NEWS: Dear Catherine Wheel book by D & D Philpott

Dear Catherine Wheel by D & D Philpott. Bonkers letters to U.K. Indie Bands with genuine replies from the actual artists.

For over a decade, ‘Team Philpott’, as their followers fondly refer to them, have been on a quite bonkers crusade, writing old-fashioned letters to punk, pop and rock stars, picking up on genuine ambiguities within their lyrics or often deliberately misunderstanding them for comedic effect.

The letters are eminently publishable in their own right, but what makes this project especially deserving of attention is that it has achieved a feat never before attempted or probably even thought of. The artists quite unexpectedly started to write back, in just as witty and articulate a fashion, politely pointing out exactly where the original letter went wrong…or right.

Under pressure from fans to go to print, a staggeringly successful Kickstarter Campaign resulted in a wonderfully impressive self-published book, ‘Dear Mr Kershaw’, which went out to the hundreds of pledgers and was met with great acclaim before being made available via Amazon prompting Five Star reviews from avid readers and the Press. This was followed in 2018 by ‘Dear Mr Pop Star’ (recently reissued with extra content), which was if anything even better received.

Then, in conjunction with a new backer, the iconic punk clothing brand Cosh Boy Clothing, ‘Grammar Free in the UK – The Lockdown Letters’ was published in 2021. This was a collection of waggish letters to UK Punk bands and artists, with hilarious responses, all written during the 2020 Lockdown.

2023 sees the eagerly awaited new book, “Dear Catherine Wheel”, focusing specifically on 86 British ‘indie’ artists. The subgenres featured include C86, 80s/90s seminal acts, shoegaze and Britpop.

As with all other volumes, a donation will be made to homeless charities from the profits of every copy sold as a thank you to the artists involved.

First book – ‘Dear Mr. Kershaw’ http://www.planegroovy.com/philpott.html

Second book ‘Dear Mr Pop Star’ https://amzn.to/3HBAwFe

Amazon Wordwide https://amzn.to/406zmc0

Amazon UK Punk book – shorturl.at/fmIQ9 (UK) shorturl.at/blJM6 (Rest of World)