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Neil Innes
If I had been born in Manchester or London, I would, no doubt have a stock of anecdotes about sitting next to Joe Strummer on the bus or being at school with Peter Hook or delivering mail to Ian Dury or whatever. Living my … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's biography, bongo dog band, East Anglia, Neil innes, Thorpe grammar school, viv stanshall
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Grandad….Clive Dunn
Its almost impossible to comprehend at a distance of 50 years just how popular the TV series Dad’s Army was. The show initially expected that it would appeal to people who had lived through the second world war, bear in mind that this … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's biography, 70's music, Clive dunn, dad’s army, Herbie flowers, television, top of the pops
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4 Manufactured Acts who were actually Pretty Good Musicians
We are pretty worldly-wise and sceptic about manufactured pop groups these days. Post Milli Vanilli we don’t necessarily expect a lot in terms of authenticity from our hit makers, who cares if they can’t play and cant sing!. The concept of the manufactured group goes back to … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's biography, glam rock, Mud, session musicians, the glitter band, the Rubettes, the sweet, top of the pops
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Love Like Anthrax
One of the consequences of the digital age is that we don’t really have to listen to music we don’t want to anymore. When I was young I listened to the 6 LP’s my parents owned and whatever was played … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Britain, Gang of Four, Leeds, post punk
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The Summer of 79
The Summer of 79 lasted for ages, I left Polytechnic in June and wouldn’t go back until nearly October. I managed to get in the Glastonbury Fayre/Festival in June and a trip to Ireland in August (I have documented these … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Bryan Adams, crap punk bands, East Anglia, memoir, norwich, punk, sex pistols, Thorpe grammar school
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The Stick Thing and Other Weird Instruments
Musical instruments were expensive in the 70,s relatively speaking. I wore out a guitar catalogue just gazing at the impossibly expensive instruments for hours on end. A cheap electric guitar could set you back £70 in the days when I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Britain, novelty instruments, pop music, prog rock, rock music
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10 Saxophone Solos from the 70’s
After a break for Glastonbury its back to the world of 70’s saxophone. This week it’s 10 memorable sax solos from UK Artists (America you can wait). As Greenpete58 observed on my sax in the 70’s feature the Yanks invented … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's biography, pink floyd, pop music, prog rock, rock music, roxy music, saxophone, The Stones
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