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I haven't heard this is years. I can remember cruising thru Santa Clara (Ca.) playing this on the cassette player in the car. This, UFO and BoC were in heavy rotation back then.

AS MONTY PYTHON USED TO SAY, "AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT..." WANDRE GUITARS WERE MADE IN THE 1960s AND DESIGNED BY ARTIST WANDRE PIOLI. THEY WERE HIGHLY UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS, SOMETIMES MADE USING PLASTIC BODIES, METAL NECKS AND CHASSIS AS WELL AS MORE OTHODOX WOODWORK. THEY ARE NOW RARE AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE COLLECTOR'S PIECES THOUGH WHEN THEY FIRST APPEARED IN THE '60s WERE CONSIDERED TOO OUTRE FOR MOST GUITARIST'S TASTED. HERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF WANDRE GUITARS.

Hope you are well too Alan thanks. Indeed, think God will help us, hopefully! 😀

Just ran across a couple of photos of Milton Glaser that I took in 1989 at the AIGA National Conference in San Antonio, TX. Got to meet him, participated in a conference discussion with him (we got into an argument, but that’s another story). These shots are in the evening when dining/entertaining going on.

I have a couple of DVDs of these guys (and others,)jamming together but this is a clip that I've not seen previously. They're all stellar players, of course but it's interesting to see their individual styles as they each take solos. Grant Green has a more relaxed, 'cool' style whilst Barney Kessell is more 'hot' and flamboyant. Kenny Burrell leans more towards the Be Bop style of players like Tal Farlow with fast flurries of notes. The three players cover a lot of jazz guitar ground between them. Tonally they're all slightly different too with Barney having a more 'cutting,' edgy tone whilst Grant's is moodier, mellower and Kenny's is more mid-range textured. A very interesting clip, alec and thanks for posting it.

The Clint Eastwood 'Dollars Trilogy' of Spaghetti Western movies, 'A Fistful of Dollars', 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly', were pioneering...masterpieces that initiated the popularity of the genre. An integral part of the success of this and the whole dynamic of these films is the music of Ennio Morricone..it is as important as any other aspect of these films. In other words, imagine these three great films without the film score and soundtrack of Ennio Morricone...unimaginable, right!? In fact, I still have an LP record of the soundtrack, or snippets of, the first two movies (or, maybe all three, I forget..will have to dig it out)..superb stuff and uniquely brilliant.

Trump's response to the new vaccine says it all. First, he says how great it will be for the stock market, totally failing to register that it will also save thousands of lives, then he goes all whiny bitch about Pfizer not announcing it before the election so he could bask in the reflected glory and probably claim he discovered it to get a poll boost.

Bizsu - for every occasion. Electricity poster, Offset Printing House, 1960. Graphic artist: Tibor Zala

I am so fucked… .

Only now heard of Peter Green's death after returning from another day dealing with the contents of my late mother's house. Now I'm doubly sad. Peter was one of the greatest blues guitartists of all time. BB King said that he was the only other blues player who could make him sweat. I've admired Peter Green's playing since first hearing 'The Supernatural' when he was with John Mayall. His work on the first Fleetwood Mac albums was outstanding and his version of 'Need Your Love So Bad' was soulful and showcased his heartfelt vocals. 'Man Of The World', 'The Green Manalishi' and 'Albatross' were all classic tracks which I loved back in the day. In the late 1960s I saw Peter play with the original Fleetwood Mac at a pub just outside of Bradford. I went with fellow Global Village member Alan Quinn. I think Global Village drummer Bryan Holden may have come with us too. There was no stage at the pub and Fleetwood Mac set up on the floor, the same level as the standing audience. I stood just a couple of feet away from Peter and his playing was a revelation. I leaned so much about feel in that hour or so of witnessing him play. All that was before Peter's mental health condition kicked in and there were many 'wilderness' years ahead. Thankfully, Peter eventually returned to live performance but still seemed somewhat fragile. He was 73, only a year and a bit older than myself. It saddens me so much that we're losing an entire generation of great musicians at such an alarming rate. Rest in peace and God speed Peter.

Found this little critter perched on the side of one of my garden fish tubs yesterday: I think it's a juvenile smooth newt.

Day late this time in pointing out the anniversary of this classic. And by classic, I mean… “Put this sucker on RIGHT NOW!!” .

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Gentlemen might I suggest a little more respect for the late Duke of Edinburgh please?

Diana Dors

With Tin Machine, 1991 – Peter Sill .

I sorta like this one better. .

It is exciting! We know that to you, Bill, recording in this way has felt and sounded very, very different. Will a new generation of Bill Nelson album sound like a clearly different stage to us? Or will we just be hearing new music that - let's face it - was going to be different from the old anyway? Of course we'll enjoy it... but there is a different kind of curiosity about this one.

One of my favourites too!...worth the price of admission purely for the opening track, 'The Man Who Haunted Himself'..stunning. ...and the alternative version of 'Moments'.....a wonderful album.

When in Rome