Rolling Stones: Sister Morphine (live)
Continuing our druggie series (kids, don’t try this at home).
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Uncle Dog: We Got Time
Kindly suggested by Andy Marshall. I always got time for a walk up the fell.
Bert Jansch: Needle of Death
Continuing our drug odyssey, here’s Bert’s original version from the Sixties with great pictures from the BBC. I much prefer the 1974 remake on LA Turnaround. Sadly, since I wrote … Continue readingBert Jansch: Needle of Death
It’s an ill wind
WHEN I read Boris Johnson’s crazy announcement that he intends every home in Britain to be run on wind power within ten years, my heart sank. It is the death knell … Continue readingIt’s an ill wind
Gillian Welch: My Morphine
After White Rabbit, here’s another in a short series of songs about drugs. In this brilliant selection from the Hell Among the Yearlings album, Gillian’s character refers to morphine as … Continue readingGillian Welch: My Morphine
Jefferson Airplane: White Rabbit
Live at Woodstock, 51 years ago. I was there only in spirit – the few festivals I can remember physically attending are Clitheroe Castle, 1972, July Wakes at Charnock Richard … Continue readingJefferson Airplane: White Rabbit
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Sure ‘Nuff ‘n’ Yes I Do
Brilliant live outdoor performance in the South of France, 1968.
Elvis Presley: Love Me
This was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as a country and western parody with lines such as ‘Treat me like a fool/Treat me mean and cruel/But love me’. … Continue readingElvis Presley: Love Me
My Song is Love Unknown
IT IS a great shame that hymns about Eastertide are dusted off only once a year. Perhaps it is because the story is so harrowing that we cannot bear to … Continue readingMy Song is Love Unknown