, 258
Mermaid Avenue 257–62, 263–9, 309
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions 297
Mermaid Avenue Vol II 264, 269, 272–3
Mr Love & Justice 299–301
Must I Paint You A Picture? 285
Reaching To The Converted 70
Talking With The Taxman About Poetry 183–4, 186, 195, 196, 200, 224
Tooth & Nail 297, 308–9
William Bloke 173, 243, 248–51, 258, 323
Workers Playtime 81, 187, 195, 196, 197, 199–200, 206, 220, 224, 250
Bragg, David (brother) 9, 15, 18, 67, 71
Bragg, Dennis (father) 2, 4, 6, 9–10, 12, 16–18, 30–31, 69, 224, 237, 291, 311, 320
Bragg, Grandpa 6
Bragg, Marie (D’Urso, mother) xix, 2, 5, 9–10, 14, 15, 17, 30–31, 33, 66, 90, 95, 158, 175, 198, 235, 236, 274, 280, 281, 320, 310–12
death and funeral of 310–11
Bragg, Melvyn 163
Branson, Richard 103–4, 232
Bresslaw, Bernard 323
‘Brickbat’ 248, 250, 323
Bridge House, Canning Town 36, 87
Bridport News 275, 276, 278
Brinsley Schwarz 43
British National Party (BNP) 3, 241–2, 272, 289–90, 293, 306, 307
Bronski Beat 123
see also Somerville, Jimmy
Brooking, Trevor 13
Brown, Gordon 299, 306–7
Brown, James 154
Browne, Jackson 28, 66, 132, 214
Bruce, Ian 275, 278
Bubbles, Barney 118, 126
Buck, Peter 223
Bugg, Jake 298
Buggles 67
Bull pub, Irthlingborough 44
Bump Band 266
Burchill, Julie 177
Burr, Martin 47
Bush, George W. 284, 286
Bushell, Garry 103
Buster (dog) 275
‘Busy Girl Buys Beauty, The’ 85, 94
Butchers Shop 300
Buzzcocks 34, 37
Byrne, David 217
C, Dave 99
Callaghan, James 149
Cameron, David 295–6, 306, 307
Canary Wharf, London 2, 235
Cantrell, Jerry 303
Carr, Roy 50, 181, 197
Cash, Johnny 309
Cash, Roseanne 309
Carter USM 218–19, 234
CD Presents 163
Chakk 126
Chambers, Lester 286
Chapel studios 300
Chappell (publishers) 91–2, 96, 99, 102
Charisma Records 92–4, 95–6, 99, 100–101, 103, 104, 111, 113
Charman, Paul 28
Chegwin, Jeff 91, 96–7, 100, 102
China 202, 205
Chiswick Records 46, 49, 58, 155, 156
Chords 57
Christgau, Robert 264
Christie, Tony 19
Chrysalis Records 126, 132, 135, 136–7, 152, 207, 220–21
‘Cindy Of A Thousand Lives’ 224, 226
City Limits 102
Clapton, Eric xvii, 40, 41, 148
Clarke, Gilby 303
Clarke, Peter 17
Clash xvi, 8, 26, 29, 34, 36–9, 46, 54, 63, 71, 85, 92, 94, 101, 114, 148–9, 158, 211, 214, 279, 282, 290, 299, 303
Clear Channel 286
Clegg, Nick 306–7
Click 250
Clinton, Bill 234, 245
Clopton, Northants 56–7, 59, 63
‘Cloth, The’ 86, 87, 103
CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) 63, 70, 79, 131–2, 150, 161, 167, 177, 185, 237
Coal Porters 216
cocaine 59, 141
Coil 50
Cole, Lloyd 177, 188
Collins, Dave and Ansell 19
Collins, Phil, 303
Coltrane, Robbie 171
Communards 171, 177
see also Somerville, Jimmy
Communist Party 17
Conservative Party (Tories) xvi–xviii, 17, 32, 71, 143–5, 169, 182, 189, 191, 234, 237, 252–5, 273, 274–8, 290, 298, 305–7
Cook, Robin 160, 171
Cooke, Sam 26
Cooking Vinyl Records 240, 247, 251, 292, 299, 318, 299
Coomer, Ken 258
see also Wilco
Cooper, Alice 23
Copeland, Miles 134
Copeland, Stewart 190
Costello, Elvis 28, 68, 69, 118, 121, 132, 139, 151, 168, 184
Coyne, Kevin 43
Crass 102
Creamer, Jayne 199, 201
