What a wonderful birthday, up late, then Olivia and I took a trip on the bus from Penzance to Mousehole (pronounced mausl like mauser). The sun was shining, the sky was blue, the sea a deep green, the seagulls snow white and pale grey and the tiny Mousehole harbour was the ultimate experience of idyllic […]
Along with ELP, Uriah Heep were one of the most pilloried bands of the era by anybody outside the genre. So luckily, they were the first band I saw live as a teenager in the mid seventies at Liverpool Stadium (actually it was the support band Maldoon). Why was I lucky to see a band that […]
When Trevor Bolder died earlier this year I was transported back to my school days when at the age of 15 I played The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And the Spiders Of Mars literally dozens of times. Famous for his massive side burns as much as his powerful bass playing, it didn’t occur […]