Author: Alan Ashworth

Songfacts says: Barrytown is a town in upstate New York near Annandale, where Donald Fagen and Walter Becker went to school at Bard College. Strange things have happened there indeed. … Continue readingSteely Dan: Barrytown

Kicking off a short season of songs about places, here’s Rand with one from his classic 1974 Deep South album Good Old Boys. ‘Meanest dog in Alabam . . . … Continue readingRandy Newman: Birmingham

What a flash bastard Alvin Lee was. This is from 1975, the year after I saw TYA play at Newcastle City Hall. Lee died in Southern Spain in 2013, after … Continue readingTen Years After: Good Morning Little School Girl

After the Winter brothers, here’s their old mucker Rick still tearing it up in his late sixties at another of those Ringo Starr performances, this one from about eight years … Continue readingRick Derringer: Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo

Full marks for audacity in taking on a Stones classic. After yesterday’s look at brother Edgar in action, here’s Johnny back in 1974. He died of emphysema and pneumonia in … Continue readingJohnny Winter: Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Included for curiosity value more than anything else, this is the old guy (now 75) reprising his signature tune at a gig with Ringo’s All Star Band this month. Thankfully … Continue readingEdgar Winter: Frankenstein

Couldn’t resist another blast of Southend’s finest with the hilarious bonus of Pan’s People showing off their shapely arses.

Worth a look for Paul Shuttleworth’s wonderful spivvy suit and tache. From 1976.

Not sure when or where this was recorded but the amazing Rachel is in mid-season form with this tribute to Keith Emerson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iGjW2oYEX0