Tired auld shite

Still SNP, Still Yes, Still Fuck The Union. Makes no difference until England stands alone.

I sat at his feet for that performance. Unless he did the same thing twice. He was singing with another, younger Americana chap. I’d probably know his name if I heard it. The year I saw him was 2001. I remember […]

I was offered £500 by the bastards at Magpie for my entire collection (min value of £12,000 on Discogs). I’ve made £15,000 so far, selling them on ebay. No skip needed when I’m broon breid.

I’m in. I’m interested in the Liam Clancy piece.

Thanks man – I no longer do radio but I know that the folks at Celtic Music Radio will be all over this one. I can make contacts if needed.

I’ve been following this on Facebook and I’m in. I don’t have much involvement with DG really. I interviewed him for radio when his Live In Harvard CD came out in 2019.

The only band I ever followed from their very first gig until they were “big” and on the telly. Then I lost interest.

I saw them in that O2 dump in the Gorbals about 10 years ago and they didn’t so much as look at each other on stage. There could have been a wall between them. I gave up on them that night.

Yeah that was me. I’m a wi’wantee Paterson though. I stopped both my radio shows and stopped playing with all bands bar one (my own Skiffle Band). I just wasn’t getting anything back from doing the radio. I […]

Johnny Mercer – mister Capitol Records. A fantastic singer The Mills Brothers. Start around 1944.

Roddy is a favourite of mine. I’ve never knowingly heard The Other Fella though.

That’s a sad one. Many people give The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists as their political awakening. For me it was Boys From The Blackstuff. I’m desperate, Dan.

Brilliant stuff. There is a huge gap in the market for collections digging into “Black Music in Britain” (I can’t think of a better term). I think there has been just one Boxset – “Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin'” […]

Scotland’s Story is the best song to come out of this Nation in the past 25 years. I have a lot of love for them.

Love Dion. I first heard of him on Angel Fingers and then a couple of his tracks popped up on compilations. That got me going. I love most of his stuff. I have some great live boots with him, Graham Parker and the […]

I’ve sat on a coach with him over three days. Part of Nancy Covey’s Louisiana Tour in 1992.

I had no idea. I think Billy announced it on Radio Scotland that evening but very few in the hall were expecting it.

Yeah – I’m just tired these days. Avoided CC apart from the John MacLean night at the start and going to the Celtic Women’s Voice’s today Saturday.

I started putting my entire collection up on Ebay just before xmas. I found it easier to negotiate as a platform than Discogs. I’m trying to master one platform in one country before I do anything else. I’m […]