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Album review: THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – Are You The Person You’ve Always Wanted To Be / Photoshoot
Self release [Release date 29.09.23] Richard Townend is an indefatigable singer-songwriter, guitarist and band leader of The Mighty Bosscats, who never let rust sleep. His consistent output has the feel of a diarist who needs to get the minutiae of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Are You The Person You've Always Wanted To Be, Billy Preston, funk, JJ Cale, Johnny Cash, Latino, Mark Hall, Mark Knopfler, Matt Gillam, Paul Simon, Photoshoot, Pink Floyd, review, Richard Townend, Roy Orbison, singer, songworter, The Beatles, The Mighty Bosscats, Tony Sales, Webb Wilder
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Album review: THE DAVEY JOHNSTONE BAND – Deeper Than My Roots
Pete Feenstra chatted to Davey Johnstone for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 13 February 2022. Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red [Release date: 04.02.22] 49 years after his ‘Smiling Face’ debut album, Elton John’s guitarist Davey Johnstone is back … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bob Birch, Charlie Johnstone, Davey Johnstone, Deeper Than My Roots, Eliot Johnstone, Elton John, funk, interview, Jesse Johnstone, John Lennon, Juliet Johnstone, Latino, Neil Young, Pink Floyd folk, review, rock, Roy Orbison, Tam Johnstone, The Beatles
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Album review: JAMES OLIVER BAND – Twang
Pete Feenstra chatted to James Oliver for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in April 2020. The Last Music Company [Release date 03.04.20] When it comes to the concept of ‘Twang’, Deke Leonard’s last book about guitarists, ‘The Twang Dynasty’, may … Continue reading
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Tagged ALBERT LEE, album, and roll, Big Joe Turner, blues, Brian Setzer, country, Deke Leonard, Dick Dale, Dr. Feelgd, Elmore James, guitar, James Oliver Band, Link Wray, Mick Green, R&B, reviw, rock, rockabilly, Roy Orbison, surf, The Del Tones, Twang, Wilko Johnson
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Book review: Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison by John Kruth
Backbeat Books I have personally been looking for a good biography of Roy Orbison for a number of years and John Kruth’s “Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison” has certainly met my expectations. With a sense … Continue reading