That’s my problem with it: the riff may as well be an AI pastiche of post-Exile Stones. Once Keith learned his two finger Open G tuning trick he very quickly settled into ‘the riff’ and has recycled it endlessly.

I saw her around the time of Red Dirt Girl, with the incomparable Buddy Miller on guitar and Brian Blade on drums. Fantastic concert. I did find her studio output, and voice, started to get a bit one note after Wrecking Ball.

I have a Hunt Emerson cartoon of the Ramones looking over me from my office wall. My gateway to the world of rock was a big book called 25 Years of Rock which my parents gave me in 1980. It contained this cartoon, […]

I had this one last week. 24 greens, no yellow! Obvs 25 greens is the maximum possible. 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩…[Read more]

After writing the above, I put on Climate of Hunter to accompany my morning work. Some deft guitar work on one track caught my ear, and in looking through the credits I saw that Billy Ocean provided background […]

I have Tilt somewhere, but I think I’m off the train with Mr Walker at Climate of Hunter. The thing I love about Scott Walker is the contrast between dark content and the lush, almost easy-listening veneer of the […]

I’m always amazed that he was an in-demand producer as his own albums sounded messy and chaotic. I find I can only listen in small bursts.

Lordy lord.

I’ll be watching with interest, as it’s a genre I should like more than I do. I have a fairly low tolerance for the strident vocal, sea shanty, hey nonny nonny end of things. I very much like the more melodic, […]

btw, I love how the standard photo doing the rounds in the Australian media is of Andrew looking like he’s been taxidermied, reclining in the back of a vehicle with one red, glowing eye!

I’m going to make a prediction that no charges will come of this. It’s a bit of theatre to show that the King has distanced himself from his brother and that the police are ‘doing something’. A search of his […]

I see they avoided any mid-period Lou. Not edgy enough? I’d rather hear I Love You Suzanne or Dirty Boulevard than a cover of Venus in Furs. Some (many!) of Lou’s songs were carried by his voice and swagger, but […]

Well played.

I missed my one chance to see them live back in the mid 90s on a tour with Crowded House and Hunters and Collectors. Had a front row ticket but had (unbeknownst to me) blown my eardrum attempting to waterski […]

I love the Koln album, but the tradition of live albums in jazz would completely change the nature of the list.

Agree on getting the original version first. I have several expanded versions, including the sister Hull gig, but it’s the original version the reputation is based on. It’s like a text book in rock riffage.

If an album is consistently described as ‘important’, it is usually unlistenable.

Maybe hit up Big Ted for a loan. It’s nice to shout ourselves occasionally. I love these sort of books, but this one is just outside my price comfort zone. I bought the big tome “Recording the Beatles” some years […]

A quote I read from him in a guitar mag decades ago has always stuck with me: all you need is a telecaster and a Fender Blues Junior. If you can’t make good music with those two objects then no amount of gear will […]

I worked on an investigation for several months with a Chinese man who taught me the ways of tea. He would have all these marvellous (and very expensive) varieties and would make me numerous cups per day in his […]