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Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (1971)

A real blast-from-the-past I treat myself to while mooching round the record store on Record Store Day. I think folk here will know that lately my folk-ish side has been rising of late but there's also a touch of nostalgia here as it's the first album I can remember my big brother ever buying. (One of the few days he showed any sort of taste.)

From the days when you could see Genesis & Led Zeppelin supporting these guys at the town's City Hall (and still have bus fare home from $1), folk-rock [as it became] didn't get much bigger until Jethro Tull discovered Songs from The Wood. Not that this is all pastoral fare, there's biting social commentry, especially Alan Hull's January Song; then there's a touch of Blues; Train In G Major, though fair-dos, there's a jig Scotch Mist [on the 2004 re-master). And the surprise chart hit, Meet Me On The Cornerr, you'd think made this the essential purchase, but no, it's the Geordie anthem Fog On The Tyne; come on, 'fess up, who still grins like a 5 year old at "that" stanza...?

Meet Me On The Corner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYidANOp6Yg
January Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5QLKft_a7A
Fog On The Tyne - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_KZSYSiGc

this is just totally killer, they are absolutely the best band I've heard in many many years. I am so hyped about seeing them this coming Wed here in Birmingham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw_XTgw3cA

The Wilson Brothers - Live  (2022)

When Sari's away, the "band" will play.  Ash & Phil, plus adoptive brother Roger "Wilson" Innes and "cousin" Bob Fridzema caught, doin' their thing at Coulsdon's Tuesday Night Music Club, last October.

Well, this 50 minute-ish CD shows, their "thing" is pretty intense and funky, at times reminding me of Beck Bogert & Appice about 50 years earlier, not that this is anyway dated. Ash is proving himself pretty much a guitarist's guitarist and brother Phil is opening up more as a very handy brother; no wonder they've adopted Roger Innes into the family, few other bassists could keep up.

If there is a weak point, then I'm afraid it's Ash's vocals; they're no match for his guitar skills. That said though, Wilson Brothers are high up on me "to see" list.

World's Gone Crazy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptlABZvoqgI
Show Me How To Love You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9bQG9w8AHo

Robin Trower  - No More Worlds To Conquer  (2022)

By my reckoning, this is Robin's 26th solo album, at the age of 76. And while he's not cutting much in the way of new ground, he's still very much in charge of his style & sound.

Sounding very much in the vein of the 1970s heyday, but with a more laid-back sound overall.

I have watched this Live from Gatorville maybe 5 or 6 times now, it is a great concert. So I watched it again Sat night, one more for the road yeah ? I cried through most of it, whilst eating an entire pint of Ben & Jerrys Cherry Garcia. I am type 2 diabetic but thought hey to heck with it I'm celebrating Tom's life. Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench are both fantastic here.

This I thought was the best of the evening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aogOR8c8Q4

Bonham-Bullick (2022)

The "Bonham" is Deborah, kid sister of John Bonham; the "Bullick" is Peter Bullick, Deborah's Irish born partner & guitarist for 30 years or so, brought out to share the spotlight. The album is essentially a "covers" one, with a wider than usual remit. (And after falling over themselves the other year to magic up an "Internet presence" award, I bet the British Blues lot are kicking themselves for not including a "Covers" album award this time round... (Too late now!)The rest of the band is essentially Paul Roger's Free Spirit; Rich Newman on drums, Ian Rowley on Bass & Gerard C Louis on keys.

So what makes this compilation stand out is the choice of track; it veers away from the "standards" to much more personal selections, making this a much more intimate album and robs the knowing listener of any expectation.. Certainly on 1st playthru Deborah's vocals seem more low-key than usual as they weave round Peter's guitar, but 2nd playthru, turn it up and I promise, the top of your head will spin & flip.

For your money, you get a sparky take on Stephen Stills' Sit Yourself Down as well as a now poignant working of mark Lanegen's Bleeding Muddy Water. And when was the last time you heard Ann Peebles' I'll Get Along? Then there's See You Again by Bernard Fowler, Isaac Hayes' I Had A Dream gets a work out as does Albert King's Can't You See What You're Doing To Me. From 1949, there's Charles Brown's Trouble Blues along side another Ann Peebles recorded number, I Don't Know Why.. Of the rest, the only one that immediately jumped out as familiar was Ron Davies' It Ain't Easy., but that not to say When This World Comes To An End; When It Don't Come Easy; What Did I Do Wrong & The Changeling aren't worthy gems.

Really, really narked now that I didn't wlak into town the other week when they were playimg......

Frank Zappa presenting his favourite music on Radio 1 back in 1980 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/frank-zapp … s-sabbath/

Xander & The Peace Pirates - Order Out of Chaos  (2022)

The much anticipated sophomore album from the Xanders, no doubt held back due to some of that "chaos" that's currently part of the human condition. Well, whatever your take on Keith Xander's Daoist philosophising, there's no doubt it floats well on their well crafted (ordered?) sea of Soul, Blues & Country. The whole album works very much as a sample of Anglicised West Coast rock, hints of Fleetwood Mac in there.  Only the album closer, Heart Stop appears to buck the trend; Keith getting slightly sleazy....
A good, solid, original album, but in need something to break-out somewhere along the line to make it memorable: Ying will only get you so far, without Yang.