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Niall Brannigan

@niallb1.bsky.social
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I write about London recording studios, the people who worked there and the music they made: willyoumeetmeonclareisland.wordpress.com Spurs; Woking FC; Red Sox; Big Big Train; Danny Camp, Frost*; live for live music.

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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Perfect 👌
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He’s up there with my most-seen acts; 20+ times.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My favourite of his bands was Liam Genocky, Jennifer Maidman, (still Ian, then,) and Steve Clark.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I asked him about working with Gary Katz and those high-end session guys and he said they were wonderful. One of his favourite recording experiences.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
From the same site as My9Albums.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dinner was fantastic. I’ve known the manager for 15 years, through all of Paul Ainsworth’s restaurant, so it was lovely to see him. The bed is so big, I’m sure Janet is in a different postcode.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lovely choices.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
To thank Janet for everything she’s done this year I booked a night at St Enodoc Hotel in Rock, at the end of our holiday. It’s been a tough year but she’s been so amazing 💚
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My beautiful wife, Janet, in her element at The Mariners, Rock. Legend has it that the coupe she is drinking her Camel Valley Rose from was modelled on the breast of Marie Antoinette. So, not so much, ‘bottoms up,’ as ‘tits up,’ so to speak.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sounds perfect 👌
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And you, Iain. We’re in Padstow and are at Rick Stein’s for dinner. Janet surprised me with an overnight stay in one of their roof terrace rooms. I’m a lucky boy.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lovely, thanks. A few simple things which feel like a normality I worried might have deserted me. Drinks with family, laughing with my brother-in-law, gazing across to Rock; nothing special but, then again, so magical.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks, Adam 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks, Malc 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks, Andy 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happy birthday, Iain.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happy 70th to me!
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I would appear to have reached the age of 70. I have no idea how the heck that’s happened but, here we are.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cheers 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chapter 38 of my diary is up 🙏 njbrannigan-zvxuy.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/d...
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Chapter 38 “Counting Stars.” Friday 4th September  Of course we packed too much; we always do. Anyway, on our way, just after 10am, for what was an uneventful journey. Except that, for me, it …
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My review of the definitive book about Rory Gallagher has just been published on The Afterword site. Beautifully written by his brother, Donal, it is a love letter to Ireland, the blues and one of the best to ever pick up a guitar. #RoryGallagher #DonalGallagher theafterword.co.uk/edged-in-blu...
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Edged In Blue: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Odyssey with Rory Gallagher
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A delicious coffee outside Ola Tir a Môr, about 100yds from the house. Perfect.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thanks, Matt. Yes, tough times.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thanks, Andy. Best intentions but… I’m making a list of what we’ve brought that the house has already got, so that we can be more disciplined next time.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Chapter 37 of my diary is up, in which we discover just what ‘maintenance’ means. njbrannigan-zvxuy.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/d...
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Chapter 37 “Cake By The Ocean” Monday 24th August Chemotherapy Maintenance Day One. A nice lazy morning; shave, shower, lotions and creams, coffee and toast in the garden. We set off for the hospit…
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks, Andy 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Chapter 36 of my diary is up. Home from the hospital and the power of good friends . njbrannigan-zvxuy.wordpress.com/2026/08/23/d...
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Chapter 36 “Thank You For Being A Friend.” Saturday 9th August The first full day out of hospital and, feck, it felt so good. Just not having people coming in for obs, drugs, blood tests, to stick …
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A lovely chat on the phone with my famous brother, today. We were comparing war wounds and battle scars. It was so good to catch up.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thanks Graham 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Chapter 35 of my diary is up. Might I suggest that you don’t read it while you’re having a meal. njbrannigan-zvxuy.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/d...
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Chapter 35 “Take Me Home.” This chapter contains some difficult details, especially if you’re squeamish about toilet-stuff. You have been warned. Sunday 26th July We arrived at A&E and Janet ex…
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thank you 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Ours is tiny but we love it.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks, Andy. The 12 days seems to have gone quickly, which surprised me. Still some recovery to go through, and a week’s isolation, but just being home with Janet means everything.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Top man 👊
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks, Steven 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Indeed it is; one of 3.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks, Alan.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thank you my friend x
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
12 days, 4 cannulas, litres of infusions and a thousand needles later, I’m home. It feels so good.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thanks John 🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Pls help my amazing wife if you can: I’m taking on the Walk 30 Miles in September Challenge to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-saving research by donating to my page. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/janets-...
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Janet's Giving Page
Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m taking on the Walk 30 Miles in September Challenge to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-saving research ...
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Faulty link, Andy.
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Please help my amazing wife if you can:Thanks for visiting my page. I’m taking on the Walk 30 Miles in September Challenge to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-saving research by donating to my page. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/janets-...
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Janet's Giving Page
Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m taking on the Walk 30 Miles in September Challenge to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-saving research ...
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thanks and, I knew you’d agree.🙏
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Chapter 34 of my diary is up, in which life goes from the sublime to the ridiculous. njbrannigan-zvxuy.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/d...
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Chapter 34 “Never Before.” Monday 13th July My car is booked in for a service and poor Janet has the sorry task of taking it to the Nissan Dealer in Reading and waiting for the work to be done. The…
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Niall Brannigan @niallb1.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Unmade Shed!
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