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Trail the talent
As Keith mentions, following the Rockpile gang around the musical landscape of post-punk England can be a rewarding exercise. Case in point: Musical Shapes, a great 1980 album by Nick Lowe's then-wife (and Johnny Cash's step-daughter) Carlene Carter. The combination of Carter family country and

Huey's band Clover lived in England for a while and played on Elvis Costello's debut, which Nick Lowe produced, so the connection is there. Not that it doesn't seem weird all these years later, given the kind of hip to be square career Huey went on to have.

Names names
Hey, that should be Billy Bremner with an "n". Great, great album.