Kris Kristofferson: Here Comes That Rainbow Again
I featured the Leo Kottke version of this last year – here’s the geezer who wrote it.
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The candle-shaped vandal
WALKING by a stream this week, minding my own business, I suddenly saw something that made my blood run cold. (You might think Jaws music here.) This is the scene: The villains … Continue readingThe candle-shaped vandal
John Martyn: Over The Rainbow
Kicking off a brief season of Rainbow songs, here’s a live 1986 version of the song from the Wizard of Oz which appeared on his Sapphire album two years earlier.
Bruce Springsteen: Brothers under the Bridge
Yesterday we had David Lindley’s version. Here’s the original.
David Lindley: Brothers under the Bridge
De Paris Letante’s version of a Bruce Springsteen song about Vietnam vets. He takes a while to get round to it but when he does it’s worth it. Recorded at … Continue readingDavid Lindley: Brothers under the Bridge
Ry Cooder: Yellow Roses
Not the greatest recording quality but still a lovely live performance of one of Ry’s most haunting songs, performed with David Lindley in London, 1990. It was first recorded and … Continue readingRy Cooder: Yellow Roses
Happy End: Dakishimetai
Couldn’t resist another selection from the strange Japanese 1970 LP Kazemachi Roman. This is the opening track.
What would Mum say?
I HAVE recently reread Blake Morrison’s award-winning 1993 memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father? and am reminded once again of our parallel lives. The book begins in the early … Continue readingWhat would Mum say?
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Fanfare For The Common Man
The full seven-minute version recorded, for some reason, in an empty stadium in the freezing cold.
Rory Gallagher: Shit Kicker
Fabulous rocker from Ireland’s finest, live in Montreux 1979.