Fergus has music all around him growing up in Belfast and it turned out to be a way Catholic and Protestant kids could meet and hang out. He worked at Virgin Megastore, sold Thom Yorke a hard drive, played in a band and once spotted Billy Joel in a hardware store.
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Garry
In this episode I chat to Garry Duke - one of my mum's brothers. Learning guitar later in life, Garry has motivated a number of other friends to do the same which led to a number of them forming a band - and performing at nursing homes around Adelaide.
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Andy
You don't have to delve very far to find music in Andy Milne's life.Â
Son of a musician, Andy became a DJ, then worked in radio, before jumping into the music industry at Mushroom Records and Apple Music.
This one's for music nerds, lovers of vinyl records in particular.Â
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Mark
My mate Robbo talks about growing up in the country, and Chris Cornell's tribute to his home town of Snowtown.
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Rus
What's it like being dumped from a band, then going to watch them and your replacement play a gig?
Rus Kirchner joins me to answer that very question and chat about how music influenced his life growing up in Missouri.
The Tentacles Stretch invites you on a journey through the soundtracks of people's lives. In this podcast, Michael Green plays musical detective, unravelling the stories and memories from each guest's back catalogue. From childhood anthems to guilty pleasures, we explore the tunes that shaped their moments. It's like a musical time machine, where every episode is a personal mixtape of laughter, nostalgia, and the shared melodies that stitch our life stories together.
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