I used to have a similar recurring dream where I was about to go stage at the Festival Hall with Weather Report, and I was the keyboard player.

When we were all just behind the curtain I’d point out to the […]

I used to go there Sunday nights around 79-82. We always referred to it as the Fishes, from its previous name The Three Fishes. The music was so loud you couldn’t hear what anyone was saying and sign language was […]

A nice round 14

1 Nick Cave – Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
2 Chuck Prophet – The Land That Time Forgot
3 Baxter Dury – The Night Chancers
4 New York Rhapsody – Lang Lang
5 Mulatu […]

Late entry . . . .

Half Man Half Biscuit and the Widow

The Petula Clark Five

Survivor Cutler

Hawkwind and Fire

Genesister Sledge

Chicken Shakatak

Yokonolan Sisters

Tomorrow Never Knows
She Loves You

1 – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards – Tom Waits
2 – You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen
3 – Rough and Rowdy Ways – Bob Dylan
4 – Blackstar – David Bowie
5 – The Imperial – The Delines
6 – Southeastern – […]

1 – Tunnel of Love – Bruce Springsteen
2 – The Nighfly – Donald Fagen
3 – I’m Your Man – Leonard Cohen
4 – Un “Sung” Stories – Phil Alvin
5 – Spirit of Eden – Talk Talk
6 – New York – Lou Reed
7 – The Stone […]

It’s his fourth fine album in a row, which isn’t a bad record . . . . . he’s a great lyricist, an American short story writer and he also has got a wonderful way with a melody.

I wouldn’t agree that it trails […]

These are just in the order that I though of them

1 – The Band – The Band
2 – Milestones – Miles Davis
3 – Southeastern – Jason Isbell
4 – The Imperial – The Delines
5 – Blonde on Blonde – Bob Dylan
6 – […]

Sorry I’m late . . .

Julia Jacklin – Crushing
We Get By – Mavis Staples
Leonard Cohen – Thanks for the Dance
Hector Plimmer – Next to Nothing
JJ Cale – Stay Around
The Delines – The Imperial
Blood – […]

Ian Gillan of Deep Purple told me that Engalnd had been knocked out of the 1970 World Cup by West Germany at the first gig I went to.

OK, he told everyone from the stage of the Fairfield Hall in July 70.

I went […]

Might not strictly be about gardening

61.75 on Monday. Younger than Mick Jones and Topper Headon, two weeks older than Paul Simonon.
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