Bert Jansch: Black Waterside
For guitar students everywhere, another helping of the jim-dandy Mr Jansch.
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Billy Connolly with Bert Jansch: Country Blues
Nice to see the Big Yin singing and reunited with his banjo, with the brilliant Bert helping out, of course.
Nils Lofgren: Goin’ Back
A tiny piece of A&M history as we both feature the same song on the same day. This brilliant live version is from 1975, when I saw Nils at Manchester … Continue readingNils Lofgren: Goin’ Back
Giles, Giles & Fripp: I Talk To The Wind
Featuring Judy Dyble on vocals, this is a forerunner of the track from In The Court of the Crimson King. And here’s a live version by Steve Hackett, from Genesis.
Gram Parsons: Brass Buttons
What a lovely song this is, from the Grievous Angel album.
In defence of Bernard Manning
MENTION the name Bernard Manning these days, particularly to those of the Leftie persuasion, and the response will be: ‘Vile old racist homophobe’. Yet while he did tell racial jokes … Continue readingIn defence of Bernard Manning
Jimmy Buffett: Defying Gravity
Concluding our little season of songs about flying, here’s Jimmy’s version of the Jesse Winchester song.
Captain Beefheart: Tarotplane
Near-20-minute workout recorded in 1967 as the first track of the Mirror Man album. It takes its title from the Robert Johnson song Terraplane Blues and quotes extensively from it … Continue readingCaptain Beefheart: Tarotplane
Nazareth: This Flight Tonight
Rockin’ cover of the song from Joni Mitchell’s album Blue.
Loudon Wainwright III: Fear With Flying
‘Who’s afraid of flying? I’m just afraid of crashing.’