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