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The Sanderson Pitch
12+ albums
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'And I'm not gonna dance for them today...' Singer-songwriter Eddy Cantor wasn't always the man behind that tune that sees the bloke off Nathan Barley bouncing around in front of some wallpaper on 'Man Stroke Woman' on BBC2/BBC3. No, he was once a TV chef, and before that, a university lecturer, pharmaceutical window-dresser, teletext updater, undercover documentary cameraman, 'greek fisherman' in a Boots advert, and before that - one of those guys who tries to sell you a mortgage over the phone. An extreme case of ADHD had left Eddy floating through disparate careers, blissfully unaware that his true love, writing songs, could provide an anchor capable of holding his attention still. So naturally, he enrolled in music college in Manchester... ...as a harmonica player. Meanwhile, at the same college, guitar virtuoso Neil Cooper was on the rise. Neil doesn't do 'me me me' solos, just stunning melodies, and has more than a touch of the 'Johnny Marr's' about him. He was however, going through songwriters quicker than strings, and his effortlessly beautiful music in danger, he felt, of being draped in polyester. When Ying decided he needed a harmonica player, he called Yang, and the rest... was history. Neil's sweet harmonies and delicate touch may not be characteristically Wythenshawe, but they wrap around Eddy's mellow vocal like a silk scarf round a puppy's neck. And so, whilst working together in and around Manchester's music scene, playing their own unique brand of Joh
