Auntie Beeb extends a hand to your old Uncle Al

You heard it here first folks (where else?.. Apart from myspace).. the BBC in the Black Country (where I reside and sing and vote and pay my council tax) is doing a "piece" on Alan Neilson. It will be an interview and video of my "new" song 'Harry, Lyn and Me'. It will be broadcast on BBC TV interactive, but also available online at BBC local TV.
I'll blog the exact details when the piece is completed later in March.
Of course it's not the first time me and Auntie Beeb have fondled each other in this way; oh no... you remember my song 'Given' don't you? Well that was entered into BBC Radio WM's song contest during the summer of 2004.
I didn't win, but oh how we laughed when I came last..!! You see I didn't realise that with these phone vote thingies (where the most votes win) if you are a contestant, you must make sure you phone for yourself a million times. As it stood I think I had 10% of the votes (me, Lyn and my mum I think... or maybe just me and Lyn, it was late in the evening!)
So thanks to Tim Burke at the BBC for showing an interest and more praise to John Mono of Radio Monochrome Museum (you know where to look, so download the show now!) who rattled enough doors and people to wake dear old Auntie in the first place - more power to you and Moll.