Ry Cooder: Shrinking Man
A lot of Ry’s later work is pretty embarrassing but this, from 2018’s The Prodigal Son, is an exception.
Author: Alan Ashworth
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Traffic Report Part 2
LAST week we left Traffic in a jam after Steve Winwood decided to break up the band in 1969. He joined forces with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker from Cream, … Continue readingTraffic Report Part 2
Tim Hart and Maddy Prior: Fiddlers Green
‘Where the skies are all clear and the dolphins do play; And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away’ . . . a fisherman’s heaven.
Plainsong: The Second Time
Lovely stuff from Ian Matthews on the 1971 album In Search of Amelia Earhart.
Caravan: I Don’t Know Its Name
A real beauty from the 1971 LP In The Land of Grey and Pink.
Gillian Welch: I Don’t Want To Go Downtown
Don’t know what Petula Clark would make of that sentiment. This is an outtake from Gillian’s 1996 debut album Revival. It appeared on a double album, Boots No 1, to … Continue readingGillian Welch: I Don’t Want To Go Downtown
The Be Good Tanyas: In Spite of All the Damage
From their second album, 2002’s Chinatown. https://am-records.com/2018/12/10/when-infant-teachers-cry-the-be-good-tanyas/ Come on, lasses, it must be time for another.
Amazing Rhythm Aces: The Ella B
Jaunty clip from the 1975 album Stacked Deck.
Bobby Charles: Small Town Talk
How can you resist a song that starts with whistling and a Hammond organ? From his eponymous 1972 album and yes, Bingo, there’s a dawg on the cover.
Traffic Report
WHEN Steve Winwood first played piano in pubs and clubs, his bandmates made sure he faced away from the audience at all times. This was so the punters wouldn’t realise … Continue readingTraffic Report