A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
For the first instalment of his series of country songs about phones, our friend Matt writes: ‘The Floridian honky-tonker cut this rollicking version of a country classic with help from … Continue readingTony Booth: LOnesome 7-7203
Looking a bit like Keith Waterhouse, Wizz playing live in Hebden Bridge, 2012, with an old Jesse Winchester song. He’s now 82 and still going, bless him.
We couldn’t conclude a Canterbury season without the great Kev, could we? This is a live version from 1975 with a band including Ollie Halsall and Zoot Money. Tomorrow we … Continue readingKevin Ayers: Lady Rachel
Canterbury meets Zappa on this 1977 clip featuring Allan Holdsworth on guitar.
Forerunner of Hatfield and the North, Delivery included Phil and Steve Miller, Lol Coxhill, Pip Pyle and Laurie Allan, plus singer Carol Grimes. She wanted to be billed just as … Continue readingDelivery: Home Made Ruin
In fact Uriel, an early outlet for Steve Hillage and Dave Stewart. They used pseudonyms for the 1969 Arzachel album, with guitarist Hillage appearing as Simon Sasparella and organist Stewart … Continue readingArzachel: Queen St Gang
Honorary members of the Canterbury Scene thanks to their inventive sound, these geezers were in fact Dutch. This is from their 1970 debut album Present From Nancy.
IN THE late 1970s and early 1980s I used to do casual sub-editing Saturday shifts on the News of the World in Manchester. The night editor was a virtually spherical chap named … Continue readingBacon butties and Gordon Greig
Another great song title; this one from 1975’s classic The Rotters’ Club.
I tend not to think of Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera as being Canterbury Scene, but Quiet Sun definitely were. This is from their only album, released in 1975, and … Continue readingQuiet Sun: Mummy Was An Asteroid, Daddy Was A Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil