Category Archives: memories of 70s

2: The Air that I Breathe-The Hollies

Posted on February 2, 2020 by

One of the main reasons I can pick up songs pretty quickly is that in the 70’s there was no telling just how many chances one might get to listen to a track. The obvious exception was if you bought … Continue reading →

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1: Sylvia’s Mother: Dr Hook and the Medicine Show

Posted on January 25, 2020 by

The first couple of years of the 70’s are a dark hinterland to me. It was dark literally all the time it seemed but also I didn’t really have a clue about what was happening in the world. Like most pre teens, school was the … Continue reading →

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The Tracks of my Years

Posted on January 19, 2020 by

Splitting out lives into decades is, at best, an arbitrary experience. Its not possible to divide a century by 10 and expect life events to follow a pattern. The first part of the 70’s were really just the end of the 60’s, … Continue reading →

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Lonely this Christmas..Mud

Posted on December 22, 2019 by

I always had a soft spot for Mud. Even in the unsophisticated world of zits and glitter in the mid 70’s the band was relentlessly unglamorous. Hailing from a satellite town  inSurrey Mud, rather like the Sweet or even the Jam … Continue reading →

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Music vs Politics vs Music

Posted on December 15, 2019 by

In 1979 I had my first chance to vote in a general election. Naturally the people I looked to for advice (this being the days before social media) were the rock musicians of the time. Punk had just about boiled … Continue reading →

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Desiderata

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

The present pop charts may be a bit shite but in terms of consistency they make perfect sense, there’s loads of pop, a bit of rap and a very specific type of production that makes everything sound very processed. Not … Continue reading →

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Unsung Hero’s…Herbie Flowers

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

According to his own testimony, Herbie Flowers wasn’t a particularly good bass player, that’s part of his own self depreciating personality but also slightly true.    Musical talent is part of the equation but not the whole story. Flowers is a bass … Continue reading →

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