Our lesser spotted trout
THE science classroom at my grammar school had some stick insects in a tank, and every holiday someone took them home to look after them, usually me. They ate privet, … Continue readingOur lesser spotted trout
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Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’
Recorded at the Fillmore East in 1968, this is apparently Jimi’s first live performance of the song. And here’s a rare acoustic version, followed by a bonus rendition of Hound … Continue readingJimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’
John Rowles: If I Only Had Time
I suppose this is cheesy but it’s a good tune. It was written as Je n’aurai pas le temps by Michel Fugain (music) and Pierre Delanoe (lyrics) and released by Fugain in … Continue readingJohn Rowles: If I Only Had Time
Albert Lee: My Baby Thinks He’s a Train
The great Albert Lee, who we saw backing the Everly Brothers at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet more than 30 years ago, teams up with singer Nicole Yarling for a … Continue readingAlbert Lee: My Baby Thinks He’s a Train
Joni Mitchell: Just Like This Train
Live on the Letterman Show in 1996, the song from 1974’s Court and Spark. With its added huskiness, courtesy of millions of ciggies, Joni’s voice just kept on getting better … Continue readingJoni Mitchell: Just Like This Train
Half Man Half Biscuit: Time Flies By (When You’re The Driver of a Train)
This gives me an excuse to show excerpts from Camberwick Green and Trumpton, where I always wanted to live.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Helpless
Neil Young’s voice is unique. He wrote Helpless before he joined Crosby, Stills & Nash, and the new quartet recorded it for their 1970 album Déjà Vu. Young played the song with The … Continue readingCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Helpless
The demon dentist
ALTHOUGH I was lucky to enjoy a mainly blissful childhood, there were incidents which left their scars. They happened at regular four-month intervals in the dental surgery on the end … Continue readingThe demon dentist
Little Feat: Two Trains
Live-in-the-studio version of the song from the Dixie Chicken album. Lowell George, so much missed.
The Animals: I’m Crying
I really did not like the Animals, but some people did. (Alan Price was great when he went solo.) This was the follow-up to the dreadful House of the Rising Sun (which … Continue readingThe Animals: I’m Crying