A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
AT the end of Part One, we left the Incredible String Band in 1970 having released their sixth album I Looked Up. At the same time as this was recorded, multi-instrumentalist Robin Williamson was … Continue readingIncredibles but true – Part 2
Continuing our ‘guitar’ season, a plaintive clip from the 1999 album 69 Love Songs.
‘Looks like skin on a bone pile’ indeed!
WALKING along the road to the next village, I came upon an unusual and not very pleasant sight: a dozen or so mole carcases hanging on a barbed wire fence. … Continue readingThe great mole hunt
I thought it might be fun to have a short season of songs about guitars. We kick off with old Loud’s sad little ditty from 1972 about getting drunk and … Continue readingLoudon Wainwright III: Red Guitar
A demo taken from the exhaustive box set Hard Luck Stories, released last year.
This means Samba For You, and was written by group founder Carlos Santana. It featured on the 1970 album Abraxas and was released as a single in 1973, reaching No 27 in … Continue readingSantana: Samba Pa Ti
Paul Westerberg and Co with a heartfelt tribute to their great inspiration, the big star of Big Star, on their 1987 album Pleased to Meet Me. Alex himself actually plays … Continue readingThe Replacements: Alex Chilton
Title track from his 2008 album finding the great JB still in fine voice at the age of 60.
Highlight of their debut album The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack. I’m researching Keith Emerson for forthcoming columns and great fun it is, too.