FANTASTIC PLASTIC – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band… [email protected] September 10, 2020 ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ is without equal as a statement of personal expression, raw with intensity, unflinching in heartfelt emotion. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Phil Spector, Plastic Ono Band, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ – ‘ECHO IN THE CANYON’ has good reverberations…….. [email protected] August 4, 2020 ‘ECHO in the CANYON’ is a love letter to the audacious new music that seeped out of LA during the mid-60s. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Buffalo Springfield, David Crosby, Echo in the Canyon, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Mamas and The Papas, Tom Petty
SOARING & DIPPING – The Flight of THE BYRDS….. [email protected] April 20, 2020 ‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ as important to 1968 as ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ had been to 1965. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Chris Hillman, Clarance White, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Manassas, Michael Clarke, No Other, Roger McGuinn, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers
THE BEATLES: 50 years gone, 100 per cent still with us…… [email protected] April 7, 2020 Along with Bob Dylan they opened up an awareness of attitudes that without them might have lay stifled for years. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Who
COMPILATION ELATION – 20 ‘Best Of’s’ fit for purpose…… [email protected] March 21, 2020 DECADE (1977): Neil tells his story in inimitable style, with all Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y and Crazy Horse bases covered. LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Marvin Gaye, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, The Band, The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, The Who, Tom Petty, Van Morrison
CASHING IN – Twenty songs with MONEY in the title……. [email protected] March 17, 2020 THE BEATLES: We might find some on the road………… LET'S LIST AGAIN Alan Hull, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Oasis, Randy Newman, Roger McGuinn, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon
GOING OUT ON A HIGH OR SIGH – Twenty ‘last’ albums that are great or grate…….. [email protected] March 9, 2020 ‘The title cut is a powerful piece, but too many other songs lack trademark Beatle originality.’ LET'S LIST AGAIN Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Faces, Free, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Mott The Hoople, Queen, Small Faces, Stephen Stills, The Band, The Beatles, The Clash, The Jam, Wings
LIGHTS, CAMERA, MUSIC – Twenty songs that share their title with a film…… [email protected] January 6, 2020 Twenty Songs Sharing Their Title with a Film: BOB SEGER ‘Started thinking about a film from 1975’…. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Clash, The Who, Warren Zevon
MAKING ENQUIRIES – Twenty Great Songs that ask a question…… [email protected] November 25, 2019 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET – hard to imagine anything better being recorded on February 11 1963. LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Buffalo Springfield, Carole King, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Frank Sinatra, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Ruffin, John Lennon, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Gaye, Ringo Starr, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Clash, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison
TAYLOR MADE: James Taylor – The Warner Bros albums (1970-76)……. [email protected] October 22, 2019 James Taylor – The Warner Bros albums: SWEET BABY JAMES (1970). Mature songs at the age of just 22. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Carly Simon, Carole King, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Peter Asher, Sweet Baby James, The Beatles