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 […]

I agree.
No, I think you told me about Leo Sayer’s version.

I like the plays on words that probably go unnoticed.

She gets the Mozart, he makes a list (Liszt)
also
Gladys Knight(night) and Doris Day.

He mentions Loudon Wainwright III. Old Loudo recorded Marra’s […]

Kelley Looney was Steve Earle’s bass player for over 30 years. Poor fella died at the end of last year. Some shoes to fill there.

I just had a look at my cds. The tracks including vocals are not on the ‘duets’ album. One is on ‘Born To Sing no plan B’, and there’s another on the album with Joey Defransesco.

No info about ‘To Long In […]

On ‘Too Long In Exile’, Van Morrison has an instrumental called ‘Close Enough For Jazz’.

I prefer this to the versions he’s added lyrics to. Can’t remember which albums, the lyrical versions are on, but they’re […]

I’m glad I told you, because I knew you’d investigate.
It’s not far away from me, and I think I should investigate.
Thanks!

Hippodrome in Bo’ness is the oldest in Scotland I read somewhere. A pal of mine’s wife was involved a bit in the refurbishment a few years ago. I have never been, but I remember reading that groups of kids were […]

You can count them any way you want, starting from whenever you want, but in general, decades have names. 60s, 70s, 90s, etc. Since we’ve just started the 20s, the previous one must have finished(whatever it was called). No?

Hank Williams/ Luke the Drifter.
Lefty Wilbury and his brothers.
The blokes in Golden Smog were all aliases in the beginning if I remember correctly. Might be getting my bands mixed up though?
Jason Ringenberger […]

My pals were in a band called The Lazy Boys Of Banknock.

If Benny and Bjorn had been called Steve and Derek, the band would have been called ASDA.

Impossible to choose just one from so many fabulous albums, but I will try my best. Any one of Jason Isbell’s last 3 albums are worthy of the top spot, as is Frazey Ford’s Indian Ocean. Mary Gauthier’s Rifles and […]

Can’t remember which David Sedaris book has a passage along these lines.

He goes to the cinema, and the bloke in front of him produces a radio, and starts listening to the baseball/basketball match, and he’s […]

I couldn’t get my tablet and phone to speak to each other.
Someone suggested changing the passwords.
I changed them to ‘Titanic’.
They immediately started to sync!
(Sorry)