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Colin H commented on the post, Blogger Takeover CXXXVIII 5 hours, 58 minutes ago
I’ve read his previous two – fantastic – and was thrilled to realise I was cited in them. I’ll wait for the paperback of the new one.
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Colin H commented on the post, It's Martin Simpson… on Word In Your Ear 15 hours, 30 minutes ago
No!
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Colin H commented on the post, Unlikely Supergroups 2 days, 19 hours ago
No, you’re thinking of the Mahalulukulele Orchestra – a common mistake, to be fair.
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Colin H commented on the post, Archie Fisher box set crowdfunder… is launched 3 days, 10 hours ago
Crikey, £995 in 30 minutes…
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Colin H wrote a new post 3 days, 10 hours ago
Archie Fisher box set crowdfunder… is launchedOnce more unto the fray…! I’m in a rush now so will probably write more here tomorrow. For the moment, I’m thrilled to say this is now ‘live’ (for 30 days), having existed on paper since January. Link in the comments.
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Colin H commented on the post, How Old ? 3 days, 11 hours ago
‘You know it makes me want to SHOUT… in 13/8…’
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Colin H commented on the post, The Archie Fisher box set crowdfunder pre-launch page is launched… 4 days, 16 hours ago
Remarkably, there has never been an Archie Fisher compilation. Largely down his infrequent albums – only 10 in a 50+ years album recording career – appearing on a wide range of labels (Transatlantic, Topic, Decca, […]
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Colin H commented on the post, The Archie Fisher box set crowdfunder pre-launch page is launched… 5 days, 6 hours ago
To be honest, I don’t understand any of this pre-launch stuff. At some point in the next few days KS will have reviewed the campaign and it will go live…
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Colin H commented on the post, How Old ? 5 days, 12 hours ago
Only three years younger than the Mahavishnu… and three years older than Lulu.
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Colin H wrote a new post 1 week ago
The Archie Fisher box set crowdfunder pre-launch page is launched…Hopefully the campaign proper will be live in two or three days… Link in the comments. 🙂
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Colin H commented on the post, RIP Angry Anderson from Rose Tattoo 2 weeks, 1 day ago
What performance, Junior? I have a soft spot for 70s Oz rock, but I draw the line at Rose Tattoo – dreary, stodgy, unimaginative music. And I could never take anyone called ‘Angry Anderson’ seriousaly! I tend not […]
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Colin H commented on the post, Paddy Keenan: Rakish Paddy Blues 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Likewise… although I’m currently basking in waves of 60s/70s Archie Fisher recordings, while trying to pursue economic activities.
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Colin H commented on the post, Paddy Keenan: Rakish Paddy Blues 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Yes, I saw the documentary. Very well made, I thought. I have no emotional connection to the Bothy Band or Planxty – I wasn’t there at the time – and I’m always a bit suspicious of the veneration they get. But I’m […]
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Colin H commented on the post, UB40 2 weeks, 2 days ago
All I recall of that TV doc was a rather gormless Ali saying, ‘Whurrr’s the munnnoi?’
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Colin H commented on the post, The interconnectedness of all things… 2 weeks, 2 days ago
And here’s the GoFundMe campaign. So far, letters of rights assertion have been sent on behalf of Dave Burland (three albums), Robin & Barry Dransfield (two albums) and Pete scott (one album and one compilation […]
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Colin H commented on the post, The interconnectedness of all things… 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Here’s Pete on Geordieland TV in the 70s.
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Colin H commented on the post, The interconnectedness of all things… 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The late Douglas Adams’ brilliant comic novel creation Dirk Gently, the ‘holistic detective’, always went on about the interconnectedness of all things. There was some truth in that idea. One of the albums that […]
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Colin H wrote a new post 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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Colin H commented on the post, Paddy Keenan: Rakish Paddy Blues 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Thank you, Gerardo! I’ve never seen them myself, but I was at a pub session with Kevin Burke in Milltown Malbay in 2015 and this loud American woman with a bodhran turned up and said ‘Hey, you guys aren’t about to […]
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