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Album review: EDDIE 9V – Little Black Flies
![Eddie 9V - Little Black Flies Eddie 9V - Little Black Flies](https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Eddie-9V-litte-Black-Flies-150x150.jpg)
Ruf Records [Release date 28.05.21] The explosive Eddie 9 Volt (real name Brooks Mason), is a man on a mission. He’s the personification of a post Covid cathartic release. After all, what is there left to do after a year … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged Albert King, album, blues, Brandon Boone, Chad Mason, Eddie 9V, George Thorogood, Hound Dog Taylor, Jackson Allen, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Little Black Flies, Mandi Strachota, R&B, release, Si Cranstoun. The Imperial Crowns, soul, Victor wainwright
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Album review: THE BETTERDAYS – Backlash
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NTB 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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Tagged album, Alexis Korner, Backlash, Bo Diddley, Bob Pitcher, Chuck Berry, Dick Taylor, Dr Feelgood, Jerry Lee lewis, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Manfred Mann, Mike Hayne, Mike Weston, Phil May, review, rhythm and blues, The Animals, The Betterdays, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon
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Book review: JIM McCARTY with DAVE THOMPSON – Nobody Told Me: My Life With The Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories
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http://www.jamesmccarty.com/ 305 pages paperback ISBN 978-0-244-96650-8 [Publication date: May 2018] ‘Nobody Told Me’ is a suitably titled autobiography that documents the life and times of Jim McCarty, The Yardbirds founder member, drummer and rock and roll hall of fame inductee. … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, book, Box of Frogs, British Invasion All Stars, Chas McDevitt, Chris Dreja, Cream, Dave Thompson, Eric Clapton, Georgio Gomelski, Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Reed, New Age Music, Nobody Told Me, Peter Grant, psychedelic, R&B, Renaissance, review, Robert Plant, rock, Rolling Stones, Ruthless Blues, Simon Napier Bell, The Country Gentleman, The Yardbirds, Top Topham
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Gig review: THE PRETTY THINGS & THE IMPERIAL CROWNS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, SW France, 7 July 2017
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There’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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Tagged Billy Champagne Sullivan, blues, Bo Diddley, Bordeaux, David Lynch, Dick Taylor, festival, France, Frank Holland, funk, gig, gospel, Jimmie Wood, Jimmy Reed, JJ Holiday, John Popper, Jon Avilla, Phil May, psychedelia, R&B, Rachel C.Wood, Relache Festival, review, rock, S.F. Sorrow, The Electric Banana, The Imperial Crowns, The Pretty Things
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