Author:Alex Horne,Alex Horne,Full Cast
Alex Horne and his special guests bring together stand-up and live music in a free-wheeling and spontaneous combination.
Each episode sees Alex, his band and guests explore a different topic. These range from love to technology, the seasons to the body.
In this collection of the complete series 1-3 Alex is joined by comedians including David O’Doherty, Isy Suttie, Kevin Eldon, Phill Jupitus, Matt Lucas, Doc Brown, Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Marcus Brigstocke and Adam Buxton.
They are also joined by Al Murray and Tim Key in their Edinburgh Special from 2012, and the band kick off celebrations in style with a New Year Special.
Come join Alex and his band Joe Auckland (trumpet and banjo), Mark Brown (sax and clarinet), Will Collier (double bass and guitar), Ben Reynolds (drums and percussion) and Joe Stilgoe and Ed Sheldrake (piano and keyboard) for some much needed joy and jolity.
A rollicking oral history of Madness’s early years ... a goldmine of quirky anecdotes
—— Q Magazine[One of] the best books to buy music fans for Christmas
—— The TelegraphBrilliantly assembled by journalist Tom Doyle as an oral history featuring the voices of all the members … tells you more about how a band becomes a band than any number of anecdotes about life in the studio
—— Financial TimesAs much as anything, the book is a social history of growing up on the edges of criminality
—— Financial TimesAn amazing book … one of the best books about a band I have ever read. I've been raving about it to everyone I meet
—— Michael Hann, music journalistHilarious ... heartwarming... recounted in a distinctive, charming style which makes it impossible not to champion the group
—— Classic Pop Magazine