I love that song.
I once worked with a woman who lived in that area and by quoting the lyrics she became convinced I had lived there.

In the Word In Your Ear Peelcast (still available to listen to) the point was made that firstly David ‘Kid’ Jensen and later Janice Long came along and started encroaching on his territory, which Peel reacted to […]

Rosanne Cash has been a huge favourite in our house for more than 25 years, but neither my wife nor I can stand Tennessee Flat Top Box, which she performs pretty much every time we go to see her live.

Here is a slight diversion on this thread.
I used to love pretty much everything Free did at the time they were active. Except for Don’t Say You Love Me, which I hated with a vengeance. I just couldn’t understand […]

Second from the left is Sid Griffin.
I’ve engaged Mr Griffin in conversation and as I recall he’s about the same as me, maybe slightly taller. I’m 5′ 8″.

Most of Roy Harper’s catalogue isn’t there.
I’ve just checked and see that most of his Harvest albums have been added, but not Valentine nor Flashes From The Archives Of Oblivion nor The Unknown Soldier.
Almost […]

I can’t stand Queen, but do quite like (but do not love) You’re My Best Friend, which is the only song of theirs that doesn’t have me reaching for the off button.
Otherwise I can’t think of a song that comes […]

The guy you’re thinking of was Little Jimmy Scott.
Lou must have done more than one night at Hammersmith Odeon. I recall going to a gig there on that tour, but I don’t recall any of those events.

Here’s one of my favourites, from the late Guy Clark – Anyhow I Love You

That is a question I often ask myself.
Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express tour the UK most years (though last year it was just Chuck and Stephanie Finch).
So that’s Chuck and Stephanie, plus bassist Kevin […]

I remember going to a Ron Sexsmith gig at the Jazz Cafe in London. There were a couple of supports. The first was a guy with the most horrible voice I”ve ever heard. It was like a donkey braying, though in some […]

Presumably at Liverpool Stadium, Tiggs?
I wasn’t there, but a few guys from my school went to that gig. The consensus we heard on the following Monday was that Queen were not very good (though expressed less […]

Prior to your Pickering experience, Fred was of course an Everton hero.
Controversially left out of the 1966 FA Cup Final team, his replacement Mike Trebilcock (there is a hard ‘ck’ at the end of that surname, but […]

I like them too. Bought their second album after seeing them on Later.
I got the first one later, but prefer the second. Album three would be welcome.

My wife and I used have a game guessing who would fail to get past Simon Cowell.
Lots of notable figures – some obvious, others less so – would fail their test- Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Roger Chapman among […]

I was at a Roy Harper gig at the 100 Club, in London.
It’s a strange venue because the floor is much wider than it is deep and it’s also a standing venue.
We were on the left so couldn’t hear the offender […]

I’m trying to think of my most awkward gig, but Fentonsteve’s anecdote put me in mind of a story told by Eleanor Whitmore of The Mastersons.
She and husband Chris Masterson have a day job as part of Steve Earle’s […]

It resonates very much with me.
It has often been said that one of the motivations for voting Leave was immigration, which may very well be true. But that said, anyone I know who voted leave has not felt any […]

I have seen a couple of gigs there. Kim Richey was one and someone else whom I’m trying to recall was the other.
It’s a nice venue, I thought. Acoustics seem fine. A little bit cold in winter.
Don’t confuse it […]

There’s vivid imagination, there’s hyperbole and then there’s that…
I’d love to know what Van thinks of it now. Presumably he had no influence in those days to prevent such an advert going out.