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You wanted it – so you’ve got it!  Here’s part 2 of Paul’s Gang – a documentary about The Beautiful South.  Part one is further down the page!

Taken from BASE magazine – Interview by Danny Brogan 

It’s been seventeen years since former Housemartins, Paul Heaton, and Dave Hemingway formed The Beautiful South, and thirteen albums later, they remain one of the UK’s most popular bands. The line up might have changed slightly over the years, but the Hull based band continue to produce contemporary, contagious classics. 

 

In 2003, the band recruited its latest vocalist and currently only female member, in the shape of Alison Wheeler. “Dave Hemmingway was recording a solo album. I was in a gospel choir, and three of us got asked to do a session for backing vocals for his album,” she explains. “He took me to one side and said, ‘I really like your voice. I think it would suit The Beautiful South, would you like me to recommend you?’ Which obviously I responded with ‘erm, let me think about this’,” laughs Wheeler. 

 

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