Come for a walk with me
THIS is my favourite time of year, when the buds are starting to burst and everything is still to come. I have just realised that it was exactly a year … Continue readingCome for a walk with me
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Leo Kottke: Tilt Billings and the Student Prince
The Student Prince being a guitar, of course. This slidefest is from Leo’s 1974 LP Ice Water.
Richard Thompson: Guitar Heroes
In which RT namechecks some of his main influences and plays in their style. Fascinating. From 2015’s Still album.
Gerry and the Pacemakers: How Do You Do It?
I am ashamed to admit that until I looked it up I did not know the Beatles recorded this song by Mitch Murray in 1962, before Gerry and the Pacemakers. … Continue readingGerry and the Pacemakers: How Do You Do It?
Talking Heads: Electric Guitar
From their classic 1979 LP Fear of Music. Tina Weymouth on bass is as excellent as you would expect.
Dwight Yoakam: Guitars, Cadillacs
This was the title track of ‘Eggy’ Yoakam’s debut album in 1986.
Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade of Pale
It’s taken me a long time to get round to one of the best known 60s numbers. The music, influenced by J S Bach’s Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 BWV1068 (‘Air … Continue readingProcol Harum: A Whiter Shade of Pale
John Hiatt and the Guilty Dogs: Perfectly Good Guitar
Live version of the 1993 album’s title track. The ace on the axe is Michael Ward, from the band School of Fish.
The Mothers of Invention: My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
From that strange 1970 collection Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Brilliant cover art by Neon Park, who did so well so often for Little Feat.
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: If You Don’t Know Me by Now
This was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and released in September 1972 by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, featuring solo vocalist Teddy Pendergast. It was their biggest … Continue readingHarold Melvin & the Blue Notes: If You Don’t Know Me by Now