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Goodbye 2023

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Jeff Beck

We lost another batch of big name musicians in 2023 including Jeff Beck, Burt Bacharach, Robbie Robertson, Gordon Lightfoot, Carla Bley, Charles Gayle, David Crosby, Ahmad Jamal, Tony McPhee, Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O’Connor, Tony Oxley, Kaija Saariaho and Tina Turner.

I was especially saddened to learn of the passing of a couple of people who used to send me their music to air on my radio programme over the course of my 25 years on the radio. Both Gloria Coates and Steve Roden have made their way onto the list this year.

Ed Ames (American actor and singer for Ames Brothers)
Katherine Anderson (American singer for The Marvelettes)
Stanley Appel (British television producer for Top of the Pops)
Kirk Arrington (American drummer for Metal Church)
Clarence Avant (American music executive and film producer, founder of Sussex Records)
Burt Bacharach (American Hall of Fame composer, six-time Grammy winner)
Robbie Bachman (Canadian hard rock drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
Tim Bachman (Canadian guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
Ian Bairnson (Scottish musician for The Alan Parsons Project)
Philip Balsam (Canadian songwriter for Fraggle Rock)
Clarence Barlow (British composer)
Bruce Barthol (American bassist for Country Joe and the Fish)
Russell Batiste Jr (American drummer for The Meters)
Jeff Beck (British guitarist for The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group)
Harry Belafonte (American Hall of Fame musician)
Tony Bennett (American singer)
Karl Berger (German jazz pianist, composer, and educator)
Jane Birkin (English-French singer and actress)
Jeff Blackburn (American songwriter and guitarist for Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape)
Carla Bley (American jazz composer and musician for Jazz Composer’s Orchestra)
Peter Brötzmann (German jazz saxophonist)
Pete Brown (English poet, lyricist and singer)
Angelo Bruschini (English guitarist for Massive Attack)
Dennis Budimir (American jazz and rock guitarist for The Wrecking Crew)
Jimmy Buffett (American singer-songwriter)
Colin Burgess (Australian rock drummer The Masters Apprentices, AC/DC)
Bobby Caldwell (American singer and songwriter)
Ronnie Caryl (English guitarist for Flaming Youth, Phil Collins)
Paul Cattermole (English singer for S Club 7)
Monte Cazazza (American artist and composer)
Gloria Coates (American composer)
Tony Coe (English jazz musician)
Michael Cooper (Jamaican musician for Inner Circle)
David Crosby (American songwriter and singer for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
John Cutler (American record producer and audio engineer for Grateful Dead)
Dean Daughtry (American keyboard player for Atlanta Rhythm Section)
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist)
Charlie Dominici (American singer for Dream Theater)
Bobby Eli (American guitarist for MFSB)
Simon Emmerson (English record producer, DJ, and musician for Afro Celt Sound System)
José Evangelista (Spanish composer)
Johnny Fean (Irish guitarist for Horslips)
John Fitzpatrick (Irish violinist for Nightnoise and Jeff Johnson)
Jeffrey Foskett (American singer and songwriter for Beach Boys)
Pete Garner (British bassist for The Stone Roses)
Charles Gayle (American jazz saxophonist and pianist)
Renée Geyer (Australian singer)
John Giblin (Scottish bass player for Kate Bush)
Astrud Gilberto (Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer)
Brian Godding (Welsh jazz rock guitarist for Blossom Toes, Centipede)
Myles Goodwyn (Canadian singer for April Wine)
Jim Gordon (American convicted murderer and musician for Eric Clapton, Derek and the Dominos)
John Gosling (English keyboardist for The Kinks)
Bruce Guthro (Canadian singer-songwriter and musician for Runrig)
Dickie Harrell (American Hall of Fame drummer for Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps)
Wee Willie Harris (English rock and roll singer)
Steve Harwell (American singer for Smash Mouth)
Fuzzy Haskins (American singer for Parliament-Funkadelic)
Redd Holt (American jazz drummer)
Brad Houser (American musician for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
Ron Howden (English drummer for Nektar)
Ralph Humphrey (American rock drummer for The Mothers of Invention)
Rudolph Isley (American songwriter and singer for The Isley Brothers)
Chuck Jackson (American R&B singer)
Ahmad Jamal (American jazz pianist)
Stu James aka Slater (British music executive and singer for The Mojos)
Bob Johnson (British guitarist, singer and songwriter for Steeleye Span)
Scott Johnson (American composer)
Howie Kane (American pop singer for Jay and the Americans)
Seán Keane (Irish fiddler for The Chieftains)
Scott Kempner (American guitarist for The Dictators)
Terry Kirkman (American songwriter and musician for The Association)
Jean Knight (American singer)
David LaFlamme (American singer and violinist for It’s a Beautiful Day)
Denny Laine (English musician for Wings and singer for Moody Blues)
Bill Lee (American jazz musician and film composer)
Rita Lee (Brazilian singer for Os Mutantes)
Mylon LeFevre (American Christian rock singer)
Linda Lewis (English singer-songwriter)
Gordon Lightfoot (Canadian Hall of Fame singer-songwriter)
David Lindley (American musician)
Lord Creator (Trinidadian-born Jamaican singer-songwriter)
Robin Lumley (British jazz keyboardist for Brand X)
Ralph Lundsten (Swedish composer)
Laura Lynch (American musician for Dixie Chicks)
Shane MacGowan (Irish singer for The Pogues)
Steve Mackey (English record producer and bassist for Pulp)
Bernie Marsden (English rock guitarist for Whitesnake)
Manny Martínez (American drummer for The Misfits)
Brian McBride (American musician for Stars of the Lid)
Les McCann (American jazz musician)
Tony McPhee (English guitarist for The Groundhogs)
Randy Meisner (American musician for Eagles)
Mendelson Joe ( Canadian singer-songwriter)
Butch Miles (American jazz drummer)
Essra Mohawk (American singer-songwriter)
Francis Monkman (English musician for Curved Air)
Napoleon XIV (American singer)
Peter Nero (American pianist and conductor for Philly Pops)
Chas Newby (British early bassist for The Beatles)
Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer)
Blackie Onassis (American rock drummer for Urge Overkill)
Tony Oxley (English free improvising drummer, co-founder of Incus Records)
Jon Povey (British musician for Pretty Things)
Lisa Marie Presley (American singer-songwriter)
Alberto Radius (Italian guitarist and singer-songwriter for Formula 3)
Alan Rankine (Scottish musician for The Associates)
Lee Rauch (American drummer for Megadeth)
Lance Reddick (American actor and musician)
Otis Redding III (American singer for The Reddings)
Sheldon Reynolds (American guitarist for Earth, Wind & Fire)
Robbie Robertson (Canadian musician for The Band and film composer)
Sixto Rodriguez (American singer-songwriter)
Steve Roden (American contemporary artist and musician for Forms of Paper)
Bernt Rosengren (Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist)
Gary Rossington (American Hall of Fame guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Andy Rourke (English bassist for The Smiths)
Kaija Saariaho (Finnish composer)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japanese musician for Yellow Magic Orchestra)
Renata Scotto (Italian operatic soprano for La Scala)
Don Sebesky (American composer, arranger, and conductor)
Bob Segarini (American-Canadian radio presenter and musician for The Wackers)
Jah Shaka (Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator)
Sweet Charles Sherrell (American bassist for James Brown)
Wayne Shorter (American jazz saxophonist)
Ray Shulman (English musician for Gentle Giant)
Mick Slattery (British guitarist for Hawkwind)
Huey “Piano” Smith (American R&B pianist and songwriter)
Tom Smothers (American comedian, musician for Smothers Brothers)
Floyd Sneed (Canadian drummer for Three Dog Night)
Jack Sonni (American musician for Dire Straits)
Seymour Stein (American Hall of Fame music executive, founder of Sire Records)
Lester Sterling (Jamaican saxophonist for The Skatalites)
April Stevens (American singer)
Mark Stewart (English musician for The Pop Group)
Chris Strachwitz (American record company founder and executive for Arhoolie Records)
Barrett Strong (American singer and songwriter)
Yukihiro Takahashi (Japanese drummer and singer for Yellow Magic Orchestra)
Ted “Kingsize” Taylor (British singer and guitarist for Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes)
Teresa Taylor (American drummer for Butthole Surfers)
Charlie Thomas (American Hall of Fame singer for The Drifters)
George Tickner (American rock guitarist for Journey)
Top Topham (English guitarist for The Yardbirds)
Ismaïla Touré (Senegalese musician for Touré Kunda)
Vivian Trimble (American musician for Luscious Jackson)
Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur) (American rapper for De La Soul)
Tina Turner (American-born Swiss Hall of Fame singer)
Dwight Twilley (American singer-songwriter)
Nancy Van de Vate (American composer)
Conny Van Dyke (American singer and actress)
Tom Verlaine (American musician for Television)
John Waddington (English guitarist for The Pop Group)
Geordie Walker (English guitarist for Killing Joke)
Lillian Walker (American singer for The Exciters)
Algy Ward (English heavy metal bassist for The Damned)
André Watts (American pianist and academic)
Cynthia Weil (American Hall of Fame songwriter)
Lasse Wellander (Swedish guitarist for ABBA)
George Winston (American pianist)
Fred White (American Hall of Fame drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire)
Roger Whittaker (British singer-songwriter)
Mars Williams (American saxophonist for The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs)
Gary Wright (American singer-songwriter and musician for Spooky Tooth)
Gary Young (American drummer for Pavement)

