As we progress with this story you’ll see that I had little option but to go with the title that I chose. For my generation and many around it the cover of the album is iconic and as I had decided to use it for this piece I thought I should find out where it… Continue reading Band On The Run
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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….