Category: A’s Track of the Day

I was reminded of this while rewatching the brilliant Dr Feelgood documentary Oil City Confidential. Roadrunner was the late Lee Brilleaux’s favourite song and a template for his lifestyle.

Sheer class from 1969.

Recommended by reader John Lewis, for which many thanks.

Live version of the country-soul classic from the Eighties.

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I wish Gillian would come and sing in the Clitheroe Food Hall.

A live one from the Lylester, looking more like an Easter Island statue every day.

Excruciating clip from the Eighties. In memory of Willie Thorne, who died this week aged 66.

Mournful Brian Wilson beauty from the classic Surf’s Up album of 1971. This is an alternative longer version.

Pumice is the stage name of a New Zealander named Stefan Neville. This haunting little instrumental comes from a tribute album to John Fahey, The Great Koonaklaster Speaks.