Category: A’s Track of the Day

From the 1977 album Islands. Tomorrow a series of country Christmas classics chosen by our friend Matt starts with a real humdinger.

A live tribute from 2010 with Mike Mills of REM standing in on vocals for the great Alex Chilton, who had died a couple of months earlier. RIP.

We started this lunar mini-series with the Stones, and we’ll end it with them too. Closing track from 1971’s Sticky Fingers.

Really getting into the country mood now.

No relation to the J J Cale song from yesterday. A nice slice of Kentucky from Ricky.

Excellent live version by the Okie whisperer – dig them crazy subtitles.

I think it’s safe to say that this bears no relation whatsoever to the King Crimson classic covered by Travis and Fripp the other day. Good, though. And by way … Continue readingRory Gallagher: Moonchild

Suggested by Andy Marshall. This is a clip from Do Not Adjust Your Set, a sixties teatime comedy series which served as an appetiser for Monty Python, with the cast … Continue readingThe Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Tubas in the Moonlight

Who remembers this quaint curio from 1969? Funny that skinheadery always seems to be associated with racism nowadays, whereas these are all black geezers.

Brilliant! My favourite track from Trout Mask.