Arthur Mathews
Arthur Mathews has written for television since the early 1990s. Among the shows he has created and/or written (many with co-writer Graham Linehan) are Toast of London, Paris, Father Ted, Hippies, Big Train, The All New Alexei Sayle Show, Brass Eye, Harry Enfield and Chums, The Fast Show, Black Books and The Eejits. He has written a ‘bogus memoir’, Well Remembered Days, as well as The Craggy Island Parish Newsletters, Father Ted - The Complete Scripts (with Graham Linehan) and The Book Of Poor Ould Fellas (with Declan Lynch). As a cartoonist he contributed Doctor Crawshaft's World Of Pop to the New Musical Express and The Chairman to the Observer Sport Monthly. In the theatre, he created the long-running musical I, Keano. His film Wide Open Spaces was released in 2009 and he has recently cowritten (with Paul Woodful) the sitcom Val Falvey starring Ardal O'Hanlon.
Selected releases
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Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon 'Blame It (On The Pony Express)'
Bought this on a compilation tape when I went on a school trip to London many years ago. I was listening to this stuff when everyone else was into Deep Purple and Pink Floyd. "Girl! 'C'mon!"
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Blame It (On The Pony Express)
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Bobby Bland 'Ain't Nothing You Can Do'
Van Morrisson did this too, didn’t he? Marvellous.
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Ain't Nothing You Can Do
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Arthur Alexander 'A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues'
A much-covered standard. 'Great to dance to!'
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A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues
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The Chi-Lites 'Have You Seen Her'
Ah....
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Have You Seen Her
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Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers ' Touch The Hem Of His Garment'
If you didn’t know he was talking about Jesus, you’d think this was the weirdest song title ever
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Touch The Hem Of His Garment
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Inez & Charlie Foxx 'Mockingbird'
'Moc.. king... bird... yeah?.... Mocking Bird!' Unusual construction.
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The Liverbirds 'He's About A Mover'
Can’t believe I only came across this song recently. Apparently it was influenced by the Beatles 'She’s A Woman', one of my favourite McCartney tunes.
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The Exciters 'Movin' Too Slow'
Mark Lamarr, thanks for playing tracks like this on 'God’s Jukebox'. It’s improved the quality of my life.
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Eddie Cochran 'Tired And Sleepy'
Dancey, trembly, shakey, jumping around stuff.
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Tired And Sleepy
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