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I thought I'd share a couple of tracks I've done in the poast 3 years, based around the bass :-) https://youtu.be/o1IbPJKoeFE?si=yuhF0uQ4AynVOxKx https://youtu.be/2G2KKn-l5Ms?si=dCFkalyEX_phvztW

John Prine, legendary songwriter from Chicago & Nashville, has passed away from complications of Coronavirus. A true musical original. They don't make folk-singers like him anymore. RIP John, your music lives on in history and in all of us. Tom

Thank you, maestro.

New mural created in honour of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in his hometown of Macclesfield A wonderful work of art New mural created in honour of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in his hometown of Macclesfield | ITV News Granada Here's a couple of shots (screen-cap's, please excuse poor quality)..some drone nice footage in the attached link

I don't recall reading this before (although I wouldn't be surprised if it's been linked to here in the past) - it's an article about Bill in The Independent (a national UK newspaper), in the period prior to the release of After the Satellite Sings. The article's author, Mark Prendergast, says that Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights is "one of the finest instrumental albums of mystical ambience ever." (I have a feeling The Independent website might require you to register for free to view the whole article, although it didn't with me - maybe I've registered in the past and forgotten. I can always copy and paste the full text, if wanted).

'Cosmic' and 'phantom' UFOs are all over Ukraine's skies, government report claims By Brandon Specktor published about 15 hours ago Astronomers observed dozens of objects that "cannot be scientifically identified." Night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020.(Image credit: Getty) More at Live Science

Today is the day. A very Happy Birthday to Dreamsville’s favorite photographer. .

Andy Rourke, the brilliant bass player for The Smiths has passed away from pancreatic cancer at age 59. I shall be playing selections from Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead, and Louder Than Bombs in tribute. Tom

he was old probably his last words: yore a wizard harry"

I expect I'm a bit late to this party but I just found and am listening to the album from Nautilus Pompilius that our bloved Mr Nelson "produced" for the Russian band. I am absolutely loving it and it's a bit of a thrill. It's 1996/7 so is pretty much the era of Guitarboy/After the Satellite Sings which is probably my favourite Bill period, so getting to grips with this so late is great fun and some of the guitaring is up there with his very best. Why did I put 'produced' in inverted commas above I hear you ask.. Well mainly because to you and me, it's screamingly obvious that this a Bill Nelson album from top to bottom, with a Russian vocalist. Signature keyboards, drum samples and electrifying guitar. Wonderful. I know I shouldn't but here it is on the ghastly spotify cos I don't think you can get it anywhere else. https://open.spotify.com/album/4oj2cn7qC29Q8N6eL08tyI

It is with a heavy heart that I share news of the passing of my friend and fellow Nelsonian, Gavin Baker, on Monday. I met Gavin here, in the Dreamsville forums. (It has been so long, I can't recall his screen name here, though I think it was simply "Gavin Baker".) We had short exchanges in these forums, mostly, until I finally made it to England for Nelsonica in 2008. I was walking through the hall at the Park Inn hotel, wearing my tie-dyed t-shirt, when a loud voice said, "Hey, Jerry Garcia!" I turned to see who had said that, and came face to face with a large, bald man with a smiling face. He introduced himself, we sat down and had a chat. That was the only time Gavin and I met in person. His ill health would never allow him to travel far. All of our other communication was online, either here, or via FB. For years, we chatted and just stayed in touch. Gavin was in ill health, with histoplasmosis, a disease he contracted from prolonged exposure to pigeon droppings. He actually lived much longer than expected. He was a giant of a man, a former weight lifter and wrestler. He played the guitar, and quite well. He was a devoted husband and father. Gentle (and yet fiercely protective of his family), self-deprecating and kind, he was just a good man. The world is a lesser place without him. Rest in peace, my friend.