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Music Really DOES Change Your Brain Chemistry
The strap line on this blog is a quotation from Nick Cave who says that music is the only art form that can change your brain chemistry in 3 minutes. It is true. A programme on BBC Radio 4 was talking about the science behind music and made the very same point. Music affects the […]
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Tagged as: brain chemistry, classic rock music, love rock music, nick cave, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rock music
My Essential 100 Best Albums – The First One! – Strictly Personal – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. (1968)
The idea behind this list is for me to say which essential 100 best albums I will take with me when I have to go to live in an old folks’ home (not that I am anticipating that in the near future). The prospect of paring my CDs down to just 100 essential albums is […]
My Essential 100 Best Albums
OR Days of Future Passed OR – Music in a Home In these days when we are all living longer more and more of us will be faced with be faced with spending our declining years in sheltered housing. It goes without saying that most of our possessions will not be going to the home […]
Pretty Things, Dick Taylor, Still pretty Good!
I saw the Pretty Things on Saturday. It was the first time in more than 40 years. I was expecting to be disappointed. I was not. Dick Taylor was a founding member of the Rolling Stones, pushed out to make way for Brian Jones. He was always a great guitarist. We tend to forget that […]
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Tagged as: beatles, Blues, classic rock music, dick taylor, love rock music, pretty things. phils may, real rock and blues, rock, rock and blues, rock music, rolling stones
On This Day – Chas Newby Joins The Beatles 17th December 1960
When The Beatles returned from their first stint in Hamburg Sutcliffe decided to stay behind. That gave them a problem, no bass player. Pete best suggested a friend Chas Newby. Newby joined The Beatles on stage for the first time on this day in 1960. The first of 4 gigs he played with them was […]
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Tagged as: beatles, chas newby, classic rock music, john lennon, love rock music, On This Day, paul mccartney, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the beatles
On This Day – Sam Cooke Killed 11 December 1964
On this day, 11th December 1964 Sam Cooke, the popular R&B singer was shot dead and later a verdict of justifiable homicide was recorded. He was shot dead by Berth Franklin who was working late night reception at a $3 an hour hotel frequented by prostitutes. He was shot after attacking Franklin who feared for […]
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Tagged as: bertha franklin, classic rock music, eliza boyer, love rock music, On This Day, r&b, real rock and blues, sam cooke, sam cooke's murder
Patti Smith is Coming Back!
Patti Smith: ‘One of the few figures with a firm handle on the shaman-poet imperative.’ Patti is 65 and has released her 11th album. Banga has received great critical acclaim. The Observer was particularly fulsome in its praise. “People often talk about music fandom as a secular religion, one of many founded in the 20th […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, concert tickets, dylan, horses, patti smith, patti smith tickets, patti smith tours uk, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rock music, tickets
Jon Lord Passes Away.
When did I stop saying “died”? Jon Lord died today. Born in 1941 Lord was a huge influence on keyboard players that followed him. (You may detect that I am not the biggest fan of keyboard players, never as sexy as guitar players, let alone sax players) having said that, he was one of rock […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, deep purple, jon lord, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the artwoods
Think Floyd – The Best Band Youv’e Never Seen
We went to see Think Pink at the weekend. It is a venue that is drawing better and better bands. (Gone are the God Squad days….) In the recent past they have hosted the excellent Blockheads and the totally wonderful Wilko Johnson. Anyway, the set list was different from last year. The newer stuff (post […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, dave gilmour, nick mason, pink floyd, real rock and blues, ricahad wright, rock music, roger waters, Think Floyd
On This Day – Carol Dryden Posts Herself, to The Beatles!
14th June 1964. A girl, Carol Dryden tried to post herself to The Beatles. (Luckily she did not suffer the same fate as Waldo Jeffers in The Gift by The Velvet Underground). Although there are plenty of references to the incident the details are vague. The basic story is that a girl known as Carol […]
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Tagged as: beatles, carol dryden, classic rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock music, velvet underground