Mouth-Off 1.09, part 1: Mostly David Ephgrave, partly Paul McCartney

On this month's episode of Mouth-Off, I interviewed comedian, musician, songwriter, actor, promotor, producer, author, and blogger David Ephgrave (and the "back end" of comedy duo Dogget and Ephgrave). We had a long chat about his career as an actor/musician and the subsequent career change to comedy 15 years ago.

In part 1 of Mouth-Off Episode 9: Mostly David Ephgrave, partly Paul McCartney we discussed David's career to date and his insecurities about what he describes as the "imposter syndrome". We also had an open and frank discussion about the mental illness that has affected David for most of his life and the impact that this has had on his career.

Tune in next month for part 2, when we discuss David's heroes and biggest influences - his dad, Buddy Holly and Paul McCartney.

NB - some of the extracts contain explicit language.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Theme music: Intro and Outro by Clary Saddler

Featuring:

Snippet from David Ephgrave: My Part in his Downfall - written and performed by David Ephgrave (recorded at the Market Theatre, taken from YouTube)

Snippet from 'If I was going to do it, I wouldn't do it Like this' - written and performed by Dogget and Ephgrave (recorded at Mostly Comedy club, taken from YouTube)

Snippet from 'The Balloon Debate' - written and performed by Dogget and Ephgrave (recorded at Edinburgh Fringe, taken from YouTube)

Mostly Comedy theme tune - music written by the Osmonds, interpolated and performed by Dogget and Ephgrave (recorded at Mostly Comedy club, taken from YouTube)

Snippet from the 2015 solo stand-up show '...and Ephgrave' - written and performed by David Ephgrave (taken from YouTube)

Simplicity - written by David Ephgrave and performed by Big Day Out (taken from SoundCloud)

Smiling on - written David Ephgrave and performed by Big Day Out (taken from SoundCloud)

Ukulele Girl - written by David Ephgrave and Chris Hollis and performed by Dogget and Ephgrave (taken from YouTube)

Falling Down - written and performed by David Ephgrave (recorded at the Market Theatre, taken from YouTube)

Hang on - written and performed by David Ephgrave (recorded at Hitchin Football Club, taken from SoundCloud)