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Tag Archives: session musicians
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
Posted in glam rock, rock music
Tagged 70's biography, glam rock, Mud, session musicians, the glitter band, the Rubettes, the sweet, top of the pops
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Sax in the 70’s
Last week I made a case for the temporary death of the saxophone in the 70’s. This week with a bit of racking of the brain I have come up with a small tribute to the people who honked and … Continue reading
Posted in rock music
Tagged 70's music, andy McKay, David Jackson, eccentricities, gentle giant, lee Thompson, lol coxhill, Mel Collins, roxymusic, saxa, saxophone, session musicians
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Another 5 Years
Bowie began the second half of the 70’s in a very bad way indeed. Physically and mentally he was in poor shape as a direct result of his cocaine addiction. If you know anyone who’s been made a better person … Continue reading
Posted in rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Britain, David Bowie, drums, glam rock, pop music, rock music, session musicians
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Unsung Heros…. Raphael Ravenscroft
What makes a great record? A great song is some sort of ethereal combination of lyrics and chords, everyone from Bob Dylan to Ed Sheeran has traded in the concept of the perfect song, the sort of thing that can … Continue reading
Posted in rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Baker street, gerry rafferty, raphael ravenscroft, saxophone, session musicians
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Oh Ho Ho………Its Pilot
By the mid 70’s my record collection had hit double figures. I had the Beatles ‘blue’ compilation album, 24 Caret Purple and, bizarrely , the Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack. I bought the latter because it was cheap of course. All … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, bay city rollers, Britain, david patton, Ian Bairnson, Pilot, session musicians, top of the pops
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Why Moulty ?
Sometime in the mid 70s my friend Phil obtained the NME book of Rock.It was quite a slim volume there wasnt that much rock about and to some extent it had lost its way. Among the A-Z entries under … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music, Uncategorized
Tagged one armed drummer, session musicians
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