Interview with 2025 “GRANNIES AWARDS” Winner - Huntly … “The Winner takes ‘em All!”
Dusty Jacket – GRANNIES ’25 Staff writer
This year almost all Categories in the 2025 “GRANNIES” were swept up by veteran songwriter Huntly.
In an interview with “GRANNIES” staff writer Dusty Jacket, Huntly smirked broadly and seemed really, really chuffed at his recent success… especially as the “GRANNIES” had only just been launched in early 2025!
“ I am totally blown away!” he said, “both surviving judges in the 120+Panel totally loved every song I submitted!… of course they couldn’t hear some of them too clearly with those outdated hearing aids… but they seemed to totally get the gist of the rhythms and the lyrics!”
“Almost 90% of the judges in the 80+ Panel had heard of at least two! of my songs! … and clearly they voted with their ears!! Early breakthrough singles like “Forever”, “Aspirin” and “Take Me Away” were hot favourites amongst these listeners.
“Although only 30% of the judges in the Panel of judges aged 60-80 had actually listened to any of my songs, I knew many of them from school, Uni as well as some of the dingy clubs, weddings and pubs we used to play in our twenties… so they at least knew who I was, and it was probably this personal connection and songs like “That's Groovin” and one or two “Junk Status” songs like “Sumthin 4 Nothin” that swung it for me.”
CATEGORY WINNERS.
- “Old ‘n Mouldy Hits” 2025 - Huntly
- “Dusty CD” Album of the Year 2025 - Huntly
- “Scratched Vinyls” 2025 – Huntly’s (Feat. Huntly's Cat)
- “Demo-Bin Survivors”2025 – Huntly
- “DubStep for Seniors” – No Winner
- “Must Hear Hits (While You Still can) - Huntly
WHY NO OTHER SELECTION PANELS?
Well, it was decided early on that it would be a waste of time to have a panel of under 30s, as the probability of them only listening to less than 5 seconds of any track was WAY too high!
A panel of judges in the 30-50 year old bracket was considered, however there was an overriding concern that these panelists may not have the time to participate fully either, … between their gigs, social media, functions and other committments.
So there it is folks. “GRANNIES 2025” WINNER by a country mile !!! – Huntly!
(Pic. Huntly with the Gold CD Award for the “Old’nMouldy” Category for the song “Take Me Away”.)
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For more insights read ….
Interview with Huntly – Starting out!
Interview with Huntly – The early Years!
Interview with Huntly – Songwriting as a Career!
