Joni Mitchell: Night Ride Home
Title track of her 1991 album and one of the best of her later songs.
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The Jam: Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
Having been in this position many times when I was lodging in West Ken, I find this resonates.
Rolling Stones: Midnight Rambler
Live in London, 1971. Keef swigs from a bottle of something that’s not lemonade, and orft we go.
Heroes and villains of Fleet Street
I HAVE written previously about some of the wonderful and talented people I worked with in Fleet Street, including Gordon Greig, Lynda Lee-Potter, Nigel Dempster and Keith Waterhouse. Obviously, the Daily Mail also had its share of … Continue readingHeroes and villains of Fleet Street
Shawn Colvin: Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night
Colvin sings Tom Waits – a fine combination indeed. From her 1993 covers album.
Ry Cooder: Dark Was The Night
From his debut album in 1970, Ry’s rattling version of the Blind Willie Johnson classic.
Bruce Springsteen: Spirit in the Night
From Brucie’s 1972 debut album Greetings From Asbury Park NJ, this was a late addition after Columbia Records chief Clive Davis deemed the other songs not commercial enough, and marked … Continue readingBruce Springsteen: Spirit in the Night
Within these walls
STONE walls are very common round here, some of them proper traditional dry stone, some with a bit of mortar in the centre and some with mortar throughout, like a … Continue readingWithin these walls
Parliament Funkadelic: Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples
Wonderful slice of 70s nostalgia from the Land Before #MeToo.
Dr John: Such a Night
From the Last Waltz concert in 1976, Mac Rebennack in good voice.