Fame x 2...

Hurt By Love - Chris Spedding - Wombling on

TUESDAY



Willie Nelson. If you harbour doubts, compare that to this.


Just Dropped In (to see what condition my condition was in) - Willie Nelson


N.B. Willie recorded more than one version of this song. The track from the album

The Great Divide would be my choice.

:o)

My usual answer:

Davie Jones with the King Bees - Liza Jane
The Mannish Boys -I pIty The Fool
Davie Jones and the Lowe Third - You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
David Bowie and The Lower Third - I Can't Help Thinking About Me
Arnold Corns - Moonage Daydream
David Bowie - Prettiest Star
Tin Machine -You Belong In Rock n Roll
Tao Jones Index - Pallas Athena

I'd go for Prettiest Star or Can't Help Thinking About Me

My usual answer:

My World Fell Down - Sagittarius - Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, Byrds producer (and son of Doris Day) Terry Melcher and sometime Sinatra session guitarist Glen Campbell on this psychedelic classic from Tony Usher

Abigail Washburn - 'City of Refuge'...fantastic track

she's a member of...

The Sparrow Quartet - 'Fall On My Knees'

and...

Uncle Earl - 'The Birds Were Singing Of You'

Looked that up Julie - great tracks as always.

Garth Brooks & his “alternative rock star” alter ego Chris Gaines ~ Lost In You

D.P. Costello
The Imposter
Little Hands of Concrete
Napoleon Dynamite
D.P.A. MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
The Right Reverend Jimmy Quickly

All of course Elvis Costello

Elvise Costello aka The Impostor - Pills ansd Soap

It's Shakin' Time - Freddie Starr & The Midnighters - Once Beatles rivals, their leader has now adopted the persona of a comedian

Hello ALL

The one prominent group that springs to mind.....immediately are :

Johnny and the self abusers.........who became Simple Minds...

anything early from them will highlight a flavour of the original when I saw them in The Mars Bar in Glasgow....

I travel, The American, Chelsa Girl....

DRT

Traveling Wilburys - Where Were You Last Night?

don't suppose it really fits the bill since they were all famous before anyway. I'm not quite sure of the guidelines for this one.

Maybe

Bellbottom Blues - Derek & the Dominos - Eric Clapton

Scandinavia - Runrig - Bruce Guthro, who replaced Donnie Munro and who's a singer in his own right

The Outsider - Black Country Communion - Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham

Wheels - Foo Fighters - David Grohl

and I'm not sure he gained much fame from this, but he and Lou Hickey (whoever she is) made one good album

Vanity Kills - Codeine Velvet Club - Jon Fratelli

Jefferson Airplane ► Hot Tuna - Jack Cassady & Jorma Kaukonen

Children of Zion - Hot Tuna

#6 Thankyoverymuch Mr MacLean!

#11

Gaie, Apologies I took the idea from Billy Shears (Ringo Starr) & Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band.
~ With a Little Help From My Friends ;-)

OK, Madmac, no need for apologies. I think Black Country Communion fits since it's Joe Bonamassa giving rein to his heavy metal leanings. And Derek & the Dominos?

Klark Kent ~ Don't Care

Darlene Love's band The Blossoms provided the vocals (as The Rebelettes) on Duane Eddy - 'Dance with The Guitar Man' as well as a load of Phil Spector-produced records released under different names.

They did get to record using their own name...
The Blossoms - 'Good Good Lovin''

In a previous guise as The Dreamers...they'd been Etta James's backing singers on...
Etta James - 'Good Rockin' Daddy'

Hello, long time no blog. Attended the Gerry Rafferty tribute concert. It was FANTASTIC. Met some folk. JFE tells me his BBC contacts say the concert will be broadcast in February. Looking forward to that.

The early line-up of the girl group The Cookies were also Ray Charles's Raelettes

The Cookies - 'Chains'

#19 I never said any such thing ;o)

My sources say 1st Feb BBC 2 1 hour long special - nice to see you back on the blog JFR

#19 It was the original JFE not the Reekie one :-)

from the rough and tumble of sorting out the new york underworld, whoever would have thought he could sing as well.................

'dont give up on us'...................david soul

cheers frae the dale

#23...I beg your pardon Jan but I'm neither unoriginal nor reekie!

