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Tag Archives: Robbie McIntosh
Album review: HELD BY TREES – Solace

Tweed Jacket Music [Release date 22.04.22] The opening piece on this instrumental album sounds like an outtake from Inspector Morse c.1988. It was one of the great TV detective series, punctuated by Barrington Pheloung’s superb orchestrations. I digress, perhaps the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Held By Trees, instrumental, review, Robbie McIntosh, Solace, Talk Talk, Tim Renwick
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Gig review: BLUESCLUB – Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, London, 26 January 2017
I had wanted to see Robbie McIntosh play live ever since I was spellbound by his scintillating playing on The Pretender’s ‘Learning To Crawl’ album back in 1984. Tracks like ‘My City Was Gone’ and ‘Time The Avenger’ are still … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, BluesClub, Dire Straits, Eel Pie, gig, Guy Fletcher, live, Paul McCartney, Peter Hope-Evans, review, Robbie McIntosh, The Pretenders
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Album review: JOHN ILLSLEY – Long Shadows

Pete Feenstra chatted to John Illsley about his new album and his influences in a one-hour special broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 24 April. This is repeated on Thursday 28 April at 23:00 GMT. In this … Continue reading
Interview with JOHN ILLSLEY (Dire Straits) – 1 June 2014

John Illsley was a founder member, bass player and contributing vocalist to the 120 million album selling Dire Straits, until the group dissolved in 1995. Since then, he’s enjoyed a sporadic four album solo career, established himself as a painter … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged Creek Touring & Records, Dire Straits, guitar, Guy Fletcher, interview, J.J. Cale, John Illsley, June 2014, Leonard Cohen, Mark Knopfler, Phil Palmer, Pick Withers, Robbie McIntosh, songwriting, Testing The Water, Tom Jones
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Gig review: JOHN ILLSLEY – East End Arms, Lymington, East End, 8 April 2014

It was back in 1982 after the break up of Steely Dan that Donald Fagen unveiled his signature sound on the ‘The Night Fly’ album and confirmed his creative input into Steely Dan. And while former Dire Straits bass player … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, blues, Bob Dylan, Dire Straits, Donald Fagen, folk, JJ Cale, John Illsley, Mark Knopfler, review, Robbie McIntosh, rock, Steely Dan, Testing The Water
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