My pal Kyle ‘The Kylemeister’ Leitch – 70s record retailer and Belfast’s other ‘Godfather of Punk’ – started a podcast recently. Episode 4, out yesterday, is the best so far – only available on Spotify (link below).
It’s a good-natured, upbeat ramble through Henry’s time in Stiff Little Fingers and Highway Star before that – Henry being one of Kyle’s best customers in Caroline Music, Belfast at the time. Henry published a memoir recently, which sold out – a reprint is in the offing.
The interview / chat proper starts at 8:50, after some introductory byways about Kyle’s recent AirBnB / Booking.com adventures.
Cheers for that @colin-h
I too commend Henry’s book, and hope it does get another print run.
Comes across as very humble in print, as he does in interviews such as this.
As they say towards the end: No Henry, No SLF. He found the records (or Kyle forced them onto him as it now appears), he convinced Jake Burns to consider the sound and what they could do with it, and his rhythm guitar was an integral part of the sound.
He may no longer be with Jake and Ali, but XSLF are worth a catch if playing anywhere near (sadly they very rarely come further south than Hereford, despite me asking Henry nicely on Facebook)