THE BALLAD OF DON & STOKOE – the FA Cup Semi-Finals of 1972-73:
THE BALLAD OF DON & STOKOE: Leeds United and Sunderland triumph in the FA Cup semi-finals of 1972-1973:
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
RAISED ON PROMISES – Tom Petty & ‘FULL MOON FEVER’ (1989)
Petty draws on influences from Buddy Holly to The Byrds, Dylan to The Who, producer Jeff Lynne giving it all a Beatlesque spin.
COMETH THE HOUR – Neil Young & ‘COMES A TIME’ (1978)
Released to positive reviews, ‘COMES A TIME’ reached the US Top Ten and before 1978 was over outsold all six albums Young had made since ‘Harvest’.
FANTASTIC PLASTIC – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band…
‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ is without equal as a statement of personal expression, raw with intensity, unflinching in heartfelt emotion.
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS – The British Pioneers (ITV documentary review)
THE BRITISH PIONEERS’ spends half its time reflecting on the 60s triumphs of Celtic, the rest on how Aston Villa lifted the trophy in 1982.
TWO SONGS SAY SO MUCH – Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne each return with a gem….
Each a work of notable originality, from Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne, anything less would have been a surprise.
BLINDERS ‘KEEPERS – PETER BONETTI (1941- 2020);
Peter Bonetti will be best remembered for wonderful finger-tip saves that displayed coordination and nimbleness of the highest order.
BUT SERIOUSLY – The good and bad times of JOE WALSH
THE SMOKER YOU DRINK THE PLAYER YOU GET (1973) – Joe Walsh invents mellow-metal…………
THE EAGLE WHO DARED – The solo career of Don Henley
‘The End Of The Innocence,’ (1989) is an embarrassment of riches, barely wasting a second through ten superbly constructed songs.
IN BOB WE TRUST – BBC Documentary features Dylan’s late 70s religious phase
‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ from ‘Slow Train Coming’ won Bob Dylan a Grammy but was lampooned by John Lennon.