Kaija Saariaho

Goodbye 2022

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Klaus Schulze

Once again, many big names have left us. From Christine McVie to Angelo Badalamenti. As a fan of electronic music coming out of Germany since the 1970s, the deaths of both Klaus Schulze and Manuel Göttsching hit particularly hard. Also the deaths of Indian musicians Shivkumar Sharma and Lata Mangaeshkar.

The following list is just a small representation of some of the people that we have lost over the past year.

Jerry Allison (drummer for The Crickets)
Bruce Anderson (American guitarist for MX-80)
Jon Appleton (American composer and educator)
Angelo Badalamenti (American film and television composer for Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet)
Chris Bailey (Kenyan-born Australian musician and songwriter for The Saints)
John Beckwith (Canadian composer, writer and pianist)
Thom Bell (Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger and record producer)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (English composert)
Jet Black (English drummer for The Stranglers)
Gary Brooker (English singer-songwriter and pianist for Procol Harum)
Boris Brott (Canadian conductor)
Mira Calix (South African-born British visual artist and musician)
Irene Cara (American singer and actress)
Aaron Carter (American singer)
Steve Broughton (British rock musician for Edgar Broughton Band)
Manny Charlton (Scottish rock guitarist for Nazareth)
Coolio (American rapper)
Julee Cruise (American singer, musician and actress)
George Crumb (American composer)
Betty Davis (American funk and soul singer)
Jerry Doucette (Canadian musician)
Norman Dolph (American songwriter and record producer)
Lamont Dozier (American Hall of Fame songwriter, record producer and singer)
Martin Duffy (English keyboardist for Primal Scream)
Judith Durham (Australian singer for The Seekers)
Shirley Eikhard (Canadian singer-songwriter)
Ralph Emery (American disc jockey and television host)
Anton Fier (American composer, producer, and drummer for The Feelies, The Golden Palominos)
Andy Fletcher (English Hall of Fame keyboardist for Depeche Mode)
Ricky Gardiner (Scottish composer and guitarist Beggars Opera)
Mickey Gilley (American country singer)
Robert Gordon (American rockabilly singer)
Manuel Göttsching (German musician for Ash Ra Tempel)
Guitar Shorty (American blues musician)
Terry Hall (English singer for The Specials)
Ronnie Hawkins (American-Canadian rock and roll singer-songwriter)
Taylor Hawkins (American musician for Foo Fighters)
Paavo Heininen (Finnish composer and pianist)
Judy Henske (American folk singer)
Jeff Howell (American rock bassist for Foghat)
Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese composer and pianist)
Susan Jacks (Canadian singer-songwriter for The Poppy Family)
Philip Jeck (English composer)
James Johnson (American blues guitarist for Slim Harpo)
Jimmy Johnson (American blues guitarist and singer)
Wilko Johnson (English guitarist for Dr. Feelgood)
Syl Johnson (American blues singer)
Naomi Judd (American country singer for The Judds)
Danny Kalb (American blues guitarist for The Blues Project)
William Kraft (American composer and conductor)
Mark Lanegan (American singer-songwriter and musician for Screaming Trees)
Michael Lang (American concert producer, co-creator of Woodstock)
Keith Levene (English guitarist for Public Image Ltd., The Clash)
Gord Lewis (Canadian guitarist for Teenage Head)
Jerry Lee Lewis (American Hall of Fame singer and pianist)
Ramsey Lewis (American jazz pianist, composer)
Radu Lupu (Romanian pianist)
Loretta Lynn (country singer-songwriter)
Lata Mangeshkar (Indian playback singer and composer)
Ingram Marshall (American composer)
Dan McCafferty (Scottish songwriter and singer for Nazareth)
C. W. McCall (American country singer)
Ian McDonald (English musician for King Crimson)
Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack)
Meat Loaf (American singer)
Charnett Moffett (American jazz bassist)
Grachan Moncur III (American jazz trombonist)
Massimo Morante (Italian guitarist for Goblin)
James Mtume (American percussionist for Mtume)
Rachel Nagy (American singer for The Detroit Cobras)
Sandy Nelson (American drummer)
Olivia Newton-John (British-Australian singer)
Nichelle Nichols (American actress on Star Trek and singer)
Mo Ostin (American record executive for Warner Bros. Records)
Mimi Parker (American singer and drummer for Low)
Ric Parnell (English drummer for Spinal Tap)
Kelly Joe Phelps (American blues musician)
Paul Plimley (Canadian free jazz pianist and vibraphonist)
Ned Rorem (American composer)
Badal Roy (American tabla player, percussionist and recording artist)
Bobby Rydell (American singer and actor)
Paul Ryder (English bassist for Happy Mondays)
Pharoah Sanders (American jazz saxophonist)
Klaus Schulze (German electronic musician and composer for Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel)
Jim Schwall (American blues musician for Siegel–Schwall Band)
Alexander Scriabin (Russian musicologist and composer)
Jim Seals (American songwriter and musician for Seals and Crofts)
Burke Shelley (Welsh bassist and vocalist for Budgie)
Paul Siebel (American singer-songwriter)
Shivkumar Sharma (Indian composer and santoor player for Shiv–Hari)
Mark Shreeve (British electronic songwriter and composer)
Kim Simmonds (British rock guitarist for Savoy Brown)
Lucy Simon (American composer and folk singer for The Simon Sisters)
Ronnie Spector (American Hall of Fame singer for The Ronette
Fredy Studer (Swiss drummer)
Creed Taylor (American jazz trumpeter and record producer, founder of Impulse! Records and CTI Records)
R. Dean Taylor (Canadian singer-songwriter)
Nicky Tesco (British singer for The Members)
Barbara Thompson (English jazz saxophonist for Colosseum)
Nik Turner (English musician for Hawkwind)
Ian Tyson (Canadian singer for Ian & Sylvia)
Vangelis (Greek film composer and musician for Aphrodite’s Child)
Fred Van Hove (Belgian jazz musician)
Natty Wailer (Jamaican musician)
Norma Waterson (English musician for The Watersons)
Alan White (drummer for Yes)
Roland White (American bluegrass music artist)
Don Wilson (American guitarist for The Ventures)
Drummie Zeb (English reggae record producer and musician for Aswad)

Christine McVie

Goodbye 2021 (another year to forget)

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Jon Hassell

2021 was yet another year when Covid-19 dominated the news. I’m sure that we’re all glad to see the end of it. Let’s all hope for a better 2022.