Crow, Bob 283
Cruise missiles xviii, 45, 63, 145
Cryer, Ann 290
Czechoslovakia 216–17
Dagenham 5–6, 13, 29, 290, 293
Daily Express 271, 277
Daily Mirror 34, 121, 145, 166, 177
Daily Telegraph 61, 253, 305
Dalton, Stephen 216
Dammers, Jerry 171, 177, 190, 214, 299
see also Special AKA
Damned 27, 34, 36, 37, 135, 171
Dando, Evan 209
Dann, Trevor 125
D’Arcy, Doug 126
Dartmoor Prison 302
Dave & Ansell Collins 19
David, Annajoy 167–8, 172, 177
Davidson, Geoff 164
Davidson, Jim 92
Davies, Pete 192
Dawn 19
‘Days Like These’ 166, 175, 183, 197
Dean Taylor, R. 19
De Bono, Ted 137
Deep Purple 22
Dekker, Desmond 38
Delfonics 152
Denselow, Robin 102, 148, 177, 188
Depeche Mode 66, 218
Desert Island Discs 295
Dexys Midnight Runners 85
DiFranco, Ani 257
Disco 45 21, 32
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy 256
Dodgy 267
‘Dolphins’ 195, 224
Donegan, Lonnie 288, 289
Don’t Try This At Home tour 226–8
Dorset Echo 276, 277, 292
Drug Addix 49
Dunn, Clive 19, 130
Du Noyer, Paul 139, 184
Dudley, Malcolm 301
Duran Duran 83, 101, 118
D’Urso family 2–3, 5, 6
Dury, Ian (& The Blockheads) 92, 101, 110, 118, 136, 195
Dylan, Bob 19, 20, 23, 39, 84–5, 125, 147, 148, 188, 214, 216, 256–7, 259, 289, 295, 299, 314, 316–7, 322
Eagles 29
Earle, Steve 285, 286
Earwood, Mark 68
East End (of London) 2–4, 9, 27, 128
East Germany (GDR) 179–81, 185, 203–5, 212, 315
Eater 50
Eavis, Michael 131
Echo & The Bunnymen 138, 139, 140–42, 146, 156
Eddie & The Hot Rods 34, 37, 66, 218
Eddie (drummer) 66
Eddington, Maxine 290–92, 300
Edinburgh Festival 105–6, 111
Edison Lighthouse 19
Edmonds, Lu 265
Edwards, Eddie ‘The Eagle’ 314
Edwards, Simon 265
Edwards, Terry 247
Einsturzende Neubaten 123
Electronic 250
Elektra Records 163, 197, 215, 259, 292
Eliot, TS 40
Ellen, Mark 125
Elton, Ben xviii, 188, 316
Emerson, Lake & Palmer 22
Enfield, Harry 188, 195
‘England, Half English’ 282–3
‘Ernie’ 9, 19
Essex xv, 1, 2–3, 5–7, 11, 43, 58, 66, 89, 108, 218, 254, 260, 306
Euro 2000 272
Evening Standard (London) xvi, 252, 305–6
Every Girl An English Rose 68
Ewing, Jackie 24
FA Cup Final
1975 14
1980 67
Face, The 171, 177, 225, 226
Facebook 295, 308, 311, 321
Faces 19, 20, 26, 29, 35, 39, 265, 289
Fairport Convention 116, 132, 195
Falklands War xviii, 79–80, 151
Fame (television show) 84
Farrell, Perry 303
Faulkner, John 181
Fennimore, Catherine (Tiny) 176–9, 186, 189–90, 193, 202, 206, 213–14, 235, 238, 242, 251, 253, 299, 319, 321, 322
son Sam 253
Ferry, Bryan 43
‘Few, The’ 216, 224
Financial Times 67
Fitzgerald, F Scott 260
Fitzgerald, Patrick 85, 103
Fleadh
London 265
US 264, 266
Fletcher, Tony 176
Flying Tigers 33–4, 36, 64, 97
see also Riff Raff
folk music 84–5, 128, 147, 166–7, 179, 182
Folk Roots 182, 216, 223
Foot Michael 161, 166
Ford Motor Works (Dagenham) 1, 5–6, 16, 39, 42, 56, 180, 279
‘Foundations’ 312
‘Fourteenth Of February, The’ 248
France: holidays 25, 32, 81
lack of support in xix, 127
Frank Chickens 150, 153
Frankie Goes To Hollywood 122, 159
Franks, Lynne 168
Free 19
Freedland, Jonathan 287
Fricke, David 200
Friday Night Armistice 253, 316
