Music Interview: Philip Rambow

Someone once described Philip Rambow as ‘a musician’s musician’. The 71-year-old, UK-based, Canadian singer-songwriter was the frontman of almost famous ‘70s pub rockers The Winkies, who supported Brian Eno, Lou Reed and Wishbone Ash. During a career that’s spanned almost 50 years, he once had Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson in his backing band, co‑wrote Kirsty MacColl’s hit ‘There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis’, and was part of both the US and UK punk and New Wave scenes, playing with Television at the legendary CBGB club in New York. In 2015, he released his third solo …