JOHN ENTWISTLE – ‘AN OX’S TALE’ (documentary review):
John Entwistle stood as a musical flak-tower – firing off bass notes like tracer bullets.
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NO TITLE DEEDS – 20 great players who never played in a title winning team:
JIMMY GREAVES: ‘Lord Jim’/’The Greatest’; plenty of titles, but no League Title.
YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODY THIS IS YOUR STORY – Elton tells his tale on ‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’
On ‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’ Elton John and Bernie Taupin nurture their own legend.
RAY CLEMENCE 1948-2020
In an era when goalkeepers were expected to be effective and composed, Ray Clemence was as good as any.
WE’VE GOT AN ALBUM – Bob Seger & ‘STRANGER IN TOWN’
‘Stranger in Town’ was ideal for this stage of Bob Seger’s career, consolidating the gains made on ‘Night Moves.’
MEDAL DETECTOR – NOBBY STILES (1942-2020):
There was more to Stiles than being combative – his excellent passing skills off either foot appreciated Matt Busby and Alf Ramsey.
WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN, WE HAD SEASONS IN THE 70s – the League Title 1970-79
It was an era when footballing bastions were built, rebuilt, received a temporary refurb or crumbled altogether.
THRILLS & STILLS – ‘STEPHEN STILLS’
‘STEPHEN STILLS’ (November 1970) shows him in such sparkling form it casts a shadow over every album he had yet been involved with.
THE TRAFFORD CENTRE – Denis Law ‘The King’ (documentary review)
Sir Alex Ferguson: ‘Pele said Denis Law was the only British player who would ever have got into a great Brazilian team.’
LENNON – The New York Years (documentary review):
Yoko Ono asks the question nobody can answer: ‘John was an artist. Why would anybody want to kill an artist?’