Dave is a legend. My Dad was always playing 'I Hear You Knocking' and Sabre Dance so that was my introduction to him. Later I really liked Girls Talk. I read that he was the only white guitarist that Chuck Berry would work with, not sure if that was true, but some accolade if so.
The most popular female Blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, Bessie Smith was born in 1894 on this day in Chatanooga, Tennessee...
I have always loved union city blues , but it , along with the likes of rapture , rarely get a mention !
Scottish Folk Rock/Pop Singer/Songwriter, Musician and Record Producer of Stealers Wheel and a Solo career, Gerry Rafferty was born on this day in Paisley in 1947...
Legendary Blue Eyed Soul and Pop Singer, Musician and Record Producer, Dusty Springfield was born Mary O'Brien on this day in West Hampstead, London in 1939... This was her breakthrough hit...
Happy 56th Birthday to Ian MacKaye, Frontman of Hardcore Punk band, Minor Threat and Post Hardcore band, Fugazi who was born on this day in Washington D.C. in 1962. He is a Singer/Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer and Owner of the Dischord Record Label...
Film Score Composer, Arranger and Conductor, Henry Mancini was born on this day in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924...
In honour of our current situation and St. Godders (who I had no idea was a Stranglers fan): No More Heroes!
I interviewed Clem for a magazine a couple of months back. Really interesting guy. He’d just come off from a gig with a pub band in Liverpool. He just loves playing. It’s not a great interview in all honesty, but will try and dig it up.
Here you go, Floyd fans... https://www.planetrock.com/news/new...ink-floyd-with-new-band-saucerful-of-secrets/