The following list is just a small representation of some of the people that we have lost over the past year.

Louis Andriessen (Dutch composer for La Commedia)
Astro (British singer and musician for UB40)
Chris Barber (English jazz bandleader and trombonist)
Andy Barker (British musician for 808 State)
Byron Berline (American fiddler)
Jay Black (American singer for Jay and the Americans)
Tim Bogert (American rock bassist for Bogert & Appice)
Juini Booth (American jazz double-bassist for Sun Ra Arkestra)
Leslie Bricusse (British composer)
Gil Bridges (American musician for Rare Earth)
Ron Bushy (American drummer for Iron Butterfly)
Sylvano Bussotti (Italian composer, poet, and artistic director for Puccini Festival)
Alan Cartwright (English rock bassist for Procol Harum)
Malcolm Cecil (British musician for Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, Blues Incorporated and record producer for Stevie Wonder)
Joel Chadabe (American electronic music pioneer)
Emmett Chapman (American jazz musician, inventor of the Chapman Stick)
Michael Chapman (English singer-songwriter and guitarist)
Richard Cole (English music manager for Led Zeppelin)
Charles Connor (American drummer for Little Richard)
Billy Conway (American drummer for Morphine)
Gary Corbett (American rock keyboardist for KISS, Cinderella)
Chick Corea (American jazz keyboardist)
Paul Cotton (American musician for Poco)
DMX (American rapper)
John Drake (American singer for The Amboy Dukes)
Graeme Edge (English drummer for The Moody Blues)
Les Emmerson (Canadian singer for Five Man Electrical Band)
Sergio Esquivel (Mexican singer-songwriter)
Don Everly (American Hall of Fame singer for The Everly Brothers)
Bobby Few (American jazz pianist)
Pat Fish (English musician for The Jazz Butcher)
George Frayne IV (American country singer and keyboardist for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen)
Denny Freeman (American blues guitarist and keyboardist)
Curtis Fuller (American jazz trombonist)
Djivan Gasparyan (Armenian musician and composer)
James Mac Gaw (French guitarist for Magma)
John Goodsall (American-British rock guitarist for Atomic Rooster, Brand X)
Milford Graves (American jazz drummer for New York Art Quartet)
Burton Greene (American jazz pianist)
Nanci Griffith (American singer-songwriter)
Tom T. Hall (American singer-songwriter)
Jon Hassell (American trumpeter and composer)
Roger Hawkins (American drummer and recording studio owner for Muscle Shoals Sound Studio)
Dusty Hill (American songwriter and musician for ZZ Top)
John Hinch (British drummer for Judas Priest)
John Dee Holeman (American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
Paul Humphrey (Canadian musician for Blue Peter)
Paul Jackson (American jazz bassist for The Headhunters)
Stonewall Jackson (American country singer)
Bob James (American rock singer-songwriter for Montrose)
Joey Jordison (American musician for Slipknot)
Richard H. Kirk (English electronic musician for Cabaret Voltaire)
Bob Koester (American music executive, founder of Delmark Records)
Alexi Laiho (Finnish death metal singer-songwriter and guitarist for Children of Bodom)
Rick Laird (Irish jazz fusion bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Alan Lancaster (English rock bassist for Status Quo)
Anita Lane (Australian singer-songwriter for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Bob Lanois (Canadian record producer and recording engineer)
David Lasley (American singer-songwriter)
John Lawton (English hard rock singer for Uriah Heep)
James Levine (American conductor and pianist for Metropolitan Opera)
Janice Long (English disc jockey for BBC Radio 1)
Alvin Lucier (American composer)
Kenny Malone (American drummer)
Junior Mance (American jazz pianist and educator)
Carlos Marín (Spanish singer for Il Divo)
Jon Mark (English singer-songwriter and guitarist)
Pat Martino (American jazz guitarist and composer)
Nobesuthu Mbadu (South African mbaqanga singer for Mahotella Queens)
Count M’Butu (American percussionist for The Derek Trucks Band)
Biz Markie (American rapper and actor)
Gerry Marsden (English musician for Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Barry Mason (English songwriter)
Marilyn McLeod (American singer-songwriter)
Les McKeown (Scottish singer for Bay City Rollers)
Mensi (English punk rock singer for Angelic Upstarts)
John Miles (British singer-songwriter and musician)
Mike Mitchell (American musician for The Kingsmen)
Paddy Moloney (Irish musician for The Chieftains)
Everett Morton (Kittitian-born British drummer for The Beat / The English Beat)
Juan Nelson (American bassist for Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals)
Michael Nesmith (American musician for The Monkees)
Melvin Parker (American drummer for James Brown)
Anthony Payne (English composer)
Lee “Scratch” Perry (Jamaican reggae songwriter and musician for The Upsetters)
Ralph Peterson Jr (American jazz drummer for The Jazz Messengers)
Christopher Plummer (Canadian actor for The Sound of Music)
Dee Pop (American drummer for Bush Tetras, The Gun Club)
Lloyd Price (American R&B singer)
Peter Rehberg (Austrian-British electronic musician for KTL)
Mike Renzi (American composer and music director for Sesame Street)
Jimmie Rodgers (American pop singer)
Frederic Rzewski (American composer and pianist for The People United Will Never Be Defeated!)
Phil Schaap (American disc jockey and jazz historian)
Al Schmitt (American recording engineer)
Robbie Shakespeare (Jamaican bassist for Sly and Robbie)
Sonny Simmons (American jazz saxophonist)
Joe Simon (American soul and R&B singer)
Johnny Solinger (American singer-songwriter for Skid Row)
Stephen Sondheim (American composer and lyricist for West Side Story)
Phil Spector (American record producer)
Michael Stanley (American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter)
Pervis Staples (American Hall of Fame gospel singer for The Staple Singers)
Robby Steinhardt (American singer and violinist for Kansas)
Jim Steinman (American musician, composer and lyricist)
Dean Stockwell (American actor and recording artist)
Sylvain Sylvain (American guitarist for New York Dolls)
Gene Taylor (American pianist for Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
B. J. Thomas (American singer)
Mikis Theodorakis (Greek composer)
Rosalie Trombley (Canadian music director for CKLW)
U-Roy (Jamaican reggae singer)
Hilton Valentine (English Hall of Fame guitarist for The Animals)
Leo van de Ketterij (Dutch guitarist for Shocking Blue)
Yoshi Wada (Japanese sound installation artist and musician)
Bunny Wailer (Jamaican reggae singer for Bob Marley and the Wailers)
Rusty Warren (American singer for Knockers Up!)
Charlie Watts (English drummer for The Rolling Stones)
George Wein (American festival promoter and jazz pianist for Newport Jazz Festival)
Chuck E. Weiss (American songwriter and vocalist)
Mary Wilson (American singer for The Supremes)
Rusty Young (American musician for Poco)
Wanda Young (American singer for The Marvelettes)

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Damo Doc in the Works

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Damo Suzuki

Leeds based filmmaker Michelle Heighway is currently five years into the process of making a documentary about singer Damo Suzuki.

