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The original double pack single with the live ep currently sells for between £20 & £30 so not really.

 

Artimus Pyle was the drummer in Lynyrd Skynrd who survived the plane crash and walked to a nearby house and was shot at by the homeowner, the homeowner saw a bloody long haired man and fired a warning shot over his head because he thought he was an escaped prisoner, once Pyle shouted that there had been a crash the homeowner helped him , Artimus went on to make a full recovery

 

If I remember correctly I saw them twice that year once at the Hammersmith odeon and once at a place in Brighton, remember the Brighton gig because we broke down in Brighton that night and had to wait for the garage to open to get a new alternator for my motor , a Mk 2 escort is not very comfortable shared with 3 other blokes who have had many pints and a kebabs

 

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Seems quite apt for today

 

That song becomes more relevant with each passing year...as do Clampdown, Call Up, The Leader and countless others.

On other matters, I went to see The Smyths on Friday. They were really good and next year is their 20th anniversary of their first gig and to celebrate it, they're headlining The Shepherd's Bush Empire (O2 Thingy or whatever it's calling itself these days).

A tribute act at a major venue says something, not sure exactly what as yet ...any thoughts out there?

 

I think it says that the quality of the songs (and the band playing them), mean that people will always want to see them played live.

As for your other point, I think its terribly sad that the songs that Strummer and Weller (and others) wrote in the 80s are certainly as relevant today as they were 40 years ago and in some cases even more so.

 

I was pondering whether today's live music is too crap/expensive/sparsely available?

Every time I talk music with friends who are parents, it seems that their kids are heavily into music of their parents era and before. Whilst I was happy to listen to the Stones, Kinks, Animals, etc., there was no inclination or need on my part to seek it out live.

I'm seeing increasingly more young men, with full heads of hair, at gigs of music made 10+ years before they were born. More women of all ages, too.

 

I think that it's much harder to be a young person in a band now.
Less venues, less gigs, much higher cost of living and the old outlets are all dead.
Radio stations, labels, magazines and the like are all out and social media is in.
Solo artists dominate, covid basically killed bands for years, especially in terms of income.

Older artists used to go away after a while and stay gone, too.
There are tons of acts that either haven't stopped or have returned after breakups now.
Bands celebrating 30 or 40 year anniversaries or even album anniversaries aren't uncommon.
That's additional competition for cash and venue time.

 

We're 3 years off 50 years for the original punk bands....

 

You are ****ing kidding me!

RIP Robin Lumley

Maybe not known to many of you, but one of the most influential British prog / jazz fusion musicians - and someone who influenced my own (poor) keyboard direction.

Another sad day! WithJohn Goodall lost last year, only Percy Jones & the ailing Collins left from the original Brand X.

 

Three Italian teams in one half of the CL Q-F draw?

 

Is Youtube trying to tell me something?

 

Young lad I work with gave me the heads up to this track and artist

 

To add to your Glasgow/Scottish education may I add a man from Dundee.