Music today came from the first two Uriah Heep albums, …Very ‘eavy…very ‘umble (1970) and Salisbury (1971). Most disliked Rock band after ELP and the first band I ever saw at Liverpool Stadium in the mid-seventies which has always left a soft spot for them in my heart. I met guitarist Mick Box at a […]

Music today is Blue Oyster Cult’s Agents of Fortune (1976) because as we were walking down the street today a bloke was sitting in his car listening to Don’t Fear The Reaper really loud. I turned and looked at him and played air drums, he responded by doing the same. The song was written and […]

Music today has been firmly in Argentina. The Argentinian Rock scene of the late sixties and early seventies is really something and so tonight I listened to four albums; by Arco Iris (Los Elementales, 1977), a later album (their sixth) after they developed into a jazzier incarnation – they eventually moved to live in California. […]

Music today has been me rehearsing with Olivia so I thought today we would post that crazy song from Noctorum’s The Afterlife, Head On. It’s not the kind of song you write on an acoustic guitar or have a vision of from beginning to end. Some songs come to you in bits and ideas parachute […]

Music today was The Band’s first album, the classic Music From Big Pink (1968). After working with Dylan on tour and recording with him for the songs that appeared later as The Basement Tapes (1975), the band who had retired to a West Saugerties house (Big Pink) rented by Richard Manuel (piano, vocals), Rick Danko […]

Music today comes from Sessioneer Tony sending me a clip of Glen Campbell singing the Jimmy Webb classic, Wichita Lineman. A geographical follow-up to his mega-hit By The Time I Get To Phoenix also written by Webb. The song reached No.3 on the US chart in 1968 and showcases Campbell with his session guitar player […]