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The Lockdown Playlist
Deep Pockets: Gaz Coombes at Forty-Five
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BECAUSE the fantastic Gaz Coombes…
IN THIS PHOTO: Gaz Coomes alongside Supergrass’ Danny Goffey (left) and Mick Quinn/PHOTO CREDIT: Gie Knaeps/Getty Images
turns forty-five tomorrow (8th March), I wanted to do a Lockdown Playlist of his best tracks. The lead of the Oxford band, Supergrass, I grew up listening to his music. The first single from 1997’s In It for the Money, Going Out, turned twenty-five recently. I get these pangs of nostalgia listening to classic Supergrass. That said, the band are still together, so that sense of loss is mitigated – let’s hope that Coombes, Danny Goffey, Mick Quinn and Rob Coombes will play together again soon. Coombes has enjoyed a successful solo career - I think that he stepped away from the Supergrass sound for his solo work. To honour a great songwriter and music legend, here is a selection of the best Supergrass tunes, together with a healthy smattering of solo Gaz Coombes tracks. Happy forty-fifth birthday to a tremendous songwriter and artist…
I respect greatly.