One Stetson Beyond...

Here's a photo of Kyle Leitch and John T Davis, taken at the recent preview of the Good Vibrations film sampler at the QFT in Belfast. While neither of them possessed the bluster or the media appetite of Terri Hooley, they are both important figures in the legacy of Ulster punk music.

John T made the film Shell Shock Rock, which is the critical archive of the era and a peerless movie also. He made separate films of The Outcasts at large in Belfast and Protex in New York, as well as his reportage essays such as Hobo, Power In The Blood and Dust On The Bible. John is increasingly making his claim as a songwriter while his reservoir of art and humanity is still full.

Kyle manned the record counter at Caroline Music in Ann Street and was a huge supporter of Rudi and Stiff Little Fingers in the early days. Kyle has also been on a unique orbit around music since then and is prepped to deliver more. Both Kyle and John decided to suspend disbelief during the screening of the new film, and thus appreciated the mythological splurge of it all.