Get Ready to ROCK! » Mike Vernon https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:41:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: CHRIS FARLOWE – Stormy Monday – The Blues Years 1985-2008 (3CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-chris-farlowe-stormy-monday-the-blues-years-1985-2008/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-chris-farlowe-stormy-monday-the-blues-years-1985-2008/#comments Mon, 20 May 2024 13:04:31 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95521 CHRIS FARLOWE Stormy 150Cherry Red [Release date: 24.05.24] Born to sing the blues, Chris Farlowe recorded genre standard, ‘Stormy Monday Blues’ in 1965, to huge critical acclaim. With his band, the Thunderbirds, he became a lightning rod for blues fans, continually burning down … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-chris-farlowe-stormy-monday-the-blues-years-1985-2008/feed/ 0 Album review: MICK PINI AUDIO 54 – Backtrack https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-mick-pini-audio54-backtrack/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-mick-pini-audio54-backtrack/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:20:17 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=73767 Mick Pini - BacktrackPete Feenstra chatted to Mick Pini and Craig Marshall for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast 29 August 2021. Bandcamp [Release date 01.07.21] Mick Pini’s ‘Backtrack’ marks his 55th anniversary in the music business. It’s a career defining contemporary … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-mick-pini-audio54-backtrack/feed/ 0 Book review: Decades – Focus in the 1970s (Stephen Lambe) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/book-review-decades-focus-in-the-1970s-stephen-lambe/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/book-review-decades-focus-in-the-1970s-stephen-lambe/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:24:12 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72523 Decades - Focus in the 1970s (Stephen Lambe)Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.04.21] At the outset I should declare an interest.  As an inveterate Focus-watcher since the early 1970s, author of articles about the band for Record Collector magazine, liner notes, and the first book about Jan Akkerman … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/04/book-review-decades-focus-in-the-1970s-stephen-lambe/feed/ 0 Gig review: GREAT BRITISH ROCK & BLUES FESTIVAL – Butlins, Skegness, 18 – 20 January 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/01/gig-review-great-british-rock-and-blues-festival-butlins-skegness-january-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/01/gig-review-great-british-rock-and-blues-festival-butlins-skegness-january-2019/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:30:01 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=57645 GREAT BRITISH ROCK & BLUES FESTIVAL – Butlins, Skegness, 18-20 January 2019Butlins in Skegness opened its doors to the holidaying masses back in 1936 and since then it has been serving up summertime fun and thrills as Billy Butlin intended. But during the cold winter months the site is mostly deserted, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/01/gig-review-great-british-rock-and-blues-festival-butlins-skegness-january-2019/feed/ 0 Album review: MIKE VERNON & THE MIGHTY COMBO – Beyond The Blue Horizon https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-mike-vernon-the-mighty-combo-beyond-the-blue-horizon/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-mike-vernon-the-mighty-combo-beyond-the-blue-horizon/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:54:55 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=54633 MIKE VERNON & THE MIGHTY COMBO – Beyond The Blue HorizonManhaton Records [Release date 07.09.18] Producer, songwriter and vocalist Mike Vernon’s award winning career has encompassed the birth of British blues including Clapton, Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac etc. He also worked with the younger David Bowie, Focus and soul singer … Continue reading →

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