EPYSODE 71: Story by Honeybus.

Guest: Honeybus guitarist Colin Hare.

Additional commentary by Uncle Herff.

This week we drop the needle on Story, the lone and luminous album from Honeybus, a band forever linked to one perfect song, yet capable of so much more. Blending baroque pop, pastoral psychedelia, and late-’60s studio ambition, Story captures a moment when British pop was quietly shifting gears. Guitarist Colin Hare joins us with exclusive commentary, sharing firsthand memories of the band’s creative highs, industry frustrations, and the strange afterlife of an album that slipped through the cracks. Story is what happens when the music outlives the moment it was born into.

I hope you dig Story as much as I do.

- Farmer John

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===LINKS===

Dutch program dicussing one-hit wonders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxesvcavSOU

Check out Colin’s solo albums here:

https://colinhare.bandcamp.com

 

===THE MUSIC===

Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured.

*denotes track is not available on Spotify.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2u8Bq59frvsExdybMYeRgi?si=XT39-WwjTp6DV7eEzDQhOw

PETER KAUKONEN "That's A Good Question"

GRANT TRACY "Everybody Shake"

THE APPLEJACKS "Over Suzanne"

HONEYBUS "Delighted To See You"

CLIFF RICHARDS & THE SHADOWS "Move It"

THE BEATLES "Bad Boy"

THE HONEYCOMBS "Have I The Right"

HONEYBUS "(Do I Figure) In Your Life"

HONEYBUS "I Can't Let Maggie Go"

HONEYBUS "Throw My Love Away"

*HONEYBUS "Francoise"

HONEYBUS "Girl Of Independent Means"

HONEYBUS "Would You Believe"

ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK "Release Me"

HONEYBUS "Story"

HONEYBUS "Black Mourning Band"

HONEYBUS "Scarlet Lady"

HONEYBUS "Fresher Than The Sweetness Of Water"

HONEYBUS "He Was Columbus"

HONEYBUS "Celings No. 1"

HONEYBUS "Under The Silent Tree"

HONEYBUS "She's Out There"

THE ROLLING STONES "She Said Yeah"

HONEYBUS "She Said Yes"

HONEYBUS "I Remember Caroline"

HONEYBUS "How Long"

HONEYBUS "Celings No. 2"

*COLIN HARE "Underground Girl"

*COLIN HARE "New Day"

*COLIN HARE "Just Like Me"

PETE DELLO & FRIENDS "A Good Song"

PETE DELLO & FRIENDS "It's The Way"

*HONEYBUS "Big Ship"

HONEYBUS "Cross Channel Ferry"

HONEYBUS "Be Thou By My Side"

COLIN HARE "Saw Her Face"

COLIN HARE "Incredibly Bad"

??MYSTERY ARTIST?? Tune in next week to find out...

NEWPORT ELECTRIC "Beauty In The Wasteland"

^^That's my band. This is shameless self-promotion!! Here's a link to our music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5y6kGmYnS4SWvqAfijhDdp?si=MiKHDGQwQ6Kyzw1t4QM0Gg

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