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@djhJust dug this one up on the hard drive I have a vinyl rip from a long gone music blog as my source but here is the whole thing on YouTube. Nigeria…@jonahpwllI fondly recall that Sean Jones recording
I suspect it was one that you recommended either here or at Bird is the Worm!
During my last f…
Definitely a turning point for John Mayall. very different from the Clapton et al era. with a strong jazz feel
For the first time ever a jazz based band won…
A new look at recordings of Bruce and his band. I …We are four episodes into The Diplomat on Netflix and enjoying it. Basically there is a new US ambassador in London, and there is an issue around Iraq. She is wanted as a new VP to support an elderly President (sounds familiar) because the current V…I'd forgotten the Groundhogs, I saw them when I was a student so sometime between late 1969 to mid 1972. Excellent lead blues guitarist if I remember correctly@ peterfrederics
Alvin has to be one of the most underrated guitarists.Totally agree - he was amazing with Ten Years After, many would argue better than Clapton at that time. I've just searched iTunes …
Talking of Bill Wyman, probably around 1999 i saw the Bill Wyman's Kings of Rhythm and bought one of his CDs. I've recently got a couple of boxed sets of four other albums. Brilliant nostalgia type albums. eMusic also had some live "Bootleg" albums,…Thanks Confused - lots of memories there. Unlike djh, I was, and still am, an Eric Clapton fan, seeing him perform live many times over the years. I've got several of the above albums as CDs but will follow up the links on the couple I haven't got. …
<…Back in the day, over 50 years ago, I quite liked Fairport Convention. In the mid 70s I bought a greatest hits type double LP, that I still have It had a band Family Tree which is fascinating. I did have Unhalfbricking and Leige and Lief LPs to but …@Confused - I've got the Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan album on CD, which I really like. I've often thought of following him up, I'll check out some of your playlist.
<…Tony Bennett, aged 96. One of the all-time greats
My first visit for a couple of weeks, so much to follow-up on. I didn't realise that the Zombies were still playing, never mind recording. I saw them way back, must be over 50 years ago now. I'd also forgotten Penguin Cafe Orchestra. That will be on…
I've had a poor quality eMusic download of this for a number of years, but I bou…Currently playing the Very Best of Stan Getz, a double CD I inherited from my father, who used to play sax for most of his adult life. I may even have bought him the CD!
I thought I recognised the name. I've got a couple of tracks on samplers, probably downloaded from eMusic. Of the two the one I like most is Martinmas Time on Folk Against Fascism. Very much based on the English Folk Music tradition, although he is …:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-3227219-1534327741-5107.jpeg.jpg)
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