LIFESTYLE
Tees
Lifestyle
JOE HAMMILL
Q&A
Joe Hammill is frontman of popular Tees band Cattle and Cane,
where he plays alongside his siblings, while he is also enjoying
an increasingly successful career as a songwriter.
Now Cattle and Cane are set to be joined on stage for the first
time by the Northern Orchestra when they play the newly
refurbished Middlesbrough Town Hall.
PIC TUR E S BY M A RT I N WA LK E R
TEESSIDE LIFE
The restaurants I love to eat in are…The Vane Arms in Thorpe
Thewles – the food’s class and it’s good for vegetarians like me – and
The Fork in the Road in Middlesbrough is very good.
The meal I order most of all is…pesto pasta – it’s my go-to meal but
it’s so hard as a vegetarian to find good meals.
My favourite tipple is…whisky at the moment. I love whisky on its
own. Not on the rocks – that ruins it.
The things I spend too much money are…guitars. I’ve got too many
guitars. I’ve got two Takamine acoustics, a Guild acoustic, a couple of
Fender Telecasters, a dobro guitar, a banjo and a classical guitar. My
first thought is to just put it on the credit card!
For a day out, I…think Saltburn is class. I recently invited my
girlfriend Joanna up here for the first time and took her there. She
loved Baker Street in Middlesbrough. She said she felt a community
existence in Teesside! I also like visiting places like Great Ayton and
Roseberry Topping.
One place on Teesside I’d like to visit is…the top of the Transporter
Bridge. I’ve not been to the top but I’d love to do that.
In my downtime, I like nothing better than…listening to football
podcasts. One I like is Quickly Kevin, will he score? It’s hosted by
comedian Josh Widdicombe and is basically about ‘90s football so
I’ve been caning that. I need to get away from music sometimes.
My perfect night out involves…going to a nice bar or maybe a gig
somewhere like the Sage. I’ve seen Sufjan Stevens there. He’s the boy.
My perfect night in involves… Nikka Whisky From the Barrel and
Netflix. I’ve just finished a series called Mindhunter, a psychological
thriller. It was pretty brutal.
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LIFE’S LOVES
A book I love is…Twist of Gold by Michael Morpurgo.
It’s essentially a kids’ book that relates to adults as well. It
means a lot to me.
A film I love is…Life is Beautiful, my favourite film.
A TV programme I love is…The Undateables – it’s done
really well.
A song I love is…Waterloo Sunset – my favourite song
ever. I never tire of it.
A personality I love is…Pope Francis. I’m a big fan of
his. I like his humility, I like what he says, I like that he
doesn’t judge. I think he’s a great person for the world.
A holiday destination I love is…Malta. We recorded
some of our last album there, and it was class. I like
history as well and there’s loads of it there.