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-Welcome to a special edition

-of Y Stiwdio Gefn.

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-Over the next hour, we'll have

-music from a legendary musician...

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-..who's the most influential artist

-on the Welsh rock scene.

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-His songs are still

-as popular and relevant as ever.

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-Tonight, we have some old favourites

-and tracks from his latest album.

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-It's a pleasure to introduce

-Geraint Jarman.

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-Geraint, welcome to Y Stiwdio Gefn.

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-You performed Gobaith Mawr y Ganrif

-from your first album in 1976.

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-What were you

-trying to convey back then?

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-I'd been writing

-for Heather and Tebot Piws.

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-I also wrote satirical songs

-for a Wynford Ellis Owen show.

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-Afterwards, I started writing songs

-that weren't for anyone else.

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-They were songs that I'd written

-for myself and I enjoyed this.

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-I wrote Gobaith Mawr y Ganrif

-in 1974.

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-You're going to perform Hiraeth

-am Kylie from your new album.

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-It's a song about that feeling...

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-..when you look back

-at a certain period in your life.

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-Perhaps it's a time

-that you long to return to...

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-..because things were so different

-to what life is like now.

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-At the time, I was looking back...

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-..at the time I spent

-working with Neil White.

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-During the 1980s,

-we wrote lots of songs together.

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-He would always wear a t-shirt

-with a picture of Kylie on it.

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-He loved Kylie.

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-He sold carpets at Ponty Market.

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-That's where he'd buy the t-shirts.

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-He had one that said

-"Frankie Says Go To Ponty Market!"

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-Hiraeth am Kylie is the opening song

-on your new album.

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-Can you tell us

-about Tacsi i'r Tywyllwch?

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-The year 1977

-was an exciting time for music.

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-What was your

-musical direction back then?

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-I'd met Tich

-and that point was critical.

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-A boy from the same class as me,

-John Morgan played the bass.

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-I also met Richard Dunn

-and Cat, the drummer.

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-We started doing

-even more recording.

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-On Tacsi i'r Tywyllwch...

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-..there are songs like Ambiwlans,

-Bourgeois Roc and Pornograffi.

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-These songs represented us

-as a semi-punk band.

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-We started to experiment with reggae

-during Dyddiau Caethiwed.

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-You mentioned Ambiwlans

-and Bourgeois Roc...

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-..so why have you decided

-to perform Tacsi i'r Tywyllwch?

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-It's because of the song's nature.

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-At some point, everyone

-will experience this feeling.

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-When you go out

-and have one drink too many...

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-..you might want

-to go home in a taxi.

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-It's a part of city life.

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-You step into the darkness

-with Tacsi i'r Tywyllwch.

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-Let's move on to discuss one of your

-most iconic songs, Gwesty Cymru.

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-It's also one of your most

-political songs.

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-Yes, I think it is.

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-There was a Gwesty Cymru

-on Newport Road in Cardiff.

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-It was a bit of a dive

-with a sign that swayed in the wind.

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-We rehearsed at the YMCA

-for the Caernarfon Eisteddfod.

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-During the breaks in the rehearsal,

-Tich would play a certain riff.

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-He'd look over at me for approval

-but I just ignored him!

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-We eventually used

-a version of the riff...

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-..and introduced

-more elements to the song.

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-We looked at Wales

-in the same light...

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-..as an ex-wife

-that chases other men.

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-We've seen outsiders coming in...

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-..and they've built luxurious homes.

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-It's one of the main songs

-that I co-wrote with Tich.

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-Gwesty Cymru was a symbol of Wales

-opposing the devolution.

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-Next, we move on to Tracsiwt Gwyrdd

-but what does the song it convey?

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-During the 1980s, I would often

-visit my friends down the Docks.

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-They were Rastas and they had

-a band called Roots and Branches...

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-..during the time when I played

-at the Casablanca Club.

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-Back then, the Cardiff Bay

-Corporation was established.

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-It paved the way

-for the Bay area regeneration.

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-You could tell that something awful

-was going to happen...

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-..to those who lived there.

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-I could see the threat.

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-I would play football in the area

-which inspired Tracsiwt Gwyrdd.

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-Marley had a green tracksuit

-and I had a green Adidas tracksuit.

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-You had to wear Adidas!

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-Let's discuss another ballad

-on the new album.

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-What's the story behind

-Gad Fi Gysgu'n y Gitar Heno?

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-In 1968 or 1969, I wrote a poem...

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-..called Gadewch i Mi

-Gysgu'n y Gitar Heno.

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-It was published in Barn.

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-I had always liked

-the title of the poem.

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-The song is about a man who's in

-a relationship that isn't working.

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-Music is his only pleasure.

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-He pours all his worries

-into his music.

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-The narrative in the verses

-reveals some awful things.

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-On the other hand, the chorus

-is full of hope and happiness.

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-After writing the song...

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-..I realized that it sounded like

-something from The Sound of Music.

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-Methu Dal y Pwysau comes from

-your Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau album.

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-Some claim that it's

-your best album but do you agree?

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-It's difficult to say.

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-What makes a best album?

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-However, it is an important album.

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-It reflects a time when the band

-started playing live music.

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-I believe...

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-..that it allowed these boys

-to discover Wales.

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-I like to think of

-Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Gwesty Cymru...

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-..and Fflamau'r Ddraig as a trilogy.

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-I've said this before.

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-It's my discovery of Wales.

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-You've worked with numerous artists

-over the decades.

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-Next, we'll hear you perform Dwyn

-Yr Hogyn Nol with Gareth Bonello.

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-It's a very simple song with just

-a vocal and an acoustic guitar.

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-Why have you finally decided

-to do this?

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-I like Gareth

-and the records that he makes.

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-I like his voice

-and he's a fantastic person.

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-His style resembles that of artists

-from the 1960s...

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-..like Syd Barrett,

-John Renbourn and Bert Jansch.

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-He has the same sort of style.

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-He introduces his background

-and his enthusiasm to his records.

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-We might have an idea about

-what the song is all about...

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-..but he shakes out something extra

-with his fabulous guitar playing.

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-However, it's too late in the day

-for me to write music like that.

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-Strangetown

-is about an area in Cardiff.

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-Cardiff is important to you...

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-..but how important is it

-to convey a city feel in your music?

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-I don't realize when it happens.

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-If I was T H Parry-Williams,

-I'd probably sing about Snowdonia.

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-I know Grangetown well

-as I was raised in Riverside.

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-I would go and play there

-and follow the river.

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-I have lots of friends

-who live in the area.

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-When I worked with Llwybr Llaethog,

-Mark Roberts would call in.

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-I'd been working on this song but

-it didn't attract much attention.

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-However,

-Mark really liked the melody.

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-It's one of the most

-experimental songs on the album.

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-To me, it sounds like something

-written by Lee Perry.

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-It's rather exciting.

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-Geraint,

-thanks for visiting Y Stiwdio Gefn.

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-I've enjoyed hearing some new tracks

-and your old favourites.

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-Will there be another album?

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-There are enough songs

-to release another album...

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-..but we'll see what Ankst's

-Emyr Glyn Williams thinks.

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-This album took

-two and a half years to complete...

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-..but it was worth it.

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-So who knows?

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-Good luck and thanks again.

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