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the band Defunkt in New York in the 1980s. You'll know him, yes, and Joe is going to play trombone
and possibly a couple of other things.

BiTS: That sounds absolutely
Joe Bowie
fabulous.

EW: It's great, isn't it? I can't get

over it. I sometimes sit eating my
cornflakes thinking oh, I've just got
to ring Joe Bowie! Flipping' eck, it's
just mind-blowing. I'm so lucky.
I'm so lucky.

BiTS: Talking of eating cornflakes
reminds me of a question that I
wanted to ask you. Have you got a
family? Have you got kids and that
sort of thing?

EW: No, I don't have kids. I don't
have kids. I have seven gorgeous
nephews and nieces, but no, I
missed the boat with the children,
but that's cool. I've got a lovely

family. I've got my mum. Not my dad anymore, he died, sadly, but he's always around me and as we
say up north, he was a cushtie chanter, which means good singer.

BiTS: I'm not from the north as you can guess from my accent, but my wife is Scottish and it's
funny there are many of those sayings that actually just drift across the border into Glasgow.

EW: Brilliant, so you understand that, yes..

BiTS: Okay, well let's leave it at that then.

EW: Thanks, Ian. I really appreciate it, honey, I really do and it's lovely to keep getting these little
vignettes, interviews and bits and bobs in the magazines. I'm so grateful because I do it all myself,
as you know.

BiTS: Thanks very much for that and thanks very much for talking to me.

EW: You're welcome.

BiTS: Have a wonderful rest of the day.

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