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Tag Archives: folk rock
Tracking Thompson pt 1
I have a real fear of commitment when it comes to declaring my love for an artist. It’s born from bitter experience, I’ve been let down too many times, someone you think is a genius will then release an absolute … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged fairport convention, folk rock, LIve Music, richard thompson, television, vinyl
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Nic Jones, Annarchie Gordon
This could be my least loved post, not helped I’m sure by me originally titling it ‘ Annarchie Gordon ‘ which means naff all to everyone( well almost). By way of a postscript I found a tape I had made … Continue reading
Posted in folk music, folk rock, memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged 70's biography, 70's music, annarchie gordon, Britain, East Anglia, folk, folk rock, kate rusby, nic jones, vinyl
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Lindisfarne: The Folk Rock Oasis
This was my second post after I had knuckled down to putting some work in after my initial false start. I’m pretty confident no one will remember this as virtually no one read this in the first place. Shockingly Lindisfarne … Continue reading
Posted in folk rock, memories of 70s, Uncategorized
Tagged 70's biography, Britain, folk rock, lindisfarne, pop music, rock music, the Beatles, vinyl
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Elmer P Bleaty
If Steeleye Span could attract the patronage of Noel Edmonds (yes I did spell his name wrong in my last post) folk was becoming a force to be reckoned with. Times were a changing and not everyone was happy with electric … Continue reading
Posted in folk rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Britain, East Anglia, folk rock, peter bellamy, traditional folk
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Darkness, More Darkness, Magic and Noel Edmunds
It does seem slightly ludicrous at this time of year when I can still wear a T Shirt out of doors that Christmas imagery still dwells on the mythical white snow which I cant ever recall seeing on Christmas day. … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged 70's biography, 70's music, black shuck, folk rock, folk tales, steeleye span
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Cuckoos Nest
Ashley Hutchings, a man who had frequently played the UFO club at the hight of the swinging 60’s,a man who had jammed with Hendrix and had rubbed shoulders with Pink Floyd was becoming more and more fixated with an increasingly … Continue reading
Posted in rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, banjo, Britain, East Anglia, folk rock, gigs, guitars, Morris On, Thorpe grammar school
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Steeleye Span
One of the significant movements in popular music from the mid 60’s onwards was a move way from the American roots of rock. Rock and Roll was formed from an almighty mash up of blues (black) and country (white) and white … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Britain, drums, folk rock, Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy, pop music, rock music, Tim Hart
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