NO HOLDS BARRED: Eric Clapton – ‘Life in 12 Bars’ (documentary review)
‘Life in 12 Bars’ makes for absorbing viewing, the life of a key figure in rock music presented with unflinching honesty.
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1970 MEXICO WORLD CUP: From watching the footage there is plenty to suggest 1970 was the first World Cup of modern times.
BOB AND WEAVE – Dylan weaves magic on ‘ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS’
Driven by mysterious characters, strange allusions, historical and literary references, ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ is a compelling listen.
SUPER SUNDAY – THE BIG MATCH REVISITED…..
THE BIG MATCH REVISITED: An hour of football from the previous day, following on from a roast dinner, constituted a ‘Super Sunday.’
PETTY SMASH – Tom Petty & ‘DAMN THE TORPEDOES’ (1979):
On ‘DAMN THE TORPEDOES’ (1979) producer Jimmy Iovine captures the true essence of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
ALLEZ VOUS – Rod Stewart & ‘GASOLINE ALLEY’
No other album from 1970, not even ‘Moondance’ has the warmth and charm of ‘GASOLINE ALLEY’.’
POT WANTERS: 24 Great Players – without an FA Cup winners medal between them…..
ALAN BALL: World Cup wonder, incredible energy, exquisite skill – but no FA Cup winners medal……..
COVERED OVER: Twelve Cover/Tribute albums that soar – or bore…….
All Covered Up: JENNIFER WARNES (Famous Blue Raincoat) – Warnes attuned to Leonard Cohen in the way Sinatra was to Cole Porter.
GHOST STORY – 2020 finds the Rolling Stones ‘LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN’
With enormous satisfaction it is a pleasure to report ‘LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN,’ the first new Rolling Stones song since 2012, is a pertinent slice of reggae-infused rock.
EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF BRIAN – ‘Love and Mercy’ Brian Wilson biopic (review)
The most revelatory aspect of ‘Love and ‘Mercy’ is not the extraordinary music Brian Wilson produced at these junctures, but given his frailties how it ever emerged at all.