Genuine question: Why do promoters still book him? Wouldn’t they lose out when shows are cancelled for venue fees etc that are not refundable?

My fiction list is all short stories with one very long story: Lord of the Rings, read multiple times, although I enjoyed the Andy Serkis audiobook so much that I think this will be my preferred delivery […]

When I joined the Pedal Steel Guitar Forum at the age of about 30 I was less than half the average age. It has changed a lot now as the Americana influence has taken hold, but it was literally old gaffers writing […]

That sums it up for me as well.

He’s a former uni guitar professor, music producer etc. He is now an online educator looking at mostly theory-based topics (although check out his great vid from years ago where he analyses the Levee drum sound to […]

He did the whole “Dave Gilmour won’t appear on my channel” thing a couple of years ago, and subsequently Gilmour did appear. I presume it’s his way of gaining the attention of the handlers for the big hitters. I […]

Am I right in remembering some sort of falling out between Wilco and Bragg when they originally recorded the Mermaid Ave material? I was slightly surprised to see a reunion. Haven’t listened to that stuff in […]

I believe the other half is almost entirely missing as well. I think Keith simply can’t play anymore, bless him.

Listening now. Is this not a Mick solo album in all but name? There is a massive Keith-sized hole in everything, and word on the street is that virtually all the ‘Keith’ parts are played by Watt. The key to the […]

Fellow Canadian Shania Twain was also on this episode. I can barely imagine them occupying the same universe let alone the same room.

I have to wait until September here in Australia. Must be something to do with the direction of water down drains etc. By coincidence, however, just yesterday I revisited a video I made in 2020 with my father. […]

They are reasonably common around here. I was stung on the arm by one a few years ago while spraying lantana on my block. It feels like a splash of boiling water and creates an odd hypersensitive sensation on the […]

As a professional incident investigator -it’s actually in my job title – I would caution against a mentality of retribution/blame when looking at these events: people make decisions in a complex environment of […]

I’m not a Rush fan, but I wish I was because Geddy and Alex seem like super nice guys and the fans seem solid. I’ve seen some vids of the recent shows and they are really impressive. It seems that Geddy is […]

Exact same boat as you. I got them when they came out and remember listening to them a fair bit at the time. Pleasant as they are, I’ve had no urge to play them since and I’d forgotten the poor chap even […]

You’re not wrong.

I don’t follow football but usually these sorts of rules are added for a reason. What is the problem they are trying to solve? Was there an exploit where a team could have 12 players on the field at once? The […]

No bank holiday in Brisbane! Listening update: I listened to Time Out of Mind and my assessment remains unchanged from ~30 years ago: too many generic, swampy 12 bar blues and not enough actual songs.

I’ve had the hump with Bob since ’98 when I saw him deliver the worst live performance I’ve seen: it was almost spitefully bad. I’ve occasionally bought albums (such as the bootleg series basement tapes) but then […]

Check out Ed O’Brien’s appearance on That Pedal Show from a few years ago. It doesn’t matter if you aren’t a guitar player; you can witness a genuinely lovely guy doing extraordinary things. Ironically, one of the […]