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The Stone Roses to Reform – You Heard it First Here!
In fact, you probably did not hear it here first, it is all over the media. Even in the Daily Mail (that well known organ obviously has its finger on the pulse of Yooth Kulture). That being inspite of a press conference being set for Tuesday 18th October to make “an announcement”. It now seems […]
Posted in Rants, Uncategorized
Tagged as: beatles, bob dylan, captain beefheart, classic rock music, dusty springfield, iggy pop, john lennon, love rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues, stone roses, the stooges
The Don on Radio 4 Shock!
Imagine my surprise. There I was lisyening to Desert Island discs on BBC Radio 4 yesterday. The guest was the people’s poet Ian McMillan. He was playing discs that reminded him of his mother ansd father, typical romantic slush that normal working class adults listened to in the 40s. Then he said, almost hesitantly, that […]
Posted in About and things
Tagged as: beefheart, captain beefheart, classic rock music, desert island discs, don van vliet, ian mcmillan, love rock music, radio 4, real rock and blues, rock and blues, zappa
Captain Beefheart
In 1968 Captain Beefheart was taken to Cannes to play as part of the record company’s publicity push. It would appear that they had visions of The Captain and the Magic Band rivaling The Rolling Stones…. Anyway, here is a video of The Captain playing on the beach. I have been asked what is so […]
Posted in rock and blues
Tagged as: captain beefheart, classic rock music, frank zappa, love rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues, ry cooder
Great Mistakes……….. (1)
I loved this girl (as much as any 17 year old ‘loves’). I took her to a bar with a DJ. I got the DJ to play this song for her. She was not my girl friend afterwards……….. What did I do wrong? I still love this.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged as: captain beefheart, real rock and blues, rock and blues
White Denim
I often read reviews of bands that refer to influences and there seems to be a settled list of arty influences claimed by most new bands with pretensions. That list includes Lou Reed (Velvet Underground), Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Doors, The Beatles. I usually ignore that bit of the review. When I read an […]
Posted in About and things, rock and blues, Uncategorized
Tagged as: captain beefheart, classic rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues, white denim