music – A LONDON MISCELLANY

The day the music died

There is a man, an entertainer, a singer, who in his heyday was as popular in the Uk as the Beatles were in theirs. Some people will have heard some of his songs without knowing who sung them, but most I suspect will have never heard of him, his name was Al Bowlly. I’d spend… Continue reading The day the music died

With Your Hands On Your Head

Six Word Saturday The Guns of Brixton The Clash Released 1979 When they kick at your front doorHow you gonna come?With your hands on your headOr on the trigger of your gun

Fame

One Word Sunday A battered old phone box in Heddon Street, London. For the full story have a look at this FAME

Ziggy played guitar….

It is a cold wet late afternoon in January 1972 and you’re legging it down Regent Street as fast as your platform shoes will allow, your wet flares (possibly even Loon pants) flapping around your ankles and your cheesecloth shirt is clinging to you. In an attempt to shelter from the precipitation you duck into… Continue reading Ziggy played guitar….