Suzuki came to the attention of most people for his creative contributions to the music of the German progressive rock band Can in the early 1970s. Since his departure from the group, he has continued to record and perform live around the globe.

His 2019 autobiography (done in collaboration with Paul Woods) shed light onto the incredible journey he has taken over the past 50+ years.

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But, it’s now time to get Damo’s story onto the screens of the world and that is what Michelle Heighway intends to do. At the moment, she is trying to tie up a lot of the loose ends which will bring the story to life. That includes licensing the rights to the music, photos and film footage to be featured as well as many other nuts and bolts aspects of post-production and distribution.

In order to accomplish this final stage of the process, there is currently an INDIEGOGO fund raising campaign in the works. At the time of this writing, the project has gained about a third of the £10,000 goal.

If you would like to lend your support to this project, please visit the fundraising page at:
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Goodbye 2020 (and Good Riddance)

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Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)

Needless to say, 2020 will be a year that we are all very happy to see come to en end. In addition to the usual ways in which we have seen people pass away, this was the year that brought Covid-19 into the picture. And that has only helped to add another manner in which many lives have been taken.

The following list is just a small representation of some of the people that we have lost over the past year.

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Tony Allen (drummer – Fela Kuti, The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
Len Barry (singer)
Jennifer Bate (organist)
Bucky Baxter (guitarist – Bob Dylan)
Harold Beane (Funkadelic)
Ronald Bell (Kool & the Gang)
Salome Bey (singer)
Martin Birch (producer and engineer – Deep Purple, Whitesnake)
Julian Bream (classical guitarist and lutenist)
Harold Budd (composer, musician)
Paul Chapman (UFO)
Jon Christensen (jazz drummer)
Jimmy Cobb (drummer)
Tony Costanza (Machine Head)
Simeon Coxe (Silver Apples)
Noah Creshevsky (composer)
Cristina (Monet-Zilkha) (singer)
Stanley Crouch (music critic)
Charlie Daniels (singer-songwriter, musician)
Chris Darrow (Kaleidoscope and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Wolfgang Dauner (German jazz fusion pianist)
Mac Davis (singer-songwriter)
Spencer Davis (The Spencer Davis Group)
Martin Davorin-Jagodić (composer)
Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons)
Manu Dibango (saxophonist)
Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention)
Justin Townes Earle (singer-songwriter)
Steve Farmer (The Amboy Dukes)
Kali Z. Fasteau (musician)
Julie Felix (folk singer)
Wayne Fontana (The Mindbenders)
Fou Ts’ong (pianist)
Jon Gibson (minimalist composer, musician)
Andy Gill (Gang of Four)
Juliette Gréco (singer)
Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)
Roly Greenway (Crowbar)
Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers)
Martin Griffin (Hawkwind)
Henry Grimes (jazz bassist)
Gordon Haskell (King Crimson)
Roy Head (singer)
Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)
Jimmy Heath (saxophonist)
Toots Hibbert (Toots and the Maytals)
Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil)
Rupert Hine (Quantum Jump)
Steve Holland (Molly Hatchet)
Tony Hooper (Strawbs)
Dieter Horns (Lucifer’s Friend)
Brian Howe (Bad Company)
Joey Image (Misfits)
Lee Kerslake (drummer – Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne)
Astrid Kirchherr (German photographer for The Beatles)
Toshinori Kondo (trumpeter)
Lee Konitz (jazz composer, saxophonist)
Ivan Kral (Patti Smith Group)
Derek Lawrence (producer – Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash)
Bunny Lee (reggae producer)
Little Richard (pianist and singer)
Giuseppi Logan (jazz musician)
Trini Lopez (singer)
Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers)
Vera Lynn (singer)
Johnny Mandel (composer)
Ellis Marsalis Jr. (pianist)
Barbara Martin (The Supremes)
Moon Martin (musician)
Phil May (The Pretty Things)
Lyle Mays (Pat Metheny Group)
Ennio Morricone (film composer)
Dave Munden (The Tremeloes)
Johnny Nash (singer-songwriter)
Alan Parker (director of Pink Floyd – The Wall)
Gary Peacock (bassist)
Neil Peart (Rush)
Ronnie Peel (Thunderclap Newman)
Krzysztof Penderecki (composer)
Bonnie Pointer (The Pointer Sisters)
Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV)
Charley Pride (singer)
Steve Priest (The Sweet)
John Prine (singer-songwriter)
Lou Ragland (Ink Spots)
Helen Reddy (singer)
Alto Reed (saxophone – Bob Segert)
Emitt Rhodes (musician)
Tony Rice (bluegrass musician)
Bill Rieflin (drummer – King Crimson, Ministry, R.E.M.)
David Roback (Mazzy Star)
Kenny Rogers (singer, songwriter)
Annie Ross (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
Jan Savage (The Seeds)
Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne)
Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk)
Matthew Seligman (The Soft Boys)
Peter Serkin (pianist)
Robin Seymour (American disc jockey, creator of Swingin’ Time)
Billy Joe Shaver (musician)
Jerry Slick (The Great Society)
Millie Small (singer)
Lucille Starr (singer)
Chad Stuart (Chad & Jeremy)
Richard Teitelbaum (electronic music composer)
Peter Thomas (German composer)
Keith Tippett (pianist)
Barry Tuckwell (horn player and conductor)
McCoy Tyner (pianist)
Eddie Van Halen (American Hall of Fame musician)
Jerry Jeff Walker (singer-songwriter)
Pete Way (UFO)
Eric Weissberg (musician)
Leslie West (Mountain)
Bruce Williamson (The Temptations)
Hal Willner (producer)
Jimmy Winston (English musician for Small Faces)
Mark Wirtz (musician and record producer)
Bill Withers (singer, songwriter)
Betty Wright (singer)
Eugene Wright (bassist – Dave Brubeck)
Charles Wuorinen (composer)

Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk)

Ready Steady… View!

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As a follow-up to my recent post about Andy Neill’s book about the 1960s British music programme Ready Steady Go!, I’m posting links to some video collections currently up on youtube.

The first three are compilations of several artist including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield and a host of others. The last two are RSG! specials featuring Motown artists and Otis Redding.

(Apologies in advance if any of these links go dead.)

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Ready Steady Go! by Andy Neill

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Ready Steady Go! by Andy Neill (BMG Books, 2020)

As the 1960s dawned and the era of post-World War II austerity was fading away in Britain, many things in society started to change. One of those areas of change was manifested in the culture of the youth. Rock and pop music had started to blossom and teenagers would spend their pocket money on the latest records.

While there had already been programmes featuring music on TV, there seemed to be a need for something better. And in 1963, Associated-Rediffusion (the commercial competition to the state-owned BBC) decided to test the waters with something new.

The brainchild of Elkan Allan, the music programme Ready Steady Go! was prepared to start broadcasting in August of 1963. This was certainly good timing as it coincided with the pop music phenomenon of The Beatles.

Initially, the artists featured on the show would mime to their most recent release. As time went on, the bands played to backing tracks with live vocals. Eventually, the music was totally live.

The show started in a tiny, cramped studio space located in Rediffusion’s headquarters building in London. The bands were positioned in the space on tiny stages surrounded by an audience of enthusiastic young dancing teens. The space was crowded and the massive TV cameras would weave among the crowd.

