Lowell George: I Can’t Stand The Rain
And neither can I, Mr George. Will it ever stop pouring? The road outside our house is a river and it’s still rising.
Author: Alan Ashworth
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Hatfield and the North: Fitter Stoke Has a Bath
Winsome warble from the 1975 LP The Rotters’ Club. Any song that has Michael Miles in the lyrics is good enough for me.
Bryn Haworth: Anywhere You Want To Be
Dreamy instrumental from Darwen’s finest; last track on his 1974 debut album for Island, Let The Days Go By.
The Unthanks: Starless
You have to admire the nerve of young clog-dancing lasses from the North East taking on almost sacred rock classics – and winning. This one, from the 2011 album Last, … Continue readingThe Unthanks: Starless
Just say Yes
FOLLOWING my recent column about Genesis, I have received thousands of requests (well, a good few) to look at another giant of the British progressive rock scene. To which my … Continue readingJust say Yes
The Beach Boys: All This Is That
Gorgeous clip from the 1972 album Carl and the Passions – ‘So Tough’. Carl and the Passions were Brian Wilson and Mike Love’s high school band.
Billy Bragg: A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
When we lived in Shoeburyness and worked in Kensington, we used to make this journey four nights a week. Ah, the smell of the cockle sheds at Leigh-on-Sea. https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/entries/9c035333-6905-32c0-9c57-320f6dc6accf
Yes: Survival
From their debut album in 1969. Oh heck, I feel another prog column coming on. Nurse, the screens!
King Crimson: Cadence and Cascade
Intriguing 2019 take on the lovely song from In The Wake of Poseidon.
Capering cows
Everyone knows that it’s little lambs that gambol and great big cows that lumber around holding up traffic and crapping everywhere. Right? Wrong. Share the joy of these cattle as … Continue readingCapering cows