And the Hi folks and welcome to another episode of soda jker on Songwriting, episode 146 to be precise.

This is Brian and this is Simon.

And joining us today is an English singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and as

founder and frontman of the lightning seeds, purveyor of more

joyous, pristine pop melodies than you can shake a stick at.

As this reaches you, his classic 1994 album, Jollification, has just been reissued on delectable coloured vinyl

in a 25th anniversary edition which affords us the perfect opportunity to chat with one of the

most gifted songs myths our first city of Liverpool has produced.

We are thrilled to welcome the great Ian Brody to the show.

We met with Ian back in May this year at Elevator Studios in Liverpool where he was rehearsing

with the band for some summer gigs

and it was a real pleasure to finally meet him as he's someone we've wanted on the show for quite some time, isn't he?

He certainly is.

Ian was born in Liverpool in 1958 and grew up just around the corner from Penny Lane.

He was introduced to the joys of pop music in the 60s via Radio Caroline and his elder

brother's record collection and was also captivated by hearing his dad and uncles sing he'll never walk alone on the copper Anfield.

He started writing songs around the age of 12 inspired by the likes of the Beatles, Dylan and the birds,

later discovering Bowie and Bolin and later still becoming enamored with punk. He left school at 16 and began hanging out at the Liverpool School of Language, Dream and Pun.

Long time listeners might remember that coming up in our death

school episode some time ago. He also became part of the Errik scene with the

legs of Holly Johnson and Ian McCulloch and would hang around the

legendary probe record shop.

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