What was unique about the programming of the show was that it did not just feature artists that were already well known. It was a springboard for new and exciting acts which the production staff (like Vicki Wickham) would often spot at clubs.

The show helped to launch the careers of The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Animals, The Kinks and a host of others. One regular performer on the show was Dusty Springfield. It was through her knowledge of the American R&B and soul scene that RSG soon started to feature the likes of Otis Redding, The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas and James Brown. In fact, an entire episode was devoted to Motown groups.

While a number of hosts went in front of the cameras, the person who became synonymous with RSG was Cathy McGowan. Although not the most professional of hosts, her personality and sense of style won over the teenage audience. Initially paired with the older and more professional Keith Fordyce, this team is the most remembered.

In this book, Andy Neill has created an exhaustive document which put the reader straight into the vortex of a programme which was destined to change the face of how popular music was presented on television.

First-hand accounts of the action have been provided by almost every surviving person associated with the show including the most of the people responsible for getting the show on the air each week to the performers and members of the audience.

Fascinating insights are provided from the likes of the show’s creator Elkan Allan to Michael Lindsay-Hogg who directed many of the episodes.

Through its run, the series had its ups and downs. It eventually moved to a large stage housed at Wembley in order to accommodate live performances by the groups as well as a larger crowd. But, by December 1966 with the show still very popular, it ended its run.

The book ends with updates about many people who were associated with the programme over the years as well as a comprehensive list of the artists featured on each show.

As with many TV programmes of the era, most of the shows were not archived and just a smattering of shows survive. What did manage to remain was purchased by Dave Clark (yes, he of the Dave Clark Five). In the 1980s, a few compilations of surviving material were issued on home video. In those pre-youtube days, that is where I finally got to see this legendary programme.

Ready Steady Go! is a massive tome in a 12 x 12″ format weighing in at nearly six pounds. It is packed from cover to cover with incredibly detailed information and hundreds of wonderful photographs. If this era of music is of interest to you, it is well worth the investment.

In 2019, the BBC put together a documentary about the programme. Thanks to the power of youtube, here it is…

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Wendy Carlos: A Biography by Amanda Sewell

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In 1968, Wendy Carlos was thrust into the limelight with her synthesizer interpretations of the music of J.S. Bach. The LP Switched-On Bach caught the attention of both classical and non-classical music listeners alike.

As a child, Carlos began playing piano and eventually composing her own works. At the same time, she also developed a keen interest in electronics. By the time she was in high school in the early 1950s, she had built her own home computer.

Her interest in both music and electronics led to her studying composition at Columbia University with two pioneers in electronic music – Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening. It was during this time that she learned the trade of working in a recording studio and eventually met up with Robert Moog.

Her relationship with Moog was a fruitful one in which she provided much feedback to the electronics engineer regarding the design and construction of devices which would eventually be incorporated into Moog’s modular synthesizers.

Carlos’ meticulous sound construction process would eventually lead to her experimenting with producing a piece of music by Bach. The concept of an entire album of synthesized Bach works was presented to Columbia Records by her long-time collaborator Rachel Elkind and it was agreed to issue the set on their Masterworks classical label.

After its release in October of 1968, the set was so popular that it held the number one spot on Billboard’s Classical Music chart for three years. By the mid-70s, its sales surpassed a million copies in the US alone.

In 1969, she released a second LP entitled The Well-Tempered Synthesizer which included works by Bach and other classical composers.

1972 saw the release of an expansive double LP set entitled Sonic Seasonings. Here, she devoted each side to a different season and used a combination of real-world nature recordings combined with synthetic sounds to produce evocative soundscapes. This was well before Brian Eno introduced his concept of “ambient music” on such recordings as Discreet Music and Music for Airports.

It was around this time that Carlos was invited to record music for Stanley Kubrick’s upcoming film A Clockwork Orange. In the end, only a small portion of her recordings made its way into the film and original soundtrack album. But, she eventually released her own works on a separate LP.

In the 1980s Carlos began working with digital synthesizers and created her album Digital Moonscapes. The versatility of the digital domain also made her want to experiment with alternate keyboard tunings such as microtonal scales with as many as 35 notes per octave. This resulted in the LP Beauty in the Beast. As the ’80s drew to a close, she collaborated with “Weird Al” Yankovic on a unique take on the work Peter and the Wolf.

The 1990s saw Carlos enter a partnership with the label East Side Digital where she would eventually re-issue remastered versions of her older albums (and previously unissued material) as well as her final album to date entitled Tales from Heaven and Hell.

Of course, one cannot cover the life and work of Wendy Carlos without acknowledging the path of her personal life. The most obvious aspect of which was her gender transition which took place over several years. Author Amanda Sewell does not side-step this part of Carlos’s life and treats the subject with care and respect. This includes the effect which is had on both her personal and professional life.

The biography of Wendy Carlos is an engrossing read about a musical pioneer whose work helped to bring attention to the world of electronic music and provide a vision of music’s future.

Pynchon’s Sound of Music by Christian Hänggi

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As a music fan, music collector and composer, I am always interested in finding musical references in works of fiction. American author Thomas Pynchon is one of my favourite writers and over the course of his work there are countless references to music.

At one point in time, I thought that it might be interesting to re-read his books and make note of the various musical references just for my own amusement. Luckily, I no longer have to consider this arduous task as author Christian Hänggi has now done all of the heavy lifting. And what a load it is!

Over the course of Pynchon’s Sound of Music, Hänggi has spotted and identified hundreds of musical mentions which encompass real works by real people, fictitious works by real people and fictitious songs and artists which have sprung from the mind of the author.

Since 1963 when Thomas Pynchon published his first book, V., he has only issued a total of eight novels and one collection of short stories. For his research on his subject, Hänggi has also included other uncollected short works which he considers as a tenth book. So, the task would not appear to be quite as daunting as considering the endless oeuvre as someone like Stephen King. But, a daunting task it was, taking some four and a half years to collate.

During the course of his research, countless areas were explored. These include the context in which music is mentioned, the mode in which it is presented (live, a recording etc…), its part in progressing the story-line etc…

He also catalogues the various instruments which play a part in the stories such as saxophone, guitar, accordion, ukulele, harmonica, kazoo etc… This includes the number of references in total as well as in each book or story.

The first three sections of the book: The Job of Sorting It All Out, Lessons in Organology and The Sounds of Societies to Come serve to open up the many worlds of Pynchon and to connect the dots within the various references to music.

In addition to real-world references to artists such as Pat Boone or Jimi Hendrix, Pynchon would introduce his own world of performers such as Sick Dick and the Volkswagens or the Paranoids in The Crying of Lot 49. But, there are also fictitious works by real people such as Vivaldi’s Kazoo Concerto.

Pynchon’s work is also scattered with songs from the author’s own imagination. From “Have a Banana” in Gravity’s Rainbow to “Polecat in the Parlor” in Mason & Dixon, the author carries the story with his own take on a musical moment.

In the chapter Analysing the Pynchon Playlist, numbers have been crunched to produce graphs and spreadsheets which highlight various details across the spectrum. The types and frequency of references are put under the microscope as well as detailing their distribution throughout the works.

In the end, the real icing on the cake is The Pynchon Playlist. This is the section in which each book is taken and had each of its musical references noted. This includes specific references to songs, composers and performers.

So, if this particular aspect of Thomas Pynchon’s work is of specific interest to you, you can stop googling the multiple sources scattered all over the internet. Pretty well everything that you will want to know is contained within the covers of this exhaustive volume. Sit back and soak it all in.

