The news, delivered in March, that The Gaslight Anthem have returned to “fulltime status” after a hiatus of almost seven years was greeted with widespread delight.
And a certain amount of surprise too, given that frontman Brian Fallon has enjoyed a successful solo career as a singer-songwriter, releasing four albums in that time, most recently 2021’s Night Divine, a selection of hymns he recalls hearing his mother sing during his childhood.
Which brings us neatly to…
THE FIRST MUSIC I REMEMBER HEARING
That would be my mom singing hymns in the house. But in terms of secularby The Drifters. For some reason there was a big 1950s revival in the eighties, so fifties songs were on the radio all the time.
