The Hey people Simon and Brian here welcoming you to another episode of So de Jerker on songwriting.

Joining us for a chin wag today is one of the foremost British lyricists of the late 20th century

and beyond.

His long-standing songwriting partnership with Glenn Hillbrook in the band Squeeze is considered by many,

us included, to be one of the greatest spring forth from the British Isles and ensures his name

will be uttered in hush tones by music fans and songwriting connoisseurs for generations to come.

We are of course referring to Mr. Chris Difford.

It seems only apt that this episode should follow hot on the heels of our chat with Glenn.

They're both hugely talented gentlemen in their own right of course, but the music they

made and continue to make together means a great deal to us and it's a dream come true

that we've now had the chance to speak with them both.

Ergo it felt right to us that these episodes should be sequential and we hope you agree

dear listeners because we love and respect you more than you'll ever know.

Indeed we do.

Our interview with Chris is coming very shortly,

but in the interests of full disclosure,

we'd just like to tell you a little bit about the man first.

He was born in 1954 in Greenwich, London. He began writing lyrics

age 12 and a few years later with the encouragement of an English teacher he

took up the guitar and began setting his words to music. It was in 1973 that an 18 year old Chris

looking to expand his musical horizons placed an ad in a sweet shop window

looking for a guitarist for his band, a band that didn't actually exist at that point, and only the 15-year-old Glent Hillbrook answered it.

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