The High Kings & Finbar Furey: Wild Mountain Thyme
One of the most beautiful traditional songs of all thyme (sorry!)
Author: Alan Ashworth
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Peter Frampton and Joe Bonamassa: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Apparently filmed during a Mediterranean cruise in 2019. Suppose it made a change from cabaret and bingo.
Jimmy Page: Chopin Prelude No 4
From a New York charity concert in 1983. Watch out for the violin bow at the end.
Driven to distraction
NO ONE likes a backseat driver, that malevolent presence criticising every manoeuvre you make. Unfortunately I’m landed with a permanent one – the car itself. Our last Skoda Octavia estate, … Continue readingDriven to distraction
The Bunch: When Will I Be Loved?
My favourite track from the `1972 folk supergroup. Wonderful harmonies between Sandy Denny and Linda Peters, the future Mrs Thompson. And here’s one they made earlier.
Steely Dan: Show Biz Kids
‘They got the shapely bodies, and the Steely Dan T-shirts’ – fantastic cut from 1973’s Countdown to Ecstasy album made even better by young Rick Derringer’s slide guitar. And here’s … Continue readingSteely Dan: Show Biz Kids
The Who: Boris the Spider
Live version of the very strange John Entwistle song from the 1966 LP A Quick One. The heckling comes from Keith Moon.
Brian Eno: Spider and I
One of his loveliest songs, from the 1977 album Before and After Science.
Israel ‘IZ’ Kamakawiwo’ole: Over The Rainbow
We started this Rainbow seasonette with a John Martyn version; to finish it here’s a Hawaiian legend’s take on the song.
Slapp Happy: Mr Rainbow
From their brilliant 1974 album Casablanca Moon. And here’s an alternative version with Anthony Moore more to the fore.