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David Price

avid Price says he fell into writing by accident. ‘When I was a kid,’ he says, ‘I wanted to be a journalist but in 1970s north-east England, to articulate that ambition would have caused riotous laughter. So, I followed my other creative passion instead: writing and performing my own songs. My cousin, Alan, was riding high with The Animals, so I knew it was possible. Later, I realised being a pop musician wasn’t a job for a grown-up so I became a mature student and reconnected

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