Isolation Viewing: Soft Machine

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Soft Machine were formed in 1966 and issued their first single in early 1967. Shortly after that, the original line-up including founding members Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt went into the studio with producer Giorgio Gomelsky to record some demos. These were not issued at the time but, eventually came to light four years later on the French Byg label (and subsequently re-issued many times over the years on different labels).

Their first proper LP was released in 1968 around the time that they were touring with Jimi Hendrix. By that time, Daevid Allen was gone from the line-up which was a precursor for numerous changes over the years.

I think that the first album of theirs that I heard was their third record imaginatively called Third. It was a sprawling double LP set with a single track on each side. It remains a favourite of mine to this day.

I’ve done a bit of searching and have compiled a selection of video clips covering 1967 to 1971 for your dining and dancing pleasure.

This must be the earliest clip of the band. It includes Daevid Allen reading his poetry. It was recorded at the legendary UFO in London, 1967.

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Another clip from 1967 featuring Kevin Ayers on vocals (Daevid Allen is gone).

Possibly my favourite clip of the band. Love on French TV in 1968. The audience really get into it and a couple even join them on stage to dance.

A live performance from 1969.

A live performance of Out-Bloody-Rageous from their Third album. Paris 1970.

Finally, an entire concert from Belgium in 1971.

Phew!!!

Isolation Viewing: British Folk & Folk-Rock

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When I hear a mention of British folk and folk-rock, a few names immediately pop into my head. Top of the list is usually Fairport Convention. That’s quickly followed by the likes of Pentangle, John Martyn and Michael Chapman.

So, I’ve collected a few clips together here that give a representation of all of those people.

Many people associate Sandy Denny with Fairport Convention as she was their on-again / off-again vocalist for a few years. Only a couple of minutes of the band exist with her on vocals. So, I’ve included a nice clip of Sandy with her short-lived band Fotheringay.

Here is a very early performance of Fairport Convention on French TV in 1968. It includes original vocalists Judy Dyble and Ian Matthews. Also, a very young Richard Thompson on guitar.

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Another early performance of Fairport Convention in 1970.

A rare short clip of Sandy Denny with the band from 1975.

Sandy with Fotheringay on the German TV program Beat Club in 1970.

A very early broadcast of (The) Pentangle on Norwegian in 1968.

(The) Pentangle live on BBC TV in 1970.

A John Martyn performance from 1978.

Michael Chapman is still active today. Here he is in 1970.

And again in 1975.

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Isolation Viewing: Krautrock

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Whether or not you are still feeling the isolation blues, it’s always nice to have something to watch. Especially in the way of interesting musical clips.

I sometimes scour youtube in search of enticing tidbits in the way of music. I quite often discover some quite interesting stuff.

Back in the ’70s, progressive music from Germany started to make inroads outside of the country and the British music press soon latched onto it giving it the name Krautrock. Some of the names which soon became familiar were Can, Amon Duul II, Kraftwerk, Cluster, Tangerine Dream and Neu! to name but a few.

Here are a few clips which I’ve collected for your viewing pleasure.

Kraftwerk on the German TV programme Beat Club ca. 1971. What is interesting here is that it is Florian Schneider accompanied by Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger who would later go on to be known as the duo Neu!

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Here is another German TV clip for 1971 featuring Ralf and Florian with Wolfgang Flur on his freshly built electronic drum set.

Now, here is Can ca. 1970 on the German programme Rockpalast. Nearly an hour and a half. The Damo Suzuki era.

A wonderful documentary which covers the band’s career. Another hour and a half of Can bliss.

Here is a groovy set by Amon Duul II from Beat Club in 1970.

A compilation of Amon Duul II material spanning 1969 to 1975. Over two hours!

Here is a very unique clip of Tangerine Dream live in Berlin, 1969. This was before they acquired synthesisers and were a psychedelic, freak-out group. Edgar Froese, guitar. Klaus Schulze, drums. “Happy” Dieter, bass (according to the video notes).

The legendary performance of Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral in 1975.

Well, that should keep you busy for a while!

Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany by Uwe Schütte

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The news that Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider had passed away at the beginning of May was one of those announcements that seemed to strike a particularly resonant note for me. I had first heard their music long before their breakthrough album Autobahn courtesy of a radio programme featuring import albums back in the early ’70s. They were one of my personal inspirations to start making electronic music.

It was certainly a much more pleasant experience to learn of a new biography of Kraftwerk was being published by Penguin Books earlier in the year.

Kraftwerk: Music of the Future by Uwe Schütte is a rather succinct volume which covers the careers of co-founders Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter. The pair met at school in the turbulent days of the late ’60s and immediately hit it off. In 1968, they formed a band called Organization who released a sole LP called Tone Float (only in the UK as German record companies had no interest in their work).

Keeping their base in their hometown of Düsseldorf, the pair then went on to create the concept of Kraftwerk (literally translated a Power Station). Their early work did include electronics but also guitar, flute and drums. Much of this work was based around improvisation and electronic sound manipulation.

Their first three releases were prime examples of their work at the time. It’s unfortunate that to this day these albums basically been written out of the band history and not been any part of a re-issue program for their recordings.

For Kraftwerk, it was their fourth album – Autobahn – that denoted the beginning of their recording career. It’s the album (and song) that brought the group to international attention (although, it was virtually ignored in their own country).

They subsequently built up their reputation with their next three releases of the ’70s – Radio-Activity, Trans Europe Express and The Man Machine. It was also at this point that their work started to reverberate into other forms of music. It became an influence in electronic dance music and what would develop into techno.

They brought in the ’80s with Computer World with it’s ubiquitous Pocket Calculator emanating from radios around the world.

After that, the space between album releases would become much greater. It was another five years before the release of Electric Cafe and another seventeen years until the Tour de France Soundtracks (with a stop-gap remix effort called The Mix in 1991).

But, that doesn’t mean that Kraftwerk were inactive during these long apparent silences. As the author points out, Kraftwerk were not really a “band”. They considered themselves to be a multi-media project. They spent a lot of time concentrating of visual elements to their work, as well. Stage presentations, museum exhibitions… you name it, they seemed to have their finger in it.

In the past twenty years, Kraftwerk were very active in the area of live performances. The miniaturisation of their music producing gear helped a great deal in this regard.

Throughout the book, Schütte puts the efforts of Kraftwerk in the context of the music, society and art of the times and also details how it affected the future of music. It is a good overview of their music and art helped to shape many things to come.

Isolation Reading: Music Books

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During the current days of isolation, many people have taken to reading as a way to while away the time. Personally, I’ve pretty well always got a book on the go. According to my info on Goodreads, I read over 70 books last year. At the moment, I’m at the two dozen mark for 2020.

At this point, I thought that I’d share some of things that I’ve read so far this year. In this post, I’ll cover some of the music-related books.

Jaki Liebezet: The Life, Theory and Practice of a Master Drummer – Jono Podmore (editor). As a fan of the German group Can since I heard their first album (Monster Movie) on an import records radio programme in 1970, I was very pleased to learn of this new book on their incredible drummer.

This volume is bookended with a concise biography and a massive discography. But, the meat-and-potatoes of the book centres around the rhythm system of drumming known as dot-dash. Since this part of the book makes up about half of the content, this is where the value of the book will vary from reader to reader. Despite the fact that my own compositional work rarely deals with percussion or rhythm, I still found this section very interesting.

For me, one of the highlights of the book is the exhaustive discography which covers every release from his jazz beginnings through his work with Can and the last chapter of his life with Club Off Chaos.

Overall, I found this book to be a very engaging read. But, I’m not sure how it will appeal to people who are not interested in all of the technical information presented here.

