Jimi Hendrix Experience: Voodoo Chile
Probably the greatest rock track ever, (in my humble opinion) in a live 1970 performance. Never fails to raise the goosebumps.
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Cliff Richard and the Shadows: Travellin’ Light
This was Cliff’s second No 1, the follow-up to Livin’ Doll. It was the first record after the Shadows changed their name from the Drifters to avoid confusion with the US … Continue readingCliff Richard and the Shadows: Travellin’ Light
Rickie Lee Jones: Chuck E’s In Love
Playing this song on TV kicked off the Duchess of Coolsville’s career back in the late 1970s. Picture could be better but the sound is just fine.
The Eagles: Hotel California
Another that is a bit after the peak of pop but it’s good. It was written by group members Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. It was recorded in … Continue readingThe Eagles: Hotel California
Dr John: Right Place, Wrong Time
Blimey, that’s a fair old ponytail on the geezer. Live version from 2012 of the song which gave the phrase ‘brain salad surgery’ to the world and ELP.
Shawn Colvin – a survivor’s tale part 2
AT the end of part one we left the Shawn Colvin story with her 1993 marriage to Richard Thompson’s sound manager Simon Tassano seemingly having brought stability to a life dogged by … Continue readingShawn Colvin – a survivor’s tale part 2
Billy Connolly: D.I.V.O.R.C.E
I can’t see why everyone is laughing at this tragic song.
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos: El Divorcio
A live version from 2010 of the track which originally appeared on the Muy Divertido album ten years earlier. Always good to see a band enjoying themselves on stage.
Horror at Greendale Mill
I AM the proud possessor of a book called Historic Steam Boiler Explosions by Alan McEwen. It is a fascinating account of the death and destruction wreaked for decades of early industrialisation by … Continue readingHorror at Greendale Mill
Jackson Browne: The Birds of St Mark’s
JB wrote this beautiful song when he was 18 in the late 1960s but it wasn’t until the 2014 album Standing In The Breach that he recorded it with a … Continue readingJackson Browne: The Birds of St Mark’s