Category: A’s Track of the Day

Mick Taylor’s swansong. From the 1974 album It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, after which he was replaced by Ronnie Wood.

Included purely for the look.

Live 1979 version of the song from JJ’s album Okie. Here’s the Cap’n covering it on his worst album, Bluejeans and Moonbeams. And here’s Lynyrd Skynyrd putting in their four … Continue readingJJ Cale: Same Old Blues

Listen out for Richard Thompson’s guitar and Richard and Linda’s backing vocals. You don’t have to agree with the politics to enjoy it.

Not a band I play very often nowadays but I love the percussion on this live cut from 1970.

Great title. Back Door were a strange little group. Not keen on the saxophone noodling but Colin Hodgkinson’s lead bass was brrrilll. From the 1973 album 8th Street Nites.

Standout track from their first album. I saw them do it at the July Wakes Festival in 1976.

This is a real beauty, a modern history lesson, from the ex-Creedence singer’s 1985 solo album Centerfield.

Not had anything from the brilliant Big Star https://am-records.com/2018/11/12/twinkle-twinkle-big-star/ for a while, so here’s an alternate take of the #1 Record track, taken from Rhino’s 2009 box set Keep an … Continue readingBig Star: Thirteen

Live in 1970, featuring of course the wonderful Ollie Halsall on geetar.