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Tag Archives: rock and blues
Small Faces Reunion (well, some of them anyway).
The Small Faces will reunite to play the Vintage Festival (Goodwood August 13th). There are likely to be more dates and a tour announced in the near future. Trouble is, it isn’t really The faces. It’s Some of them. Rod Stewart will not be there (too busy) he is going to be replaced by Mick […]
Posted in Rants, Uncategorized
Tagged as: classic rock music, faces, glenn matlock, live music, mick hucknall, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rod stewart, ronnie laine, ronnie wood, small faces
A Haddock? Oh No Take It Away!
I can’t believe this but apparently his gingerness, the one known as Mick “I am the best singer in the world” Hucknall is scared of Haddock. Tony Roebuck co-wrote ‘Fairground’ (apparently it was a hit) with the Ginger one – I have nothing against ginger people, just Hucknall – he sucks – revealed this strange […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: classic rock music, fear of fish, haddock, mick hucknall, mick hucknall and haddock, real rock and blues, rock and blues
Great Mistakes……….. (1)
I loved this girl (as much as any 17 year old ‘loves’). I took her to a bar with a DJ. I got the DJ to play this song for her. She was not my girl friend afterwards……….. What did I do wrong? I still love this.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged as: captain beefheart, real rock and blues, rock and blues
Vamika – The Best band You’ve Never Heard (2)
Well, you would not have as they have only played one gig so far with another lined up for 7th May at 9.00pm at The Pleasant Retreat in Lostock hall, Lancashire, UK. However, they have previous. Until part way through 2009 they were Crimzon, a gigging band with a dedicated local following in this part […]
Posted in The Best Band You've Never Heard
Tagged as: amy murrell, dave sharples, love rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues, vamika
So What is it About Wreckless Eric?
Why does Wreckless Eric deserve a Facebook appreciation society any more than any musical artist? Is it because he has a great voice, hardly. Is it because he is a great guitarist that wrings all the emotions of your soul from six metal strings? Nope. Is it simply that he is still alive, some sort […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: rock and blues, whole wide world, wreckless eric
It’s Official (sort of) Whitney is Crap!
So the long wait is over. 11 years since her last concerts in the UK and The Big Houston is back. Trouble is that the H was rubbish. I was not there (of course) but from the reports; 15 minute costume changes Microphone and technical problems Out of Key The backing singers had to sing […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: rock and blues, whitney houston
On This Day – Ravi is 90!
Ravi Shankar celebrates his 90th birthday today. Best known by the wider western world for his connection with George Harrison and the Beatles Ravi is a master of the sitar. He has received 3 Grammys, played with Yehudi Menuhin. He is a great performer, he is also a noted composer, teacher and writer. Certainly he […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: beatles, george harrison, ravi shankar, rock and blues
Wreckless Sunk by Starship
I was re-reading Wreckless Eric’s great book ‘A Dysfunctional Success’. He tells of how Stiff Records decided that he could not write tunes (I beg your pardon?) and so they brought in Martin Page and Brian Fairweather to help him out. This must be for Big Smash. It was a thoroughly dispirating experience for Wreckless […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: jefferson starship, rock and blues, we built this city, wreckless eric
Selling My Albums!
So, I still have 1,000 (ish) vinyl albums left. The other 6,000 were sold some years ago owing to a financial crisis (not on the scale of the recent monetary melt down, but not far short on a personal level). The man who bought them was very nice about it, very sympathetic, but at the […]
Posted in About and things
Tagged as: amazon, ebay, rock and blues
The Worst Best Albums – 1 Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
One in a short series covering well known and popular albums that I can not stand…….. What is wrong with Rumours ? The first thing is that it is not Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood was and always will be the band with Peter Green, not a band without the man with the golden guitar. Yes, he […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: fleetwood mac, john mayall, peter green, rock and blues, worst albums ever, worst records ever