Get Ready to ROCK! » Dick Taylor https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Book review: GET YER ‘AIR CUT by Alan Clayson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/book-review-get-yer-air-cut-by-alan-clayson/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/book-review-get-yer-air-cut-by-alan-clayson/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:16:05 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=98355 Alan Clayson - Get Yer 'Air CutOldcastle Books  [Publication date 17.09.24] They say you should always try and start a book with a bang, or at least a significant event. Alan Clayson’s ‘Get Yer Air Cut’ most certainly does that, opening with a 15 year old’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/book-review-get-yer-air-cut-by-alan-clayson/feed/ 0 Album review: THE BETTERDAYS – Backlash https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/09/album-review-the-betterdays-backlash/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/09/album-review-the-betterdays-backlash/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:02:44 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=55093 The Betterdays - BacklashNTB Records [Release date 14.09.18] The Betterdays were the South West’s leading British r&b band in the mid-60′s. They paid their dues, did the mileage, filled the clubs and enthusiastically played a compelling mixture of rhythm and blues, all neatly … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/09/album-review-the-betterdays-backlash/feed/ 0 Album review: THE PRETTY THINGS – Greatest Hits https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/album-review-the-pretty-things-greatest-hits/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/album-review-the-pretty-things-greatest-hits/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:44:10 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=48611 THE PRETTY THINGS – Greatest HitsMadfish [Release date 13.10.17] There are few bands who have make it to their 50th anniversary, let alone with such a welter of re-issues to mark the occasion. Indeed, The Pretty Things enthusiastic record company Madfish has already issued three … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/album-review-the-pretty-things-greatest-hits/feed/ 0 Gig review: THE PRETTY THINGS & THE IMPERIAL CROWNS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, SW France, 7 July 2017 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/07/gig-review-the-pretty-things-the-imperial-crowns-relache-festival-bordeaux-sw-france-7-july-2017/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/07/gig-review-the-pretty-things-the-imperial-crowns-relache-festival-bordeaux-sw-france-7-july-2017/#comments Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:41:07 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=46502 Jimmie Wood – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, SW France, 7 July 2017There’s a lot to be said for the art of performance. And tonight The Imperial Crowns front man Jimmie Wood works hard to preach the blues to a sun drenched crowd initially cowering on the edges of the festival square, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/07/gig-review-the-pretty-things-the-imperial-crowns-relache-festival-bordeaux-sw-france-7-july-2017/feed/ 0 Gig review: THE PRETTY THINGS – London, 100 Club, 21 December 2013 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/01/gig-review-the-pretty-things-london-100-club-21-december-2013/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/01/gig-review-the-pretty-things-london-100-club-21-december-2013/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:48:30 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=16646 The brief was, I am led to believe, simple. “It’s a mod do,” promoter John Hellier had said to the band beforehand, “so keep it strictly Mod- all R’n'B, no psych.” Admittedly, that’s not how I’d have played it, but … Continue reading →

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