I thought Thomas Dolby & family to visit him last summer to see what he
wanted to do next. I thought there was something else in the pipeline...

Just a quick question - what does he do to survive? Everybody else -
Martin, Neil, Wendy - all have jobs/new careers on the go, but there is no
way he can be living off of royalties. Has he got another job now? Just
curious...


On 4/5/07, dermie <dermiedermie@...> wrote:
>
> well the last i heard from the people in the know is that paddy has
> very little interest in making music these days. presumably due to
> health problems etc,
>
> we can only live in hope!
>
> --- In prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "GREGG, Stewart" <greggs@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I heard (from a reliable source) that Paddy and Thomas Dolby did
> meet up
> > last Summer to discuss working together, and that Paddy had - at
> that
> > time - two albums worth of material that he was interested in doing
> > something with. However this was obviously before the full extent
> of
> > Paddy's hearing problems became apparent, which made the recording
> of
> > the acoustic disc such a (literal) pain for him. I think Paddy's
> > refusal to do interviews this time was partly due to his health
> > problems, and partly to do with his being sick of the whole
> project - he
> > only expected to spend a few months on the acoustic tracks, but
> ended up
> > spending around a year on them.
> >
> > I don't know if Paddy and Thomas are still planning to work
> together or
> > not. It wouldn't surprise me if his hearing problems have led him
> to
> > put the whole idea on the back burner.
> >
> > Stewart
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com>]
> On Behalf Of dermie
> > Sent: 04 April 2007 13:39
> > To: prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [prefabsprout] Re: Steve McQueen - anyone got the new
> > edition yet?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > as far as i'm aware, these new recordings are a one off. no
> > plans to
> > record more or tour. i think everyone knows this deep down.
> they
> >
> > couldn't even get paddy out for interviews this time.
> >
> > --- In prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com> , "swantrash"
> > <nomadicoutlaw@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I've not heard them yet (should be paid thursday). What
> > interests
> > me
> > > is that for someone who prefers new music than dragging out
> > old
> > > recordings (eg touring), Paddy re-recording some of his
> back
> > catalogue
> > > is an intriguing turn. Does this mean there could be an
> > acoustic
> > > album in the offering, esp. if Thomas Dolby is "meant" to be
> > > producing. Sounds like a return to Steve McQueen type of
> > material.
> > >
> > > Bring on Thursday!
> > >
> > > Lee
> > >
> > > --- In prefabsprout@yahoogroups.com <prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:prefabsprout%40yahoogroups.com> , "sockospice"
> <sockospice@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Released in the UK yesterday, anyone got any thoughts on
> the
> >
> > acoustic
> > > > songs?
> > > >
> > > > Bonny and Desire As are probably the stand out tracks for
> > me,
> > > > although I'm only on my second listen. Paddy's voice seems
> > to me
> > > > stronger than I've heard it in years.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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