A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
MAY I crave your indulgence? Click on this link, close your eyes and listen. What you hear is an ageing momma a-wailin’ and a-hollerin’ as she stirs a pan of hominy grits … Continue readingGot Dem Ole Streatham High Street Blues
Old Hiatty’s voice has seen better days but Jerry’s playing resonates as nicely as ever. Shame about the masks.
Live version of the song from her second album, My Life.
Another fascinating clip from the Acoustic Routes sessions.
Classic from the patron saint of short-term memory loss.
Danny Thompson performs his double bass magic for the nth time.
This could almost be Frank Zappa; praise indeed.
Sweet song from the minstrel of Thornton Heath, still with us at 81.
AT the end of Part One we left keyboard wizard Keith Emerson announcing that the Nice had ‘outlived their usefulness’ and breaking up the three-man band. None of them wasted any time … Continue readingKeith Emerson, the Hendrix of the keyboards (Part 2)
Concluding Matt’s brilliant week of alcohol-soaked country classics. He says: ‘Country’s greatest singer was probably its greatest drinker, too, so Jones knew what he was on about in this tearjerker … Continue readingGeorge Jones: If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)