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Tag Archives: Ian Dury
Album review: RONNI LE TEKRO – Bigfoot TV
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Tekro Music / Rough Trade [Release date: 18.03.22] Fast approaching 60, Oslo born guitarist, Ronni Le Tekro, ex TNT, is not for slowing down. He’s guested on some interesting albums of late, but Bigfoot TV is his first solo outing … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions
Tagged album, Beatles, blues, Ian Dury, Le Tekro, Pink Floyd, protest song, psychedelic pop, review, sixties, Terje Rypdal, Thin Lizzy, TNT, Traffic
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Album review: IAN DURY – Hit Me! The Best Of
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BMG [Release date 16.10.20] 3-CD Reasons To Be Cheerful? Well we certainly need some of those and who better than to supply a cheery soundtrack to covid-crocked times than the cheeky chappy from Harrow. Ian Dury may have died in … Continue reading
Album review: BIG BOY BLOATER AND THE LIMITS – Pills
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Provogue [Release date 15.06.18] Big Boy Bloater And The Limits new CD ‘Pills’ strips things down to the bone in a power trio format, with Bloater on guitar and lead vocals, Matt Cowley on drums and bv’s, bassist Steve Oates … Continue reading
Album review: THE SHARPEES – Mississippi Thrill
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Sharpees [Release date 12.05.14] Influenced in equal measure by George Thorogood, Dr. Feelgood, Rory Gallagher and Tom Petty’s melodic sensibilities, The Sharpees are a straight to the vein shot of self penned, guitar driven rhythm and blues. ‘Mississippi Thrill’ pushes … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Bad Influence, Baz Payne, Brian Willoughby, Cathryn Craig, Chuck Leavell, Dr Feelgood, George Thorogood, Ian Dury, Mississippi Thrill, Paul Cox, Peter Green, rhythm & blues, Richard Hayes, Roger Cotton, Rolling Stones, Rory Gallagher, Spencer Blackledge, The Sharpees, The Strawbs, Tom Petty
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DVD review: WILKO JOHNSON – Live At Koko
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Cadiz Music [Release date 18.12.13] The biggest weight of expectation on a night of high emotion probably lay in the lap of the multi-camera crew, rather than the band themselves. For on a night that happily didn’t turn out to … Continue reading
Album Review: THE BLOCKHEADS – Same Horse Different Jockey
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Self release [Release Date: 23.11.13] It’s 36 years since The Blockheads first hit the road to stardom and 13 years since Ian Dury died. And on the evidence of this album, the band appears to be far better positioned … Continue reading
Interview with bass icon NORMAN WATT-ROY (June 2013)
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After a 46 year career that has made him a bass icon, Norman Watt-Roy finally has finally recorded his first ever solo album ‘Faith & Grace’ – cockney rhyming slang for bass. With a career that started with playing American … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Ayler, bass, Cadiz, Charlie Charles Micky Gallagher, Chaz Jankel, Davey Payne, Derek Hussey, Don Cherry, Eric Dolphy, Faith & Grace, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, funk, fusion, Gilad Atzmon, Glencoe, Ian Dury, interview, Jaco Patorius, jazz, Johnny Turnbull, Keith Allen, Loving Awareness, Madness, Mark Lamarr, Mick Jones, Nick Cave, Norman Watt-Roy, Phil Jupitus, Philip Bagnall, Robert Wyatt, Sarah Gillespie, Steely Dan, The Blockheads, The Clash, The Greatest Show On Earth, Tower of Power, Wilko Johnson
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Album review: NORMAN WATT-ROY – Faith & Grace
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Cadiz [Release date 17.06.13] The mission statement for this album comes in the middle of the autobiographical ‘Me My Bass And I’: ‘When I heard Jaco (Pastorius) and Weather Report that was basically it. I realised where I came from, … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, bass, Billy Eckstine, dance, Faith & Grace, Frank Zappa, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, funk, fusion, Ian Dury, Jaco Patorius, jazz, Latino, Norman Watt-Roy, rock, Sarah Gillespie, The Blackheads, The Clash, Weather Report, Wilko Johnson
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