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		<title>Album review : RUTHLESS BLUES – Nice Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/album-review-ruthless-blues-nice-work/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RB-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="RUTHLESS BLUES - Nice Work" title="RUTHLESS BLUES - Nice Work" /></a>Bandcamp  [Release date 01.11.24] &#8216;Nice Work&#8217; is an aptly titled album for a band who always managed to convey their natural exuberance in a straight forward mix of old school rock and blues. This is Ruthless Blues first studio album &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/album-review-ruthless-blues-nice-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/album-review-ruthless-blues-nice-work/">Album review : RUTHLESS BLUES – Nice Work</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Book review: JIM McCARTY with DAVE THOMPSON – Nobody Told Me: My Life With The Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 09:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/book-review-jim-mccarty-with-dave-thompson-nobody-told-me-my-life-with-the-yardbirds-renaissance-and-other-stories/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Jim-McCarty1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="JIM McCARTY with DAVE THOMPSON – Nobody Told Me: My Life With The Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories" title="JIM McCARTY with DAVE THOMPSON – Nobody Told Me: My Life With The Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories" /></a>http://www.jamesmccarty.com/ 305 pages paperback ISBN 978-0-244-96650-8 [Publication date: May 2018] &#8216;Nobody Told Me&#8217; 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. &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/book-review-jim-mccarty-with-dave-thompson-nobody-told-me-my-life-with-the-yardbirds-renaissance-and-other-stories/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/book-review-jim-mccarty-with-dave-thompson-nobody-told-me-my-life-with-the-yardbirds-renaissance-and-other-stories/">Book review: JIM McCARTY with DAVE THOMPSON – Nobody Told Me: My Life With The Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: SIN HOUSE – Spirit Of The Torrington, Old Finchleians, London N12, 15 October 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/gig-review-sin-house-spirit-of-the-torrington-old-finchleians-london-n12-15-october-2017/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SS1HD.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="SIN HOUSE – Spirit Of The Torrington, Old Finchleians, London N12, 15 October 2017" title="SIN HOUSE – Spirit Of The Torrington, Old Finchleians, London N12, 15 October 2017" /></a>It’s take some gumption to start a new band when celebrating the 50th anniversary of your pro career, but then Stevie Smith, the former Bad Manners, Ruthless Blues, Salt and Long John Baldry harp player, is no ordinary performer, and &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/gig-review-sin-house-spirit-of-the-torrington-old-finchleians-london-n12-15-october-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/gig-review-sin-house-spirit-of-the-torrington-old-finchleians-london-n12-15-october-2017/">Gig review: SIN HOUSE – Spirit Of The Torrington, Old Finchleians, London N12, 15 October 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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