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Speaker 1: This is the Fitting and Whip with Kate Richie podcast.

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Speaker 2: Well, if you watch the logis on Sunday night, there

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Speaker 2: was some amazing performances.

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Speaker 1: This man.

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Speaker 2: We've had him in the studio numerous times. We love

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Speaker 2: having a chat to him. But he is such a

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Speaker 2: talented man. His brand new album Changes All the Time

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Speaker 2: is out octoberfore you can get that pre order right

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Speaker 2: now at Jamesbay dot com James Bay Wilcome.

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Speaker 3: What a pleasure do your mate to go with Basie?

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Speaker 1: You know what? That made my heart melt a little

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Speaker 1: love because well they don't, but it feels like I feel.

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Speaker 1: In that moment, I thought, I feel quite welcome in Australia,

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Speaker 1: to my dad, to my dad. Yeah, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Like a lot of James is at school,

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Speaker 1: popular name for my generation, and I was one of that.

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Speaker 1: I'm privileged to sell was one of the only ones

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Speaker 1: who just got cooled. James, What was it?

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Speaker 3: What did you see or how did you end up

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Speaker 3: with a guitar in your hand the first time?

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Speaker 1: Good question. I remember. The story is that I was

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Speaker 1: in my bedroom on a sort of Saturday morning or afternoon,

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Speaker 1: I can't remember. It was just a sort of very

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Speaker 1: plain weekend moment, and my bedroom door was It was

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Speaker 1: at the top of the stairs in our house. First

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Speaker 1: on the landing door was open and my dad once

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Speaker 1: in a while, both my parents love music and have

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Speaker 1: the radio on a lot. But my dad put a

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Speaker 1: record on. I heard it and I ran downstairs. I said,

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Speaker 1: what is this? And it was a song called Laylor

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Speaker 1: by a band it was, but it was like the

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Speaker 1: up tempo electric original version. It was Yeah, I heard

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Speaker 1: that riff and I was like, what is this? And

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Speaker 1: my dad told me what it was. I said, put

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Speaker 1: it on again. So we heard a list of the

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Speaker 1: second time, and I took the CD up into my

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Speaker 1: room and I don't think he ever saw it again.

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Speaker 1: That was the one, and actually it was funny. In

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, I was on tour with Ed Sheer and

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Speaker 1: he asked me the same.

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Speaker 3: Question, and I tell you what, he steals all my questions.

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Speaker 1: Classic rip off she classic year And he said what

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Speaker 1: he asked me the same question? I said later and

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Speaker 1: he said and I said, he said, how old were you? Said?

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Speaker 1: I was about eleven. He said exactly the same story.

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Speaker 1: Not not. I don't know that his dad played the

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Speaker 1: record but it was like, Layla is absolutely why I

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Speaker 1: picked up.

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Speaker 3: I could tell I'm going to go home and put

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Speaker 3: Laylor on for the kids.

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Speaker 1: It's going to happen. Can we ask you have you

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Speaker 1: been to the pub in his house? Because what we've

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Speaker 1: interviewed in numerous.

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Speaker 2: Times as well, and we we gave him what did

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Speaker 2: we give him?

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Speaker 1: With the b mets, you need to know if they're there,

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Speaker 1: you need to shaker as well. I haven't. I confess

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Speaker 1: I've not. I've not been there, so they're definitely someone.

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Speaker 3: Says, James's let's talk like mate, how was the night

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Speaker 3: for it?

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Speaker 1: It was wonderful, it was. It reminded me of things

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Speaker 1: like the brit Awards and the way that Australians and

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Speaker 1: British people do do awards in a very similarly sort

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Speaker 1: of informal. Yeah, that's how it felt to me, like

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Speaker 1: very relaxed, kind of fun night. It's a little bit

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Speaker 1: different in America, Love you America, but like it's a

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Speaker 1: bit more sort of straight up and down. Everyone's serious

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Speaker 1: and it's a bit more tense. By the way. I

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Speaker 1: arrived in Australia at six a m.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I saw you on the Red carpet.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, i'd been. I've been Friday night. I landed

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Speaker 1: at six amsterday morning, mad up all day and then

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Speaker 1: we played. I played my song at at ten thirty pm.