‘From Red To Blue’ 243, 246, 249, 250
Fry, Louisa 1
Frydman, Nigel 226, 250
Full Metal Jacket 65, 73–5, 78
Futurama festival 112–13
Gallagher, Noel 30, 245
Galloway, George 290, 315
Garai, Romola 321
Garcia, Jane 197
Garofalo, Janeane 286
Gascoigne School, Barking 29, 39
Gaughan, Dick 143, 147, 157, 179
Gay News 58
Gee, Lorna 177
Geezer Records 68
Gene Loves Jezebel 123
general elections
1964 xvi
1974 xvii
1979 39, 149
1983 17, 144–5
1987 xviii, 144, 186, 188–90, 234
1992, 143–4, 234, 252
1997 xviii, 39, 45, 143, 246, 252–5
2001 274–9, 317
2005 287, 289–90, 300
2010 305, 306, 306–7
Genesis 92–3, 104
Giddy, Pam 271
Gift, Roland 171
Gilchrist, Andy 283
Gilmour, Dave 129
Gilmour House 87–8, 97
Ginsberg, Allen 259
Giscombe, Junior 177
Glastonbury Festival 131–2, 165, 196, 209, 242–3, 246–7, 269, 273, 284, 285, 298
Leftfield at 282, 302, 321
GLC (Greater London Council) xviii, 24, 129–31, 146, 166, 172, 182
Go! Discs 109, 114, 120, 123, 126, 137, 152, 155, 173, 175, 177, 178, 183, 193, 206–9, 213–15, 219–21, 230–33, 251–2, 294, 318, 319
Go! Mansions 126, 155
Son of Go! Mansions 193, 198
Goldman, Albert 316
Goldsmith, Harvey 129
Goldstein, Steve 82, 87
‘Goodbye Goodbye’ 309, 310
Goodman, Pete 56
Gorbachev, Mikhail 181, 203, 204
Gordon, Mick 305
Gorman, Teresa 189, 315
GQ 154
Gramski, Antonio 297
Great Journeys (BBC TV) 209–11
Greaves, Jimmy 13, 32
Greenbelt 285, 302
‘Greetings To The New Brunette’ 183–4, 199
Gregory, Glenn 178
Griffin, Sid 265
Griffin, Nick 290, 306
Guardian 61, 86, 102, 121, 153, 213, 218, 234, 269, 276, 284, 295, 299, 300, 302, 304, 306
Billy’s contributions to 303–4
Gulf War:
1991 217–19, 245
2003 284
Guthrie Arlo 256, 257, 289
Guthrie, Nora 256–7, 258, 261, 268
Guthrie, Woody xix, 179, 188, 199, 242, 256–62, 263, 264, 266, 268, 269, 278, 288, 289, 297, 298, 322
Guys Marsh prison 301–2
Hackney Empire, London 63, 202, 213, 218, 234, 243
Haley, Bill 9
‘Handyman Blues’ 298, 309
Handley, Robert 14, 24, 27–9, 36–7, 39, 44, 47, 49, 50, 52–3, 55, 58, 60–61, 62–4, 66, 68, 132, 206
see also Riff Raff
Hard-Fi 293
Harper, Roy 92, 94, 127, 129, 195
Harris, Corey 258
Harris, Emmylou 285
Harrison, George 19
Haydon, Christopher 305
Healey, Dennis 166
Heath, Edward xvii, 149
Heaton, Paul 115, 174, 322
see also Beautiful South
Heffer, Simon 272
‘Help Save The Youth Of America’ 196–7
Hemingway, Ernest 260
Henry, Joe 309, 310, 322
Henry, Lenny 188
Hepworth, David 125
Hewitt, Paolo 176
Hibbert, Tom 314–15
Hillsborough Families Support Group 308
Hitch, Oliver 97
Holden, Anthony 271
‘Home Front, The’ 282
‘Honey I’m A Big Boy Now’ 184
Hope & Anchor, Islington 52, 57
HOPE Not Hate 306
Housemartins 173–4, 178, 185–6, 196, 213, 223
Howard, Michael 253, 290
Howson, James 17
Hucknall, Mick 116, 209
Huffington Post 303
Humphries, Patrick 84
100 Club, London 34, 134
Hurd, Douglas 271
Hyde, Sarah 294
Hynde, Chrissie 214, 285
‘I Ain’t Got No Home’ 309
‘I Keep Faith’ 300, 303
‘I Wanna Be A Cosmonaut’ 44, 49, 50, 57, 59, 97, 135
ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London 122–3
Icicle Works 115, 116
‘Ideology’ 184
