Tom Waits: 16 Shells From A Thirty Ought Six/Cemetery Polka
Live performance from The Tube in 1985, after Tommy had decided to become Captain Beefheart’s vicar on earth.
Author: Alan Ashworth
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Fotheringay: Nothing More
Sadly you see very little live footage of Fotheringay. Thankfully, this is an exception. From the German TV programme Beat Club in 1970.
Incredibles but true
THIS week, our time-travelling Ford Anglia coughs its way into Edinburgh, late 1965. Multi-instrumentalist Robin Williamson and banjo player Clive Palmer, both 22, had spent two years as a duo … Continue readingIncredibles but true
Ry Cooder: The Way We Make a Broken Heart
Written by John Hiatt, one of the standout tracks from Ryland P’s 1980 album Borderline. And here’s a version by Rosanne Cash.
Richard Thompson: She Twists the Knife Again
Live 1985 TV version of a key pick from Across a Crowded Room.
Pere Ubu: Non Alignment Pact
One of the more invigorating cuts from the 1977 LP The Modern Dance. I seem to remember having a five-album set of David Thomas’s solo work which failed to make … Continue readingPere Ubu: Non Alignment Pact
Steve Earle: Copperhead Road
No fewer than 169million views for this 1988 video from the troubled Texan.
Shawn Colvin: So Good To See You
Dedicated to BoJo after his announcement that the end of lockdown is in sight. Stupid pillock for bringing it in at all.
The Unthanks: Living By The Water
Geordie clogdancers’ version of the excellent Anne Briggs song. From their 2009 album Here’s The Tender Coming.
Giggsy’s chest
Romeo Ryan thumps it home against Arsenal then sheds his shirt to reveal a hirsute interior. Was anyone else reminded of the scene in Barbarella where the man with the … Continue readingGiggsy’s chest