SMALL VENUES/TALL TALES: Bob Dylan and ‘The Rolling Thunder Revue’ (documentary review)
‘If there was a concept to the ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ it was the notion of being an ‘anti-tour’ tour.’
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
AIRBORNE – The Flying Burrito Brothers take flight with a magnificent debut album……….
‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’ is not only a great debut album, but arguably the most potent mix of country, soul and rock ever recorded.
UNHAPPY AS A SANDBOY – 1974 finds Neil Young ‘On The Beach.’
‘ON THE BEACH’ is a defining album of the 70s and arguably the most lyrically potent made in the first half of that decade.
AN ALL-ENGLAND EUROPEAN FINAL…….in 1972
Goalkeepers Phil Parkes and Pat Jennings each wear gloves in the Molineux first-leg, but for the return on May 17 both play in bare hands.
COUNTRY LIFE ‘Wild Rose’ manages to bloom (film review).
‘Wild Rose’ manages to succeed due to the deft but differing performances of Walters and Buckley – whose impressive singing voice completes an admirable display of acting.’
SHINING STARR – In 1973 ‘Ringo’ makes a brilliant solo album……….
‘Ringo’ easily holds down a top five place in the pantheon of Beatle-solo albums.
SEASON FINALE: Liverpool and Wolves meet May 1947, 1976 & 2019………
‘With every gangway overflowing, from the opposite end of Molineux, the South Bank looked like a red and white Mount Everest.’
THREE WAY HIT – The debut album of CROSBY, STILLS & NASH……..
With their distinctive vocals, introspective lyrics and denim look, Crosby, Stills & Nash were the aggregation those who came next aspired to be.
DANGEROUS OCCUPATION – ‘The Aftermath’ is a dour, rather than brief encounter……..
Given the 2013 Rhidian Brook novel from which it is derived was intriguing and irritating in equal measure, there was little surprise in finding THE AFTERMATH (Dir James Kent, 108 minutes), to be a mixture of perplexing and pedestrian. Set…
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THE KINKS – The Empire and The States………….
‘As a song and group performance ‘Shangri-La’ is matched in rock music history on a handful of occasions – but never once bettered.’