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My Version of Woody Guthrie’s “Hard Travelling”
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Woody Guthrie Night at The Musician Leicester
Had a busy weekend just gone preparing for a Woody Guthrie memorial concert at the Musician Venue, Leicester. On Saturday morning I decided I needed to practice and learn some new songs so that I had...
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Lullaby of Birdland
This is a cover version of me playing jazz classic Lullaby of Birdland by George Shearing featuring Jenny Carter on violin.
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Kenny Wilson Live at the Criterion, Leicester U.K. Part Two
Second part of Kenny Wilson’s gig at the Criterion cut short by the camera battery dying. The first part can be found here Kenny Wilson Live at the Criterion Part One
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My European Musical Adventure Part 1 October 2015
So, here I am on my second travelling adventure of the year. I’ve got the bug now. A bit like a latter day Jack Kerouac in search of kicks and excitement. Well, okay, visiting several European cities...
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My European Musical Adventure Part 1 October 2015
So, here I am on my second travelling adventure of the year. I’ve got the bug now. A bit like a latter day Jack Kerouac in search of kicks and excitement. Well, okay, visiting several European cities...
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Live Music Clubs and Coffee Bars in Soho, London in the 1950s and 60s
This blog was originally published on the web site Sixties City where you can find more information about Swinging London! It doesn’t include some of the legendary folk venues like Bungie’s and Les...
View ArticleTom Rapp, ’60s Folk Experimentalist And Civil Rights Attorney, Dead At 70 | BPR
I found this link on the Middle Earth Facebook group. Tom Rapp was part of a great late 60s band called Pearls Before Swine. They were one of my favourites. … Continue reading Tom Rapp, ’60s Folk...
View ArticleFrom Folk to Acid Rock, How Marty Balin Launched the San Francisco Music...
This article was written by Ben Marks and first published in Collectors Weekly Bill Graham, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia—half a century on, these names still evoke the sound of San Francisco in the …...
View ArticleHow Coffee Bars Fueled the Vietnam Peace Movement – The New York Times
Further evidence of the importance of coffee bars in the radical culture of the 1960s. (From the New York Times.) In the summer of 1967, Fred Gardner arrived in San … Continue reading How Coffee Bars...
View ArticleBob Dylan’s Masterpiece, “Blood on the Tracks,” Is Still Hard to Find | The...
By Alex Ross (New Yorker Magazine) In September, 1974, Bob Dylan spent four days in the old Studio A, his favorite recording haunt in Manhattan, and emerged with the greatest, darkest … Continue...
View Article“Your revolution is over”: A Review of Stuart Henderson’s Making the Scene –...
Making the Scene: Yorkville and Hip Toronto in the 1960s Stuart Henderson University of Toronto Press, 2011 394 pages, Paperback and ebook $29.95, Cloth $70.00 Stuart Henderson’s Making the Scene:...
View Article“Joplin’s Shooting Star”1966-1970 | The Pop History Dig | Jack Doyle
“Joplin’s Shooting Star” 1966-1970 Janis Joplin featured in a ‘Newsweek’ cover story, ‘Rebirth of the Blues,’ May 26, 1969. In the rock ‘n roll firmament of the 1960s, Janis Joplin … Continue reading...
View ArticleNew Songs by Kenny Wilson now on Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music
Two new songs recently released by Kenny Wilson available on Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music. Listen to them in their entirety here. Produced and Recorded in his home studio in Leicester, U.K. February...
View ArticleMy European Musical Adventure Part 1 October 2015
So, here I am on my second travelling adventure of the year. I’ve got the bug now. A bit like a latter day Jack Kerouac in search of kicks and excitement. Well, okay, visiting several European cities...
View ArticlePhil Riley: “Such a Tiny Boat” new E.P. released on Spotify and YouTube 1st...
Phil Riley is part of a group I belong to called “Reynard Collective”. We are all singer/songwriters promoting and developing our work. It is already yielding results. Here is a link to a Spotify...
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