{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/615e4181bd75fa00131509ac?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 2: Mods and Sods with Mark Bedford, Guy Pratt and Buddy Ascott","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613f6abff5e01d00136472e4/1633630642125-3f3f65e0d067882d84bbfc1d0263db65.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For this episode, we spin back to 1979, for a lively and laughter-filled conversation with two famous bass players and a drummer: Mark ‘Bedders’ Bedford of <strong>Madness</strong>, Guy Pratt (then of <strong>Speedball</strong>) and Brett ‘Buddy’ Ascott (then of<strong> The Chords</strong>). Together they discuss:</p><ul><li>the fashion forces that inspired that year’s mod and skinhead revivals;</li><li>why the former musical movement fizzled out but the latter one gave us the lasting music of 2-Tone Records</li><li>the influence of punk and the freedom it inspired</li><li>why the music you listened to in that era defined the clothes that you wore and why gig-going was so dangerous</li><li>getting into and playing in pub venues under age</li><li>the role of fanzines in that tribal era</li><li>Mark Bedford becoming a pop star at 17 and the Madness biographical movie Take It Or Leave It</li><li>memories of meeting what was then a 15-year old fanzine scribe and why it mattered to get coverage in <em>Jamming! </em></li><li>Guy Pratt's memoir 'My Bass And Other Animals' and Tony Fletcher's memoir 'Boy About Town'</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Mark Bedford's <strong>The Near Jazz Experience</strong> can be found at <a href=\"https://thenje.bandcamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thenje.bandcamp.com/</a></p><p>His social is  <a href=\"https://twitter.com/I_be_MarkB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://twitter.com/I_be_MarkB</a></p><p>Guy Pratt will be touring soon with <strong>Saucerful of Secrets</strong> <a href=\"https://www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com/</a></p><p>Guy Pratt co-hosts <strong>the Rockonteurs</strong> podcast with Gary Kemp which can be found at <a href=\"https://www.rockonteurs.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.rockonteurs.com/</a></p><p>His official Facebook page is <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/guy.pratt.official\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/guy.pratt.official</a></p><p>Buddy Ascott is currently on tour with <strong>The 1979ers</strong> and can be found at &nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/brett.b.ascott\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/brett.b.ascott</a>. </p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>The Best of Jamming!: Selections and Stories from the Fanzine That Grew Up 1977-86 </em></strong>is published by <a href=\"https://omnibuspress.com/products/the-best-of-jamming-published-on-23rd-september-2021\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Omnibus Press</a> and available now from all good book shops in the UK/EU, and Dec 2 in the rest of the world.</p><p>More information and online purchasing options at:</p><p><a href=\"https://tonyfletcher.net/book/the-best-of-jamming/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TonyFletcher.net</a></p><p><a href=\"https://omnibuspress.com/products/the-best-of-jamming-published-on-23rd-september-2021\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OmnibusPress.com </a></p><p><br></p><p>'The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast Theme'<strong> </strong>is by Noel Fletcher. Copyright reserved.</p><p>The logo is by Greg Morton, who also assisted with editing.</p><p><em>The Best of Jamming! </em>book cover was designed by Martin Stiff.</p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast/about\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Jamming! Fanzine Podcast website</strong></a><strong> </strong>can be found at</p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/the-jamming-fanzine-podcast</a></p><p>Social media updates at</p><p><a href=\"https://Instagram.com/LeagleAlien\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram.com/LeagleAlien</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/TonyFletcher\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/TonyFletcher</a></p>","author_name":"Tony Fletcher"}