JJ Cale & Leon Russell: Nowhere To Run
From 1979. I love the way the drummer with the syrup keeps looking at the camera, Peter Kay-style.
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Abba: Ring Ring
THIS was written by group members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus with their manager Stig Anderson and released in 1973, before the group’s success with Waterloo at Eurovision the following year. It … Continue readingAbba: Ring Ring
Ashley McBryde: Girl Goin’ Nowhere
Title track of the Arkansas nightingale’s 2018 album.
Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl: Tumbleweed
Any band named after a Gillian Welch song gets my vote. And the story https://www.spotlightuk.co.uk/articles/2016/2/29/the-heartbreaking-story-of-nowhere-man-and-a-whiskey-girl-an-arizonian-duo-with-a-morbid-end behind this husband-and-wife duo from Arizona is terribly sad.
The Shadows: Apache
Written by Jerry Lordan, it was first recorded by Bert Weedon in 1960 on the Top Rank label, which everyone knew was the home of terrible numbers, and this didn’t … Continue readingThe Shadows: Apache
My dog Kevin
ONE Sunday evening almost half a century ago, my parents returned home with an extra passenger in the car – a tiny puppy. While out for a drive they had … Continue readingMy dog Kevin
The Blacklist
This is a preliminary list of performers that I will never include in my pop selections, though many of them had big hits in the 50s, 60s and 70s. I … Continue readingThe Blacklist
Guy Clark: She Ain’t Going Nowhere
From his classic 1975 debut album, Old No 1.
Neil Young: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Commencing a short season of songs about Nowhere, here’s Old Shaky serenading some hens a couple of years ago.
Nino Tempo and April Stevens: Deep Purple
This was written by Peter DeRose and published in 1933 as a piano number. Mitchell Parish added lyrics in 1938. Larry Clinton and His Orchestra with Bea Wain had a … Continue readingNino Tempo and April Stevens: Deep Purple