Graham Coxon – Blur / Solo Artist / The WAEVE shares stories of influence, creativity and working with Paul Weller

My guest on this episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast is one of the most inventive and distinctive guitarists of his generation – the co-founder and guitarist of Blur, a prolific solo artist, and a musician whose restless creativity has taken him from Britpop to freeform jazz, from noisy riffs to tender melodies.

Graham Coxon has collaborated with Paul Weller on some fantastic projects over the years – the sharp-edged ‘This Old Town’ (2007), the soulful ‘Black River’ from the 22 Dreams album in 2008 and the swirling ‘Dragonfly’ from Sonik Kicks being just some examples, along with the gloriously chaotic ‘Bankbusted Nuclear Detergent Blues’, alongside Weller, Damon Albarn, and the poet Michael Horovitz.

From discovering The Jam as a teenager and picking up his sister’s old guitar, to standing on stage years later beside his musical hero – this is the story of admiration, influence, and a shared love of great British songwriting.

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Mojo Awards Speech (2008)

Billy Hunt (The Jam cover) – Graham Coxon – B-side to Spectacular (2004)

See-Saw (The Jam cover) – Graham Coxon – B-side to You and I (2006)

This Old Town (2007) – Jonathan Ross Performance

Paul Weller – Black River (2008)

Graham plays drums on the 22 Dreams album track, also released as a b-side to ‘This Old Town.’

Bankbusted Nuclear Detergent Blues – Michael Horovitz, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon & Paul Weller (2013)

Paul Weller – Black River (with Graham Coxon)

Teenage Cancer Trust – Tender

Paul Weller – Portal to the Past (2012)

Graham is credited as with guitar on this Dragonfly EP track.

Dancing Through the Fire

Graham Coxon is one of over 250 contributors to my Sunday Times Bestselling book, Paul Weller: Dancing Through the Fire, which is available now.
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