Always a bit baffled by the annual shebang of the Rock Hall of Fame, not least as it cuts so little ice over this side of the pond. Or maybe...

King Crimson : The Court of the Crimson King [ purchase The Condenced 21st Century Guide to King Crimson 1969-2003 ]  I think that it was ...

  purchase [ The Best of Little Feat ] Do we need a little background on the HoF before we explore why a band/artist who "rightly...

  purchase [ Under My Thumb ] In our <Cops> theme, I must have Googled "police" and <rolling stones> while I was cons...

[ purchase Live at the Shoals Theare ]  If you know me, or have read my blog posts (and frankly, there are too many to link to), you proba...

Woah, such a tough project, this one, trying to come up with a theme with teeth, thinking my way through what if electricity had yet to be i...

Buddy Holly : Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Apartment Tapes version) [ purchase ] This may be the hardest theme we’ve tackled here, and I’ll ...

I thought there was another week in this theme, so ye'll be spared one of my monster posts of obtuse verbiage and arcane detail: this is...

  purchase [ Sorrow Tears and Blood ] Fela Ransome Kuti.  The name is enough to make you want to Google it.  Fela Kuti (although he was us...

I can't think of cops without robbers, the pairing being as intrinsic as salt and pepper, fish and chips and rock and roll. So, for me, ...

The Clash : Police & Thieves The Clash : I Fought The Law The Clash : Police On My Back   [ purchase The Clash ] [ purchase Sandinista...

  purchase [ Fresh Cream ] I really, honestly had not planned it so that it would so coincidental, but  .. back to Wheels of Fire because Ja...

 Flutes tend to get a lot of stick these days, whether hewn from a stick or crafted in the finest bamboo, brass or even bone. They just aren...

Benny Goodman : Sing, Sing, Sing [ purchase ]  My last couple of postings haven’t been all that popular with the readership. I’m not sur...

Woodwinds seem often made of brass, which is confusing, but don't include horns, except the english horn, which seems to be a form of cl...

  purchase [ Wheels of Fire ] I confess that I have never given much attention to the bass player. Yeah, I know that the bass and drums are ...

Well, strings don't  come much bigger than Victoria. Who she? Victoria is the stand-up bass guitar Danny Thompson bought for a fiver (£5...

Velvet Underground : The Black Angel’s Death Song [ purchase ]  John Cale is another musician whose work I’m aware of and have enjoyed, bu...