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Speaker 1: Did sleep last night? Can I also say this? I

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Speaker 1: was the only person on the red carpet, like, because

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Speaker 1: I'm just an idiot, really, but it was wearing sunglasses. Sure,

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Speaker 1: I thought they looked good. But all night I'm dropping

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Speaker 1: a song title la snaping it.

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Speaker 3: He was building in a conversation. Can you tell us

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Speaker 3: about the strangest invitation for a gig? Even if you

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Speaker 3: haven't played it?

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Speaker 1: You know what? You know what? It's the weirdest, It's

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Speaker 1: not even I actually remember. It was around building up

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Speaker 1: to my first album coming out and all the attention

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Speaker 1: on like social media and stuff was getting a lot. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't actually a gig off. I was just

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Speaker 1: I had a really long and earnest message from the girl.

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Speaker 1: They said, will you be my prom date? Awesome? It

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Speaker 1: was quite sweet, really, and I just happened to read

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Speaker 1: it with it ever since. Oh my gosh, it's hard

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Speaker 1: to write back. No, it was, it was so it

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Speaker 1: was break Unfortunately, of course, you just you just leave

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Speaker 1: it blank. So I'm sorry if you couldn't you do

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Speaker 1: probably any other invitations you get, didn't you just re no?

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Speaker 2: I can say, can you come to Medicine Square Garden

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Speaker 2: and come up and perform stick Season with me?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? That was cool? You know that was that was

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Speaker 1: so much fun. Noah is obviously a massive legend. He

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Speaker 1: invited me up. He used to open up for me

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Speaker 1: when I when I was going around America a couple

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Speaker 1: of different tours, I think, and we were doing a

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Speaker 1: little sound check practice and I said, Noah, I don't

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Speaker 1: know about you, but I'm happy. I feel so naked

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Speaker 1: without guitar and I have a guitar, and you mind

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Speaker 1: if I play along? And he winced a little bit

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Speaker 1: and I said no, I said no, I understand. He said,

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Speaker 1: why do we do this? Said? I don't want to

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Speaker 1: mess with you. I don't want to mess with your mix.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't even plugged in. All the guitar geeks out

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Speaker 1: there will be like, wait a minute, what is the switchcraft?

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Speaker 2: Is there any Keith Richards moments for you where you

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Speaker 2: dream the riff of satisfaction?

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Speaker 1: Oh that's a great that's a great question. I tell

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Speaker 1: you what Keith Richards was very lucky, and he must

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Speaker 1: be incredibly talented even in his sleep, because yes, I've dreamt,

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Speaker 1: I've dreamt melodies and as soon as I wake up,

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Speaker 1: if I'm lucky to captain, they're terrible. Exactly do you go?

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Speaker 1: Do you hear record on your phone? Do you have

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Speaker 1: your phone there? Could you give it an example where

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Speaker 1: you're actually like it? I'll you the most, the very

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Speaker 1: most recent one. Everybody listening. This will not this will

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Speaker 1: not be very interesting, but just how a song starts.

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Speaker 1: I just want to tell you. I want to tell

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Speaker 1: you though I've named it something I named it. It

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Speaker 1: just says bit shanaia. I'll do a little talking out

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Speaker 1: the top because this is just me playing guitar for

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Speaker 1: a while. So this is your huge gym. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: like these chords, and then I'm going to mumble. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to mumble some sort of no lyrics. This is

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Speaker 1: the verse part.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, bitch, that's so that's the start, James for me.

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Speaker 1: Typically that's what happened.

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Speaker 3: Why don't you think that's going to go anywhere?

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Speaker 1: Because I'm very self British and self deprecating quietly, you know,

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Speaker 1: but quitely I think I'm brilliant. Don't tell anybody so, buddy.

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Speaker 2: His brand new album Changes All the Time is out

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Speaker 2: October four. You can get that pre order right now

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Speaker 2: at Jamesbay dot com.

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Speaker 1: You are a legend. This country loves you, mate. We

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time. Thanks for coming in, James, Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for having me. It's pleasure. Thanks Jack.

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