As Jazz lovers struggle with Rock and vice versa, Mose Allison managed to stay out of the genre wars by inventing his own style that incorporated Jazz and Blues with real songs, virtuoso playing, meaningful lyrics, memorable melodies, humour, seriousness – Allison had it all covered. When The Who released Live At Leeds they included […]
The Clash released White Riot as the first single from their debut album in 1977. The song was a call to arms for the impoverished white population, suggesting that the black communities were more likely to riot against injustice than the white communities and that the white communities might be “Too chicken to even try […]
Junior Murvin has died. The Reggae star was famous for his wonderful falsetto voice and the Lee Scratch Perry produced Police And Thieves, recorded by The Clash on their 1977 debut. The song was a hit for Murvin in England (sometime after the event) reaching Number 23 in the chart in 1980. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Murvin