Gillian Welch: Black Star
Cover version by the magnificent Gillster of a song by some bloke called Radiohead. Pictures by Nasa.
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Dion: A Teenager in Love
The archetypal teenage angst. Written by Pomus and Shuman, it was released in 1959 by Dion and the Belmonts and got to No 5 in America. In Britain it had … Continue readingDion: A Teenager in Love
Patsy Cline: Crazy
Patsy did several songs which are so complex melodically that almost no one else attempted them – another is I Fall to Pieces. https://am-records.com/2019/05/15/patsy-cline-i-fall-to-pieces/ Crazy was written by Willie Nelson in 1961. … Continue readingPatsy Cline: Crazy
June Tabor/Martin Simpson: Strange Affair
Wonderful interpretation of one of Richard Thompson’s finest songs. From the 1980 album A Cut Above.
Jason Isbell: Yvette
Nice live version of the song from his 2013 album Southeastern.
Bruce Channel: Hey! Baby
Bruce Channel wrote this with Margaret Cobb in 1959, when he was 19, but it was not recorded until 1961, and then only for a local record label in Fort … Continue readingBruce Channel: Hey! Baby
Nice Beaver
APART from the long, greasy hair, bumfluff sideburns, RAF-surplus greatcoat and purulent complexion, there was one essential item of appearance for the teenager-about-town in early-Seventies Lancashire. At least one LP, … Continue readingNice Beaver
The new gate of Hell (handcart access required)
DESPITE strenuous objections from his neighbours, a man has been granted permission to keep two lions in his back garden. Reece Oliver, 28, lives in the Nottinghamshire village of Strelley, … Continue readingThe new gate of Hell (handcart access required)
J J Cale and Leon Russell: Same Old Blues
Live version of the song from Cale’s 1974 album Okie. During his ‘strictly commercial’ period with Virgin, Captain Beefheart recorded it the same year on his Bluejeans and Moonbeams LP.
Tom Waits: Frank’s Wild Years
This selection from the 1983 album Swordfishtrombones was suggested by a reader with a warped sense of humour. All I can say is that I am relieved the suffering is … Continue readingTom Waits: Frank’s Wild Years