I absolutely love the whole Fairport/Richard Thompson/Sandy Denny thing. As for Richard and Linda my personal favourite is Pour Down Like Silver, every song on that LP is top drawer. As for Richard solo you'll probably think I'm a bit weird but my favourite has always been Henry the Human Fly. Bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival 91 or 92 when it got reissued on Hannibal Records and still listen to it now, sounds just as good!
Our kids were brought up on folk festivals we went to the Cambridge and Cropredy throughout the early 20s they were civilised and family friendly and not far from home, great bands like the Fairports , Show of hands ,Martin Simson , bellow head , my daughters music teacher was amazed at her knowledge of folk acts at that time . About that time I was lusting in the window of the Cambridge Strings when I was aware of a weird looking bloke wearing a makeshift turban and realised it was Ŕichard Thompson had a brief chat with him , such a nice bloke Current folk favourites are the Unthanks, already seen them twice this year and planning for more hopefully
As one of my absolute heroes I don't think it would've been good for me as I would've gone all fanboy but definitely envious of you. As for the Unthanks my only real experience of them was when they turned up in an episode of Detectorists, a series I loved. Probably need to investigate further as I liked that song they performed a great deal.
India with the most 2001-sounding metal since Mudvayne were last relevant ...oh wait, Mudvayne were never relevant
Unthanks are sister from Northumberland, love that they sing in their local dialect, try the album " here's the tender coming " or " Last" a good place to start
Good news that Mackenzie Crook has made a special of the Detectorists showing later in 22, this is up there with Whitehouse and Mortimer go fishing in my opinion
Absolutely agree 100% with that. Not only for the banter between Bob and Paul, which is comedy gold, but maybe I'm getting old as I love the relaxed feel of the series as well. That combined with the beautiful locations and overnight places they stay just leave me feeling properly chilled after watching an episode. More importantly, for someone who's neither fished or even felt the need to fish it doesn't even impede on my enjoyment of the programme and what's more they stand repeated viewing. I've watched every episode at least 2 or 3 times!
I picked up a copy of the new Fontains DC Album Skinty Fia , currently playing it louder than usual to fend off the neighbours Beyonce fest
Recently, my purchasing of Damned merchandise has significantly decreased. 3 years without any gigs rather knocks the imperative. However, when you spot 'The Holy Grail' on eBay, you have to buy. Yesterday afternoon, I was at M-i-L no 3's house waiting for a heating engineer, browsing US eBay when I spied this beauty... please log in to view this image It's a reprint of just about the rarest Damned shirt ever created. A 1994 Japanese tour shirt....I've tried to buy the only 3 that I've ever seen and been significantly outbid. So, in order to preserve my marital status, I informed Mrs B that I would have it for Christmas, as with postage, etc., it isn't a cheap item. Bless her heart, her response was..."I don't care about that...have they got my size?" She's a wonderful woman...and as obsessed as I am.... Only 10 sleeps to Rebellion! I am seriously considering reprising my early 80's mohican, in ultra violet pink and lizard green (if I can get the current fading blue out fast enough). If I go for it, I will send pics to anybody with the stomach for it...
Dug this album out today, brought back memories of one of my favourite all time gigs , Town and Country club was like a sauna that night and the brass section could be felt in your chest
On the subject of surprisingly good venues, i was dragged to a gig at The Swan in Stockwell ('78 ish?) - place held about 30 at a squeeze but we were treated to a free 90 minute set from a 3 piece of Allan Holdsworth (RIP), Jeff Berlin and a great drummer whose names escapes me! Virtually sitting on the platform with one of the greatest jazz rock guitarists of all time was a buzz and a half .
Some of those impromptu gigs stick in the memory, Mrs Conn and me were on a touring holiday in the south of France and on Bastille night went into the local town of Frejus and found Santana playing a free gig in the town centre , at the time they were one of our favourite bands
