The James McMahon Music Podcast

Episode 147: David Gedge, The Wedding Present

• James McMahon • Season 2 • Episode 147

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I’ve spoken to tonnes of my favourite songwriters since this podcast came to life almost two years ago. There was Bob Mould on episode 32. Jon Spencer on episode 49. Lee Ranaldo on episode 20. But there’s really very few songwriters whose music has mattered to me during the course of my life quite like the many songs written by David Gedge, the sole constant in The Wedding Present for almost forty years now. 

This is an episode I’m really grateful I got to add to the ever growing podography and while the majority of the following conversation concerns the group’s coming 24 Songs album - a collection of all the tracks from 2022’s 7” single a month series due on May 19th - we squeeze a lot more into our thirty minutes or so together; the recruitment of Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart into the Wedding Present ranks, the confirmation that David does indeed request a dog on the Wedding Present rider, comic books, the brilliance of Brighton... All sorts of stuff. Enjoy!

Watch this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjMj6iBQAs&t=836s