Richard Hawley wrote:
we did indeed tour with them,i got on very very well with grant and was very upset by his passing,i dedicated a song every night to him on the tour we did around that time.It was such a shock he is very much missed i actually played with them with my 12 string electric in Germany when we supported them a few years ago,they were all of them great people and a very talented bunch too
That evening in Bielefeld years ago (was it 2003?) was one of the best gigs I've been to. It was the last show of the Go-Betweens' tour then, and it was he first time I saw you playing live.
I remember Grant was very pissed off with the monitor sound and told the guy at the mixing desk several times (but always with his certain smile) he would go deaf if he continued cranking up the volume like that. Nevertheless they played a full two hours set with loads of encores. Last one was "He lives my life" with you on the green Baldwin 12 string. Fantastic!
I've never met Grant on a personal level, but talked to Robert once years ago. But when Grant died, it really made me cry. Partly, because of the tragedy; partly, because - I assume - his personality shone through his songs, his live appearance and so on all those years.
To me it always felt like Grant and Robert were "the odd couple" of pop. A unique chemistry. There's some great footage on the DVD "That striped sunlight sound" where they both are sitting in Robert's living-room talking and playing. And with Adele and Glenn, it seemed that they formed a perfect band of great people: just look at their faces when they were playing together.
Some songs on Robert's album "The Evangelist" give me goose-pimples. I'm glad he took the courage to make it. And I hope he continues, moving on.
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