Saw her a couple of times at the impossibly tiny St Bonaventures in Bristol. She was, both times, spellbinding.

I think if you are asked the “What makes you unique” question again, “I am reasonably smart, and in the right situation, nimble on my intellectual feet and quick witted.” makes for a pretty good answer, though I […]

Ouch!

A friend of mine contracted shingles which developed an affinity for his tear ducts – eventually they scarred shut and he had surgery to add two tiny pieces of pipe which enable his eyes to drain into his nose.

Roger Waters’ son Harry is keyboard player in dad’s touring band.
Lily Allen, daughter of Keith
Kelly Osbourne

Zac Hobbs is the RT grandson, and for anyone who wants to learn the RT playing style, I can highly recommend throwing a few bucks to his Patreon – he (as well as being horribly young) really nails grandad’s technique.

Led Zeppelin managed to mangle “Soiree” somewhat with “South Bound Saurez”

Huh, Clive James also crashed into me dashing between his Taxi and Fortnum and Mason.

I used to use this program https://www.redfox.bz/en/anydvdhd.html to unlock the DVD, then rip it with Handbrake.

Caveat – the program did disappear for a few years, but now seems to be back and supported again […]

“He was keen, off down the High Street like Barry Sheene”

Damn, you’re right.

Looks like mine have already been featured – Fish-era Marillion, with Clutching at Straws in my personal Top 5 greatest albums; Hazel O’Connor’s Breaking Glass, Sarah MacLaghlan – I was dragged kicking and […]

Although I haven’t heard them in 40 years, I can still remember far too many of their lyrics and I really used to look forward to seeing them piss around on TOTP.

– “There’s a dentist in Birmingham, he fixed […]

Breaking Glass is a fantastic album with some excellent lyrics. Shame she got glossed over in the “important females in rock”.

Trivia fact. Will You? is supposedly about MIdge Ure

The rise and fall of Psy was pretty brutal.

Phil Collins was in there with a really weird icon.

Fair play to her for recognizing two people who aren’t Chris Martin from Coldplay

This one provokes a memory in me of being in a clothes shop in Weston Super Mare of all places and hearing a deconstructed tune that was naggingly familiar. I remember kicking it around in my head for the walk […]

Richard Thompson – Beeswing is about Anne Briggs as is Sandy Denny’s The Pond and the Stream. Thommo also has a few throwaways like I Agree With Pat Metheny (About Kenny G).

The girl in Going to California who […]

Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Echoes both make you wait an extraordinary length of time for their last verses. The former even has three different songs in between.

For my money, the build and release of […]

I’m very, very jealous!

Yes, as I said he was hard to hear in the mix and from what I could see of his hands, he was no Ox. I’m guessing that with the Orchestra, that style would have been too busy, but when they played Can You See the […]