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Guy Garvey is an English musician, singer, songwriter and radio presenter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Elbow and has won several awards and honors for his music and songwriting.
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- He’S An Occasional Birdwatcher
- He Prefers A Phone Over A Notebook For Recording Song-Writing Ideas
- He Doesn’T Believe in Writer's Block
- He Once Turned Down Ian McKellan
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“When I know I’m going to be somewhere beautiful, I’ll take my binoculars with me,” says Guy, “or if I’m going somewhere where I know there’ll be birds I don’t recognise.” In 2008, when Elbow won the Mercury prize, his friend bought him a pair of image stabilising binoculars. When the band started work on the next record, and headed to the Isle of ...
“I used to carry a notebook everywhere, and then I lost one in 2003 that I never found,” says the singer. He used to treasure the object, decorate it, and ask other people to write notes in it too – but losing one put him off. “It’s a bit sad but I stopped doing that,” says the songwriter. “These days, on the move, I put things in voicemail on my p...
“It’s up there with road rage. Give it a name and suddenly it’s an excusable thing,” says the singer. “Plus, the way I think about writing is, if I sit down and write a load of nonsense, I think ‘I’m glad that’s out the way.’ I think it would have just come out the next time I sat down.” He says the process is like unblocking a pipe so the water ca...
On Elbow’s song The Birds, there is a reprise sung by an older man. The part very nearly went to one of Britain’s most famous actors. “We actually asked Ian McKellan, and he said yes,” recalls Guy. “He sent us a really funny email that said ‘I would be delighted and honoured – unless of course you decide to use John Hurt like everyone else does.’” ...
Simon Armitage interviews Guy Garvey, the lead singer of Elbow, about life, language and music. Find out about his dad's ashes, his singing talent, his birdwatching hobby and more.
- His Finest Hour. Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour has been beloved of 6 Music listeners for a decade now. Having moved from a 10pm bedtime slot in 2013, it’s now as essential a part of cosy Sunday afternoons as roast dinners and the papers.
- His band. Guy Garvey met the other members of Elbow at Bury College sixth form and they have been playing together since 1990. Often cited as the archetypal slow-burning success story, they didn't release their first album until 2001.
- His Car Share cameos. Trailer: Peter Kay's Car Share Series 2 Episode 2. This week John and Kayleigh travel to work in unusual style. He hadn't acted since the days of school plays, but when comedian Peter Kay rang Guy up (as you do) to ask if he would appear in his sitcom Car Share, Guy thought he would take the chance.
- A Song for Guy. As well as introducing his audience to songs he thinks they’ll love, Guy encourages them to return the favour. A Song For Guy is a much-loved section of his show in which his listeners recommend him a song, a segment which has built into a BBC Music Playlist featuring acts from Foy Vance to The Beach Boys.
Nov 27, 2021 · On their last album, the lead singer and lyricist Guy Garvey reflected on the death of his father and his consternation over Britain leaving the European Union.
Guy Garvey, singer, songwriter, lyricist, radio producer, raconteur and general all round good bloke has been the lead singer of Elbow for twenty years.