‘If You Ever Leave’ 301
Ilford, Essex 11, 67, 129, 193, 251
Incantation 99
Independent on Sunday 227
International Musician 47
‘Internationale, The’ 18, 179, 215–16
Iraq War (2003) 284, 290, 308
Iron Maiden 34, 101
Irwin, Colin 152, 160, 167, 184, 216
‘Island Of No Return’ 151
‘It Says Here’ 151, 157
iTunes 294, 312
Jackson, Jesse 256
Jagger, Mick 26, 32, 39
see also Rolling Stones
Jail Guitar Doors (JGD) 302–3
Jam 37–8, 46–7, 128, 151, 170
Jamming! 176
‘January Song’ 309, 310
Japan 169–71, 202, 205, 282
‘Jeane’ 165, 199
Jenner, Peter xiv, 100–101, 104–5, 108, 113, 117, 124–5, 129, 137, 139, 142, 152, 155, 160, 164, 167, 169, 186, 195, 200, 201, 206–9, 214, 227–9, 251, 253, 259, 299, 308, 318, 320
Charisma sacks 103
finances Life’s A Riot 96–7
first Billy gig 95
first meeting with Billy 94–5
gets out of Go! Discs 219–21
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meets Juliet 136
new attitude after Billy’s lay-off 237–40, 251
on the road 127, 153–4, 180–83, 185, 212
tenure at Charisma 92–3
Volvo of 127, 147, 201
Jenner, Sumi 92, 104, 115, 169, 205, 220
Jerry, Mungo 19
‘Jerusalem’ 181, 215, 254
Jobs For A Change 131, 166
Jobs For Youth tour 160–61, 175, 180
John, Elton 14, 19, 101
Johnson, Boris 273, 277
Jolt 46
Jones, Kenny 139
Jones, Mick 302
Jook, The 49
Joyce, James 259
Judge Dredd 87
Jungr & Parker 209
Jupitus, Phill (Porky the Poet) 175–8, 186, 193, 194, 200, 201, 213, 220, 222, 226, 233, 250, 251–2, 288, 299, 319, 322
Kellner, Peter 252
Kelly, Danny 151, 179–80
Kelly, Jude 299
Kemp, Gary 171, 177
see also Spandau Ballet
Kennedy, John 251
Kennedy, Pat and Don (Auntie Pat and Uncle Don) 10, 15, 231
Kent, Bruce 180, 237, 252
Kershaw, Andy 101, 114, 123, 124–6, 127, 128, 130–32, 138, 147, 153–4, 157, 160, 183, 194, 209–11, 318–19, 322
Kershaw, Liz 124–5
Killer (Hell’s Angel) 61–2
‘King James Version’ 241, 248
King, Jonathan 218
King, Mervyn 305
King, Oona 290
Kinnock, Neil 130, 160–61, 171, 187, 188, 223, 244, 245–6, 252, 255, 307, 322
Kipling, Rudyard 127, 142, 152
Kirsch, Michelle 214, 223
Klein, Joe 259, 264
Knight, Greg 190
Knight, Mr (farmer) 48
Kraftwerk 83
Kramer, Wayne 303–4
Kubrick, Stanley 73
Labour Party xvii, 5, 147, 149, 162–3, 166–9, 171–2, 186, 189, 190, 193, 200, 204, 262, 270, 274–7, 286
1983 election 145
1987 election 188–90
1992 election 143–4
1997 landslide xviii, 143, 244, 252–4
2005 election 290
2010 election 305, 306–7
in Barking 17, 145, 290
‘marriage’ to Billy Bragg 160–61, 166
New Labour xix, 144, 159, 244–6, 254–5, 304
in Oundle 45, 63
Labour Party Young Socialists 159, 162, 163, 177
Lambrettas 57
Latchmere pub, Battersea 98
Led Zeppelin 22, 34, 129, 138, 289
Lee, Alvin 29, 270
Lee, Sgt 73–4, 79
Leftley estate, Barking 15, 20, 77
Leigh, Mike 10
Leisz, Greg 309
Leith, William 153
Letwin, Oliver 275–7, 305, 307, 315
Leveson Report 308
‘Levi Stubbs’ Tears’ 159, 175, 183, 297
Liberal Democrats 275, 276–7, 290, 305–7
‘Life With The Lions’ 187, 199
‘Like Soldiers Do’ 151
Little Acre 46
Little Feat 211
‘Little Time Bomb’ 199
Live Aid 150, 159–60
Livingstone, Ken 129, 172, 182, 271
Loaded 154