Captain Beefheart: Ashtray Heart
From the 1980 LP Doc at the Radar Station. And while we’re on the subject of the good Cap’n, here’s one of his weirder TV appearances.
A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
From the 1980 LP Doc at the Radar Station. And while we’re on the subject of the good Cap’n, here’s one of his weirder TV appearances.
Following on from yesterday’s That Reminds Me, commencing a short season of songs about smoking. This is a live version of the track from 1974’s Paradise and Lunch. Picture quality … Continue readingRy Cooder: Fool for a Cigarette
LIKE most of us born in the mid-20th century, I was weaned largely on cigarette smoke. My parents and grandparents were partial to a regular gasper and it seemed that everywhere … Continue readingConfessions of a smoker
Another superb selection of film clips to accompany a Thorogood boozing song and end our musical pub crawl. It’s been fun (hic!)
You and me both, Billingtons.
‘I’m on my seventh cold glass of gin’. Good going, Mr Oldham. From the 2006 album The Letting Go.
Rodders vocalises on this late sixties hit, with Beck on guitars, Ronnie Wood on bass and Micky Waller, drums.
This was Simon and Garfunkel’s first recording, made in 1957 when they were aged 16 and still at school. It reached No 49 in the US. It’s not hard to … Continue readingTom and Jerry: Hey, Schoolgirl
Some great movie clips to go with this further selection from Mr Thorogood.
This was written by Curtis Mayfield and released in December 1963. Early in 1964 It reached No 5 in America and No 40 in Britain. Later in 1964 it was … Continue readingMajor Lance: Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um