I can’t believe it’s a year since I did a tribute to her on this thread! Still love that amazing voice, which was perfect for the genre of music she helped to create. It’s almost 50 years (11th May) since we lost Martin Lamble, Fairport’s drummer on the first 2 albums including that definitive version of WKWTTG. He was killed in the car crash which also caused the death of Richard Thompson’s girlfriend Jeannie Franklin, a couple of months before Unhalfbricking was released, so never knew what a phenomenal success it was to become.
This by just played on 6 music. One for the diary, we may be able to get over for it https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e9cd2m Prom 45: Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone
Just caught up with the Beeb's excellent documentary about Woody Guthrie on IPlayer.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00048qp/woody-guthrie-three-chords-and-the-truth I hadn't realised that Woody had written lyrics about Donald Trump's racist father, Fred who owned properties that operated a no blacks policy back in the 50s. This excellent cover was recorded and released during Trump's presidential campaign... Another one...
Too drunk and forgot to post this last night to celebrate young local boy Matty's first goal for his boyhood club.... Not many songs with "target" in the title, it just so happens that one of them is from my favourite band!...
I always preferred the original with the Strawbs. Less is sometimes more? I just can't believe she was never confident about her voice or musical abilities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-48117414 Sad. One of my fav bands and saw them in their heyday at the BIC.
Link Wray born today 1929 Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray, Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was a Shawnee rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s
The original Punk Rocker way back in the 50s, he invented the distorted power chord exploited later in Garage Rock, Punk and Heavy Metal.
To go along with a few recent Led Zep discoveries I've had, here's White Summer, and there is another Live version which is pretty good too. This track originated during Jimmy Page's Yardbird days, but this recording was made after Led Zep had been formed. Truth is, I didn't think JP was capable of this sort of wandering stuff, that sounds like it's coming out of Eastern Asia. A little bit of John Bonham accompaniment at the end. He could have gone on for half an hour and I wouldn't have got bored.
The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair. Honestly, I'd never ever heard this one before I recently discovered it. If it has been in the background on a radio, I've never attributed it to Led Zep. Doesn't remotely sound like them. Reminds me more of Cream in its rhythms and Deep Purple in its sound. Either way, it's the best of both of those, imo. It's not often I love tracks immediately on first hearing, but I did with this one and the one previous.
I might've misjudged "preening prat" Andrew Ridgeley a little. I've been listening to his 80s show on Radio 2 and far from selecting the expected insidious pap from that decade he has played (and praised) the likes of Stevie Wonder, The Pretenders, Squeeze, XTC, The Smiths, Aztec Camera and Kate Bush among others. He still sounds like a ponce though!... ..(i'm only jealous 'cos his partner is Keren from Bananarama!)...
It is quite interesting to draw parallels with some of the rock music posted in this thread. This track was recorded under the leadership of sitar player Collin Walcott who was tragically killed in a car crash in the early 1980s. The rest of the bans (John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette) previously recorded as a trio called Gateway which have reconvened from time to time. Weird to hear a sitar in this context which almost recalls acoustic blues and well as the kind of drones you hear in a lot of medieval music by composers such as Hildegard of Bingen. Ultimately, the Indian "sound" of the guitar is seriously minimalised in this group. A classic jazz recording from the mid 1970s when the ECM label was on the money.
Another classic from ECM . When I first heard this record I was absolutely shocked. It seemed so radical and totally unlike any other jazz I had heard up until then.
That’s beautiful. If I’d heard that without knowing who was playing it I would have described it as prog rock,rather than jazz. I suppose it’s one of those pieces which is uncategorisable, if there is such a word. Stunning.
