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20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Forty-One – Chuck Berry

29th April 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Forty-One – Chuck Berry If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from [more…]

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The Music Business

26th April 2022 Going Postal 0

A few nights ago a post (by Channel Zero) describing how the music business was blindsided and completely shaken up by the arrival of house music in the mid 1980s got me thinking over how [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Forty – Dire Straits

22nd April 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

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Lee Brilleaux: rock n roll gentleman, by Zoë Howe

18th April 2022 Going Postal 0

The time is the mid 1970s. The place is Canvey Island. The band is the dynamic “proto-punk” outfit known as Dr Feelgood. (I put inverted commas round proto-punk because, although that is what some music [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Nine – Duran Duran

8th April 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze

1st April 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Seven – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

25th March 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

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Playing in the Band (For Fun) – Epilogue

23rd March 2022 NeverUpToTheJob 0

As my pair of articles about playing in bands accumulated a decent number of votes in the GP Autumn Competition, and there were some interesting reactions at the time of publication, I’ve written one more, [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Six – Otis Redding

18th March 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

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