A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
AT the end of Part One we left Tom Waits having fully assumed his seedy, gravel-voiced public persona with the 1976 album Small Change. It was his first to reach the US Top … Continue readingTom Waits Part Two – the Kathleen Effect
What a beautiful sound these two guitar greats made together. From the 1993 album Acoustic Routes.
Thanks to Andy Marshall for suggesting this far superior cover version of a song originally by Marvin Gaye. As he says, the legendary Mick Green’s guitar playing here is the … Continue readingBilly J Kramer with the Dakotas: I’ll be Doggone
This was written by Miller and released in 1957, when it did nothing. It was re-released in December 1962 and reached No 6 in America and No 2 in Britain … Continue readingNed Miller: From a Jack to a King
ON the other side of our stream is a steep bank which is covered with ivy. Occasionally I see a quick movement amongst the leaves and I immediately think it … Continue readingThe industrious Mr Wren
One of the loveliest songs I can think of, from the 1993 album Befriended. On a Sunday morning, what could be nicer (than a Pendleton’s Twicer)?
One of the better tracks from their patchy but worthwhile 1992 reunion album. And here’s a live version – dig the bass.
A thirteen-minute chunk of the Colorado album from 2019 – great to hear that scratchy Crazy Horse sound again.
This was the Stones’ first single. It was written and released by Chuck Berry in October 1961. It didn’t make the charts but the B-side, Go Go Go, reached number 38 … Continue readingRolling Stones: Come On
Fair maids of February is another name for snowdrops. This sweet song is said to have been inspired by a window box outside the Dransfield brothers’ flat in North London.