Who’s the dude in the cravat, and what connects him with: a) cult band Big Star and b) Dr Volume’s Associates thread?
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It’s Bang Bang hit-maker B A Robertson, with his debut album which was one of the five titles issued on Stax’s Ardent offshoot during its first incarnation. Two of the other albums released on Ardent at the time were the first two Big Star titles.
You’re absolutely right, JQW. And the Associates connection?
No idea.
Is it that B.A. Robertson doesn’t really have an Arts degree and Rankine & MacKenzie were never a practising law firm?
Associates performed Party Fears Two on his late night chat show. i claim my £5…
Yes, I think I can accept that, although, as badartdog points out below, in the clip in Dr Volume’s thread it’s Skipping, not PFT, he’s introducing.
You’ve earned my undying admiration anyway – better than a poxy old fiver any day.
In our house when I was growing up we had a copy of Val Doonican singing “Delaney’s Donkey”, which features a line about a character who had “a grip just like a Scotsman on a five pound note”. Might not be the best time to bring this up….
BA presents the clip in Dr Vols post
Correctamundo.