This led to Hynde talking in self-effacing terms about her own guitar skills, which prompted an annoyed response from Walbourne. “I’m not a great musician, I know that,” Chrissie declared.

Hynde had met Kerr earlier in 1984, while The Pretenders and Simple Minds were on tour together in Australia. Around that time Chrissie was ending a relationship with The Kinks’ Ray Davies ...

Chrissie Hynde falls distinctly in the latter category; she says she’s been offered countless free guitars throughout her career but has remained unflinchingly loyal to her Ice Blue Telecaster.

James has a great melodic sense. So I can send him a lyric and he can send something back that I hadn’t thought of at all that’s very melodic Chrissie Hynde: “It has changed a lot.