A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
IN a previous column we left Captain Beefheart claiming all the credit for his 1969 double-album masterpiece Trout Mask Replica and insisting that his band’s contribution was negligible, much to their chagrin. A grudging … Continue readingWell-done Beefheart Part 2
WITH Field Marshal Johnson attempting to confine us all to barracks, I thought I’d take a break from musician profiles this week and provide a selection of songs about house … Continue readingHome thoughts . . . a lockdown songbook
WHILE his contributions to classic LPs by Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Terry Reid, Ry Cooder, Warren Zevon and many others would be enough to cement his reputation as one of … Continue readingMr Dave: Jackson Browne’s main man
CRIKEY! It’s getting on for a year since we left the Nick Lowe story with him at a loose end, his band Little Village having broken up at the end of 1992. … Continue readingLowe Life Part 3
THERE are certain musical acts which seem to have a special appeal to the male of the species. For example, I have only ever encountered one girl who liked King … Continue readingGroundhogs Days
A COUPLE of columns ago we examined how Dr Feelgood evolved in early-1970s Essex as a dagger to the heart of the (in some cases) increasingly overblown and narcissistic rock … Continue reading1-2-3-4 Ramones!
COURTESY of the much-missed radio and TV presenter Kenny Everett, this week’s column is dedicated to dross – some of the most cringeworthy music ever consigned to disc. In 1978 … Continue readingThe worst of the worst
LAST week we left Dr Feelgood in the early 1970s playing their first gigs together in the area around their native Canvey Island. In those early days there were three … Continue readingThe Feelgoods Factor Part 2
THIS week we paddle our battered time-travelling canoe into the Thames Delta of the 1960s, to visit that strange part of Essex known as Canvey Island. Although it is mainly … Continue readingThe Feelgoods Factor
LAST week we left the Beach Boys on the crest of a wave with Pet Sounds, an album which changed the face of popular music in 1966. Brian Wilson’s next project … Continue readingThe Beach Boys come of age: Part 2