Category: A’s Track of the Day

Couldn’t resist another blast of DeParis LaTante, this time with the great jazz guitarist Bill Frisell.

One of Mr Dave’s old favourites, performed live alongside the former lead guitarist with Hall and Oates. Good stuff.

What a wonderful sound from the Instrument Formerly Known As Dobro.

Wish they’d turn up in my local bookshop one day . . .

Vintage Cale – starts off wistful and beautiful, ends up raving incoherently. From the 1975 album Helen of Troy.

Another great tearjerker from the man with the mullet.

‘I could be a lawyer with stratagems and ruses/I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises/I could be a writer with a growing reputation/I could be the ticket man … Continue readingIan Dury & The Blockheads: What a Waste

Two blokes, two guitars and a great noise. No idea where or when this was recorded. Any ideas?

Excellent slow burner from the Cowies. What a good band they are. https://am-records.com/2021/04/19/hooked-on-cowboy-junkies/

One of the many great songs on the album Our Endless Numbered Days. Here’s a column I wrote back in 2018 https://am-records.com/2018/09/03/soul-in-the-iron/