Pete Boddis invites everyone to his 80th birthday celebration concert

Express & Star

Stourbridge singer songwriter, and star of the film, The Black Country Cowboy, tells the Express & Star his birthday concert will be one to remember

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00:00This is the Express and Star with Starbridge singer-songwriter Pete Boddice

00:07who on Friday will be celebrating his 80th birthday with a very special party

00:14so what's happening on Friday Pete?

00:16We're at the Queen's Head in Edinburgh Street

00:19and we've got from 5 o'clock till 10 o'clock

00:23we've got a lot of people playing

00:25and we shall be finishing the night off from 9 till 10

00:29There's lots of lovely players coming along

00:33lots of people coming to enjoy the celebration

00:37So you'll be playing, you're headlining the gig I take it

00:41and what incarnation are you playing?

00:44Is it yourself or with a friend?

00:46Me and myself and the lead guitarist who plays with me

00:51played with me for years

00:53We've got a friend from Brighton who's coming up to play half

00:58or one ocher on it as well

01:00so he'll join us on the last hour

01:03And what other bands are playing then?

01:05It's all solos

01:09Who've we got then?

01:11We've got Jerry Riley, Gren Bartley, John Lankford, Ian Sutherland

01:18and we have Elvis

01:22Max Homer

01:24and the Clarks

01:26That's about it

01:27All local players for years

01:31And you've got a film out, The Black Country Cowboy

01:36which is celebrating your life as a singer-songwriter throughout Stourbridge

01:41and it's your 80th

01:44and I understand you've got some new music out

01:47Yes, the best of Beat Bodies

01:51released on all streaming channels

01:55Spotify, what's the others?

01:57iTunes

01:59Apple Music

02:01That came out, was it last Friday?

02:05Yep, great stuff so people can watch that

02:09And your 80th birthday, what time does it start?

02:135 o'clock

02:15So that's 5 o'clock

02:175 o'clock till 10 o'clock

02:19At the Queen's Head in Stourbridge

02:21Everybody's welcome

02:24The 13th?

02:26Yes

02:28Break a leg as they say

02:30OK, that's Beat Bodies, Stourbridge, legendary Stourbridge

02:34singer-songwriter

02:36who's hosting a night of what we say, rock and roll, country and western

02:40Folk music

02:42Acoustic folk, medicana

02:44that type of stuff

02:46If you like live music

02:48The Queen's Head is the place to go on a Friday

02:52Thanks a lot

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