Someone asked me earlier today if I was aware that Bill Withers had died. I said “I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know…”

I love this song…Hope She’ll be Happier with Him

Amarillo the Spanish for yellow (Q2)

Episode one of the new series is on RTE TV here in Ireland tonight. It’s one of the few series that my wife and I make time for and try to watch “live”. We never have time to watch anything any more with three […]

The whole Surf album but if I had to pick one…

The High Land Hard Rain 30th anniversary shows were fantastic, played in order with enlightening anecdotes and explanatory tales between songs followed by some well chosen extra tracks. For me, there’s no filler […]

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My favourite version of Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want is this instrumental take by the Dream Academy as featured in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The vocal version features dreadfully weedy vocals. I […]

A bit more obscure than many listed above but I knew instantly my selection here…

I love Lloyd Cole’s album “Don’t Get Weird on Me Babe”. It’s up there with Rattlesnakes IMHO but the track Butterfly stinks […]

I listened to the Daltrey cover. He hasn’t changed much bar the name. It suited his voice so I quite enjoyed it.

Here goes lads…

1) Come in Out of the Rain – Parliament. From first album Osmium reissue.
I think it’s an original so I’d be interested in the covers Rigid Digit was referring to. The chorus includes ” […]

Thanks very much @deviant808 I’m so glad that my selection went down well. I’ll post the tracklisting and sleevenotes tomorrow evening hopefully.

Thanks @rigid-digit That must be the most positive feedback I’ve ever received for one of these compilations. I’m glad you enjoyed it so much. Hopefully the reveal will point you in new and interesting directions. […]

I get it now. The FFF I saw were the Fédération Française de Funk, quite an excellent live band.

I don’t know who DH is or what R by B is. I’m sure all will be revealed. Incidentally I saw FFF live twice back in the 90s, once supporting the artists behind track 1 on my compilation.

I shall attempt to write this long overdue review while watching West Ham v Bournemouth in my den. It’s probably the only protected solitude I’ll get today. This compilation was more of a voyage of discovery and […]

At long last, here’s the review for @rigid-digit ‘s compilation. Overall, it had the vibe of a Discover Weekly Spotify playlist, in that a lot of it was what the algorithms might flag up as my kind of music. Not […]

I have fond memories of Hank Wangford’s A to Z of C&W in the 80s. It opened my eyes to proper country music after suffering Country & Irish exposure in my childhood.

He’s the son of Wile E. I believe…

@noisecandy @Gary @Jackthebiscuit @PaulWad @BillybobDylan

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