The Life of Curtis Mayfield: Traveling Soul by Todd Mayfield with Travis Atria. The re-release of Curtis Mayfield’s first four LPs as a box set last year got me to wonder if there was a biography out there. Sure enough, I discovered this book by his son Todd.

The book covers his humble beginnings towards a successful career as a member of the Impressions and subsequent journey into his solo work. It reveals him to be a man focused on his music and also someone who was driven to retain the rights to everything he was involved with. It also shows how this drive could often lead to conflict in both this personal and professional life.

It is a thoroughly researched and well presented portrait of one of the most important figures to ever emerge from the American music scene.

Not Dead Yet by Phil Collins. Despite the fact that I have been a Genesis fan since the early ’70s, this book was not particularly high on my list to read. But, I stumbled across an advance uncorrected proof at a thrift shop and picked it up. I’m glad that I did as it proved to be a quite enjoyable read.

Collins covers his entire history from his early years as a child actor to his work with Genesis, his solo career and eventual situation of alcoholism and illness. It’s a warts-and-all account of both is successes where he does not shy from accounts of pitfalls and personal failures. A quick and enjoyable read.

Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy L. Schmidt. Whether you were a fan of soft rock in the ’70s or not, everybody seemed to agree that Karen Carpenter was a singular voice in the music world at the time. I can still recall buying the Carpenters self-titled LP on the same day as Paranoid by Black Sabbath. Both held appeal to me for different reasons.

While others had attempted to write a biography of Karen Carpenter in the past, the hyper-protective nature of her family always resulted in a dead end. Fortunately, this was not the case for Schmidt. He was able to finally dig beyond the surface in order to get to the roots of her life.

Of course, it was a life of tremendous success on the surface but, he manages to dig deep into a personal life which was far from perfect. It’s a touching portrait that shows the sad physical decline of Carpenter leading to her eventual death from complications related to anorexia. In the end, it’s a story that will no doubt be of interest to the fans of one of the most distinctive voices in popular music.

In the Court of King Crimson by Sid Smith

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In the Court of King Crimson

Once upon a time there was a young boy named Robert who dreamed of one day making music that would be so unique that it would basically defy description. And he did.

Back in 2001, Sid Smith published a book entitled In the Court of King Crimson. It related the history of the first thirty years of the band King Crimson. With 2019 marking the fiftieth anniversary of the group, Sid decided to mark the occasion with an expanded edition covering that fifty year span. He didn’t, however, just tack on chapters covering the subsequent twenty years. He virtually started again from scratch.

For King Crimson fans, this is excellent news.

The first part of the book focuses on band founder Robert Fripp and his early life and progress into the world of music. This would eventually lead to the formation of a trio along with the Giles brothers – Michael and Peter.

The trio of Giles, Giles and Fripp were signed to Decca Records and released a period piece entitled The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp. Its contents featuring jaunty pop tunes interspersed with spoken tales linking them seems a perfect period of the times – that being 1968. It’s not until the last track on the second side – Erudite Eyes – that the sounds of improvisation appear and actually seem to give a hit as to the direction in which Fripp would soon head.

Indeed, the following year, Fripp would join forces Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (plus lyricist Peter Sinfield) to create the first incarnation of King Crimson in 1969.

Before they even released and LP, the band were blowing audiences away with their unique brand of music. This included a spot as one of the opening acts at Hyde Park where the Rolling Stones headlined the bill.

But, it was the release of their debut album – In the Court of the Crimson King – that would solidify their stature in the world of new music later in the year.

With a unique painting by artist Barry Godber of a visibly disturbed figure gracing the cover, the contents ranged from the all-out sonic attack of opener 21st Century Schizoid Man to the pastoral mellotron strains of the title track. This was a record that demanded repeated listening.

But, the intensity of the creation of such music would take its toll of many of the people involved in its creation. By 1970, their second album – In the Wake of Poseidon – would include Mel Collins and Gordon Haskell along with contributions by Peter Giles and Keith Tippett. Even more changes were in order for their third release – Lizard.

By the time of their 1971 LP – Islands – Ian Wallace was brought in on the drums and Boz Burrell (later of Bad Company) was on bass. Reaction to the music on this album was a mixed bag.

The raw sounding 1972 live album Earthbound gave a brief snapshot of what was happening with the band dynamics at the time. Culled from cassette recordings, the sound was so raw that their US record label (Atlantic) passed on its release.

But, by 1973, things were really starting to percolate with the release of Larks’ Tongue in Aspic. With Fripp’s often scorching guitar sounds accompanied by Bill Bruford (drums), John Wetton (bass), Jamie Muir (percussion) and David Cross (violin) the band seemed to once again be reaching for the stars.

The same band minus Jamie Muir continued with Starless and Bible Black which was followed by their final studio LP of the seventies – Red. After that, Fripp dissolved the group and begin work on other collaborations and solo endevours.

By 1981, Fripp began to feel that it was time to revive Crimson and joined forces with Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Bill Bruford. Initially performing live under the name Discipline, the band was re-christened as the latest incarnation of KC.

This line-up released a trio of fine albums – Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair. And then it was over. Again.

Starting in the nineties, Crimson re-appeared in different configurations from a double trio to a double duo. In recent years, the line-up has once again expanded to the point of having a line of three drummers spread across the front of the stage. It’s this line-up that hit the road in 2019 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the group playing a wide cross-section of classic material interspersed with brand new works.

Throughout the first section of the book, Sid Smith paints a detailed and vivid picture of a band whose nature and music has managed to stay faithful to the vision of its leader Robert Fripp.

After the chapters relating the KC story, there are other sections which are of equal interest to fans. Firstly, there is a chapter which provides details on what the many past members of the band go up to after their departure from the group. Sadly, some people like Greg Lake and John Wetton are no longer with us.

Next up is a track by track analysis of every song appearing on the studio albums from The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp to 2003’s The Power to Believe.

If that was not enough, Smith then provides an Annotated Gigography spanning 1969 to 2003. This consists of notes that he wrote for the countless concerts available for download on the DGM website. The capsule reviews of these shows provide a vivid glimpse as to the ever changing nature of the performances of the band.

At over 600 pages, this book is a true labour of love that provides fans of the band with the most detailed view of one of the most unique bands of the past fifty years. It’s a book that you’ll grab when you are listening to their music in order to jog your memory about the details surrounding the songs.

In the long run, Sid Smith is to King Crimson what Mark Lewisohn is to The Beatles. End of.

Giles, Giles & Fripp

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2019 was a challenging year for me personally. In the long run, I did not spend much time updating my blog. Hopefully, things will get back to normal this year.

During 2019, we lost more more musicians and entertainers. Here is just a brief list of some of those artists.

Ginger Baker
Paul Barrere (Little Feat)
Hal Blaine
Johnny Clegg (Juluka)
Dick Dale
Doris Day
Dr. John
Daryl Dragon (Captain and Tennille)
Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
Keith Flint (The Prodigy)
Ian Gibbons (The Kinks)
João Gilberto
Mark Hollis (Talk Talk)
Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead lyricist)
Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band)
Daniel Johnston
Larry Junstrom (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Roy Loney (Flamin’ Groovies)
Eddie Money
Art Neville
Ric Ocasek (The Cars)
Leon Redbone
Jack Scott
Kim Shattuck (The Muffs)
Peter Tork (The Monkees)
Scott Walker
Larry Wallis (Pink Fairies)

Neil Innes

There Goes 2018

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The year 2018 was book-ended by the passing of members of two of my favourite bands from the Manchester area. Mark E. Smith of The Fall in January and Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks in December. The year also ended with the passing of one of my favourite film directors, Nicolas Roeg. Director Bernardo Bertolucci died this year, as well.

Here’s a list (quite incomplete) of some of the music-related folks whi have left us in 2018…

Charles Aznavour

Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane)

Roy Carr (British music journalist) 

Roy Clark

Vic Damone

Dennis Edwards (The Temptations)

Geoff Emerick (Abbey Road recording engineer)

Nanette Fabray

Sonny Fortune

Hardy Fox (The Residents)

Aretha Franklin

France Gall

Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth)

Edwin Hawkins

Dave Holland (Judas Priest drummer… not the jazz bassist) 

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Danny Kirwan (Fleetwood Mac)

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Reggie Lucas

Vince Martin

Hugh Masekela

Abi Ofarim

Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries)

Vinnie Paul (Pantera)

Tom Rapp (Pearls Before Swine)

Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks)

Mark E. Smith (The Fall)

Tomasz Stańko

Cecil Taylor

Ray Thomas (The Moody Blues)

Wah Wah Watson (Funk Brothers)

Randy Weston

Nancy Wilson

For a more complete list check out:

Musician who died in 2018 list

 

 

The Hard Stuff by Wayne Kramer

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Wayne Kramer – The Hard Stuff (Da Capo, 2018)

Growing up across the river from Detroit in Windsor, Ontario, it was hard not to be exposed to the wealth of music emerging from the Motor City. The sounds of Motown and beyond were ever-present on the radio airwaves.

The advent of so-called “underground” and “progressive” FM radio beginning in 1968 with WABX gave previously unheard sounds from AM radio a whole new venue for rock music. So, bands like the MC5 and Stooges would suddenly have an outlet for their sounds on the airwaves.

In this book, the MC5 founder and guitarist details the ups and downs of the band and music scene of the time from an insiders point of view.

Like most music bios, his begins with his childhood in and around the Detroit area. It follows his interest in music and particularly his attraction to the guitar which ultimately lead to the formation of one of the most highly regarded rock bands of the era.

The band encapsulated the raw energy behind the revolutionary talk and actions of the late ’60s. They dove in head-first and eventually came to the attention of Elektra Records who would release their debut album.

Kick Out the Jams was a raucous live recording which presented the group in their element at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom.  It was a warts-and-all presentation which Kramer was really not pleased. What could have been a hot national release was soon to have some major problems. Copies of the unedited album were rushed to promotional outlets and the major industry broadsheets which were incredibly influential at the time reacted negatively. They sited the obscene introduction of the title track (“Kick out the jams, motherfuckers!”)  and the inflammatory revolutionary rhetoric of the liner note as a reason to suppress its mass distribution.
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So, no sooner had they started as a new hot commodity, their plans were dashed. It eventually lead to the band being dumped by the label.

This was only the start of their ongoing challenges as Kramer details the world that surrounded the band during those times. The White Panther movement. the incredible Detroit riots in the summer of 1967, the harassment from the police, the drug busts etc…

Kramer continues to spin the tale through the challenges of creating music, dealing with drug addiction and eventually to his own incarceration. It is often a harrowing read which eventually ends in redemption.

In recent times, Wayne Kramer has been back on the road celebrating his former band by currently using the banner MC50.

Over the years, the legacy of the MC5 has only been on the upswing. So, it seems quite appropriate that one of its founders tells its tale some fifty years from its beginnings. If you are a fan, this will help to shed some light on the full story behind the band.

 

Going for a Song by Garth Cartwright

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Garth Cartwright – Going for a Song (Flood Gallery Publishing, 2018)

If you are a music fan of a certain vintage, you probably have many fond memories of cruising the bins of your local record shops. Before the days of internet “add to cart” methods of purchasing music and downloading, this is what people did.

In his 2009 book Last Shop Standing, author Graham Jones wrote about some of the remaining record shops across Britain. As the founder of Proper Music Distribution, his job took him across the land to provide stock to numerous stores. In the process, he was able to get to know the people behind the scenes and tell their tales of the trials and tribulations of music retail.

Writer and music fan Garth Cartwright arrived in the UK from New Zealand some time after the explosion of the record industry in the sixties and seventies. With this book, he has attempted to put together the puzzle pieces of the British music retail industry from its very beginnings up to its current state.

As someone who has been a music fan since the sixties and worked in music retail myself (initially at the Windsor, Ontario Sam the Record Man store in the seventies), these type of stories attract my interest. Not least because of my interest in British music.

The story begins with the longest last shop in the UK which is Spillers in Cardiff, Wales. An institution since 1894, it is still in operation today.

Throughout the book, Cartwright covers the story from the inception of wax cylinders to shellac 78s, to vinyl and eventually to CDs. It’s a story which includes the large chains such as HMV to the myriad of small independent shops serving the local community.

Much of the focus is on the once ever-expanding music market of London. Of course, this place was a melting-pot of cultures from around the world. Stores opened to often feed the musical needs of specific ethnic communities. These could range from Jamaican reggae to African sounds to those of European countries.

By combing many print archives as well as interviewing several of the people involved in the industry over the years, Cartwright has been able to assemble the stories behind countless shops which have come and gone over the years.

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It’s an intriguing tale of ups and downs, devoted music fans, local heroes, scammers, gangsters and more. It manages to successfully tell the story of an industry that was virtually limitless in its expansion that eventually imploded at the dawn of the current century. The advent of internet downloading and CD burners put an end to that was once an important community of retail music . Suddenly, the experience of running to the shop to pick up the latest release from your favourite band was rendered almost obsolete.

Of course, not all of the shops have disappeared (thankfully) and the book also serves to shed light on the people who are still out there serving the community of music fans.

It’s an interesting story for those of us whose interest includes the history of the music industry. The book is exhaustively researched and presented in a very engaging and readable manner.

On a personal note… My first trip to the UK was in 1986. On that occasion, I had the good fortune to visit the fabulous Rock On in Camden Town and the original Virgin Megastore in London (as well as other smaller shops in Bath, Coventry, Stafford etc…).

I have been over a dozen more times since the late nineties and have had the pleasure to visit many more shops. I’ve been to a number of stores mentioned in the book as well as a few which were not. They include Probe Records (Liverpool), Record Collector (Sheffield), Crash Records, Jumbo and Relics (Leeds), Piccadilly Records, Vinyl Exchange, King Bee (Manchester), The Record Album (Brighton) and many, many others.

So, reading this book helped me to gain a perspective on the history of record shops across the UK.

 

John & Yoko – Museum of Liverpool 2018 – 2019

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Double Fantasy: John & Yoko – Museum of Liverpool (May 18 2018 to April 22 2019)

Whenever I am visiting friends in Sheffield, I always try to make a journey over to Liverpool. One of my stops is always the Tate gallery down at the docks. This time around, I saw a wonderful exhibition of works by Egon Schiele and Francesca Woodman. However, on this occasion, I also wanted to wander down the dock to check out the exhibition on the life and work of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. I was not disappointed.

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There are photographs, videos, handwritten lyrics, personal mementos (like John’s iconic glasses) on view. It’s a lot to take in but, it’s worth the effort to check it all out.
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Since I realize that many fans will not get an opportunity to make it to Liverpool to check out the exhibition, I’ve gathered together a number of photographs that I took while I was there. The photos are in no particular order and were taken quickly so as to not interfere with anybody’s enjoyment of the exhibits. So, many are not are perfectly framed as I would like.

I hope that you enjoy this brief look at some of the exhibition highlights and that you might get to visit the museum to experience it for yourself before it ends in April 2019.