Thanks Mike…..back at ya!

Keep checking the supermarket delivery slots. I had a look at 6am today and got a slot for next Friday! Also, my other half’s son in law started with Tesco today as a delivery […]

Cooking mostly. I live alone, as do my 2 sons and my 85 year old mum. Chilli, bolognese sauce, curry, soup etc. There’s usually half a dozen portions of each, so I spread them around and freeze the rest. I’ve […]

Glad you liked it. Michael Marra was one of my favourite artists ever. I couldn’t put him on my live a-z under M, because I never got to see him live. I bought tickets twice to see him but I couldn’t make it one […]

Gil Scott Heron! Respect!

Here’s The Hooverville Brothers with a cover of Whitey On The Moon.

@Kaisfatdad

Singer songwriters for me. 7 gaps though.

Amy Allison
Billy Bragg
Guy Clark
Barbara Dickson
Fred Eaglesmith
Steve Forbert
Mary Gauthier
John Hiatt
I
Joe Jackson
BB King
Ray Lamontagne
Brian […]

Superb!!

You’re half Scottish anyway if I remember correctly. No matter though, you’d still be welcome. We’re a’ Jock Tamson’s bairns anyway.

…and here’s the lyrics in English

I don’t know if this is of any help whatsoever, but in Edinburgh, local musicians have set up a facebook group. Every hour or so, a different musician does a 45 minute show, from their own house. They have a […]

I am an electrician and I would never advise doing any electrical work without test equipment. If you must do this job, switch the power off at the mains to the whole house. Never assume that because you’ve pulled […]

This one made me laugh.

I totally agree. I had it on cassette tape way back then. The second side started with ‘Even When I’m Blue’ which I always played, then fast forwarded the rest. What a first side though!

…..and now that I […]

Copperhead Road

I think the 1st in the Logan McCrae series is ‘Cold Granite’.

I used to love his writing….not so much now, as it just seems samey. Anyway, the first half dozen at least are great.

Actually, I remember my […]

Done. Keep entertaining me please.

Nothing much to add, but to say that a couple of my favourite episodes are the one in the train sleeper carriage and the one where they’re all arguing about paying the restaurant bill.

I haven’t seen any of the […]

I had never heard of him, but when Loudon Wainwright III wrote a song about him, I looked him up. Probably 10 years ago now. I will look out for that film now.

Is this what you’re referring to? @Sniffity

United Breaks Guitars

’twas a Gibson Hummingbird if you’re interested. The blonde guitar will surely be the Martin d28 that he still plays, well, maybe not the same one, but the same model.

Not my story, but a pal of mine bunked off school and got the train to Glasgow, to see Golden Earring at The Apollo. The support band were Lynyrd Skynyrd. He had never heard of them. Just a lad of 16, he told me […]

I probably had ‘After The Goldrush’ for about a decade before I paid any real attention to this song. I thought it was just a slowed down version of the original, and because bands in the clubs played it as an up […]