When Parchment reunited!

A big thanks to local radio journalist Wayne Clarke for  linking us to a 2004 local radio interview, recorded, maybe, in Liverpool,

Wayne managed to get Sue, John and Keith Rycroft all on the air together for the first and last time in decades to mark the release of the Simply...Parchment CD set.

You can find the full interview, 46 minutes of talk and songs, by following the link to Wayne's blog here:

Wayne Clark blog
It is full of revelations.

• The first revelation was that Keith Rycroft came from a group called Gospel Messengers, not Trinity Folk. And he is now a Quaker, he stated. 
• Both John and Keith named Lovely Touching, from Hollywood Sunset, as one of their favourite songs.
• The glorious You Were on My Mind was described as "rubbish" by one of them. It never made it to an album.
• And, yes, we were correct in thinking they inspired Bono of U2. It's in his autobiography - supposedly.
• Sue McClellan sang live when they appeared on Top of the Pops.
• If you listen carefully to the end of the Light Up the Fire album you might hear the line "get your granny off the table." (I have never heard this...)
• (Click on heading for more)