A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
This was written by Buzz Cason and Tony Moon, and was released by Alexander as the B-side of his single Where Have You Been (All My Life), which reached No 58 … Continue readingArthur Alexander: Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)
Wacky 1980 clip included mainly for Kate Pierson’s amazing barnet. Reminds me of Katey Sagal as Peg Bundy in the great sitcom Married, With Children.
This was written by Mack Rice and recorded by him as Sir Mack Rice in 1965. It reached No 15 on the US R&B charts, in other words it didn’t … Continue readingWilson Pickett: Mustang Sally
I featured this one, which shows how the amazing Rachel is a whiz on guitar as well as keyboards, when I put Frank Zappa’s Overnite Sensation in the list of … Continue readingRachel Flowers and Zappa Plays Zappa: Montana
CONGRATULATIONS to my former colleague Tony Gallagher, who has been appointed editor of the Times. Following stints at the Telegraph and the Sun, this makes him one of a rare or possibly unique breed … Continue readingTony Gallagher, one of the good guys
Songfacts says: Barrytown is a town in upstate New York near Annandale, where Donald Fagen and Walter Becker went to school at Bard College. Strange things have happened there indeed. … Continue readingSteely Dan: Barrytown
Kicking off a short season of songs about places, here’s Rand with one from his classic 1974 Deep South album Good Old Boys. ‘Meanest dog in Alabam . . . … Continue readingRandy Newman: Birmingham
THERE’S a small piece of land in our village with no obvious function. I’m hopeless at guessing measurements but it’s probably about 30 yards by ten, surrounded by a wall … Continue readingThe homeless shelter for animals
What a flash bastard Alvin Lee was. This is from 1975, the year after I saw TYA play at Newcastle City Hall. Lee died in Southern Spain in 2013, after … Continue readingTen Years After: Good Morning Little School Girl
After the Winter brothers, here’s their old mucker Rick still tearing it up in his late sixties at another of those Ringo Starr performances, this one from about eight years … Continue readingRick Derringer: Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo