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Book review: BOB HENRIT – Banging On!

Bank House Books (2014) Bob Henrit’s ‘Banging On’ is the opposite of the usual sex, drugs, rock and roll and oblivion confessionals. It’s a lightly humorous recollection of his role in the drift of pop toward rock and beyond, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Faith, Argent, Banging On!, Bob Henrit, book, Chas Hodges, Dave Davies, Don McClean, Ian Matthews, Jim McCarty, Jim Rodford, John Verity, Phoenix, Ray Davies, review, Richard Anthony, Richie Havens, Ringo Star, Robert Plant, Rod Argent, Roger Daltry, Russ Ballard, Sandie Shaw, Stevie Nicks, The Kinks, The Roulettes, The Yardbirds, The Zombies, Unit 4 + 2
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Album review: CARL CARLTON – Lights Out In Wonderland

Caroline International [Release date 24.11.14] Carl Carlton is an American based German songwriter, musical director, producer and triple Grammy Award nominee whose credits include Robert Palmer, Eric Burdon, Herman Brood, Mink Deville, Joe Cocker and … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts
Tagged album, Americana, Bob Dylan, Carl Carlton, Dave Davies, Eric Burdon, Herman Brood, Jaqueline Kennedy, JJ Cale, JOE COCKER, Levon Helm, Lights Out In Wonderland, Mink Deville, review, Robert Palmer, Steely Dan, Udo Lindenberg
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Gig Review: DAVE DAVIES – The Barbican, London, 12 April 2014

Given Dave Davies current spiritual bent, he’s probably a firm believer in karma. And it is that principle of causality that works for him at The Barbican tonight, a venue not totally unfamiliar with rock music, but still lacking any … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Davies, gig, guitar, Ray Davies, review, rock, Teddy Freese, The Jigsaw Seen, The Kinks, The Move, Tom Currier
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Album review: DAVE DAVIES – I Will Be Me

Cleopatra [Release date 04.06.13] Partly autobiographical and partly fictive imagery but always routed in a spiritual feel, Dave Davies’s ‘I Will Be Me’ is an uneven but ultimately enjoyable album. He veers from the past – referencing his riff driven … Continue reading
Album review: THE BEAUTIFUL OLD – Turn Of The Century Songs

Doubloon Records [Release date 03.06.13) Who of those baby boomers amongst us can't immediately recall the strains of the [the man on] ‘The Flying Trapeze’ – a staple on Children’s Favourites? This loving re-visiting of parlour songs from the 1823 … Continue reading