It is true.....

Capture Your Heart - Blue - Shades of The Poets and Marmalade, but who is mystery pianist Redget Buntavan?

Well, we know Garry Glitter is on the banned list... but what about Paul Raven and his now admittedly rather ironic title "All Grown Up"?

No... okay... I thought so.... someone raised this subject on air the other week, I can't remember the context but it did set me off thinking.... are our musical memories only valid and accessible to us dependant upon the later behaviour of the performer.

And, if it is... is that not the theft of our history,our memory.

Indiscriminate revisionism? I don't think James Brown is banned and I'm sure I heard a Phil Spector produced record the other week.Should anyone who's been busted be banned too? Public Indecency? Drunk Driving?

Same debate as the Shred's knighthood, I suppose?

regardez youse

henri

Song #7 - lyme & cybelle - Stephen lyme had more success as Warren Zevon. He would have been 65 today.

Hello Again....

Fame x2........potentials....

Belinda Carlisle as a GO Go.........Heaven is a Place on Earth.....the video for it was directed by Diane Keaton...who had fame as an acclaimed actress......

Or even Jane Weidlen...guitarist with the Go Go's......then as a solo artist with.....
Rush Hour...

Or

Boxcar Racer....Travis Barker & Thomas de Longe...from Blink 182.......with
THERE IS

DRT

#28

Sounds like a theme. I've got Charlie Manson's album somewhere....

THOUGHTS HAVE TURNED by THE PHLORESCENT LEECH AND EDDIE

Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan were also members of The Turtles and The Mothers of Invention as well as backing vocalists to (amongst others) T.Rex, Steely Dan, Ray Manzarek, Roger McGuinn, David Cassidy, Keith Moon, Stephen Stills, Alice Cooper, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, Jefferson Airplane, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Ramones and Duran Duran.

Stuart Adamson
Skids (Circus Gmes),
Big Country (Fragile),
Raphaels (Shattered Cross)

#33 all also suggested for Burns Night especially Shattered Cross

The Guardian are running Laughing Lenny's new album as a stream - superb.

Bryan takes The Guardian, so he'll be up for shouts form this album.

Thing is, Laughing Lenny has only ever been Laughing Lenny, a bonus for Babs on the night but Going Home - Leonard Cohen from the new album would be good for Burns Night.

rergardez youse

henri

Strangely enough, as he gets (even) older, Lenny gets more like Tom Waits.

#35 yes agreed

#36 no not agreed

Erase edgy

Gene donator

Fair fa' yer honest sonsie face,
Great Chieftans o' the Blogging Race,
Abune them aw ye tak yer place,
Mail, Text or Facebook,
Aw your music is good taste,
Fae Gong tae Dr Hook

Springsteen, Bowie, Floyd and PIL
Kassidy, Lulu, Jansch and Tull
We mak' oor lists, we mak' them still
Tho' themes repeat
Of space and colours we've had oor fill
Lost jotter indeed!

Folk tell o whit they're aboot tae eat
Risotto or quiche, langoustine or meat
A glass o' wine seems the norm no' a treat
Nae common ale!
In kitchens a' ower they jig tae the beat
Or text wi' a tale

No' a' folks are eagerly clearing their plate
Some drivin' hame or stuck on the M8
Or rushin' wi' weans tryin' no' tae be late
To karate class
It helps when the songs and tunes are a' greaaayyyt
Then we're no sae fasht

We tune in efter six wi' oor lugs pinned back
We're hopin' tae hear that favourite track
We've ploughed our collection, looked through the stack
Spotified or Googled
We want sangs and mair sangs, nae yakety yak
Keep the gigglin' frugal!

The groaning producer’s here again
Her hurdies? Dinnae mention them,
She tries her best, but it’s aye the same
Playlist debate
Blog sangs ignored again an again
Fae six til eight

Bryan’s knife see rustic labour dight,
Cuts playlist up wi' ready sleight,
”We’re no playin that the nicht!”
Babs, take a look!
Switch on the Mac an hae a sicht,
What’s on Facebook “

Then, sang for sang, they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the bloggers! On they drive,
Till a' the weel-kaint sangs revive
In themes like “Drums”;
Then auld Burnett, maist like to rive,
Bethankit! Hums.

”We’ll hae tae pit on Blondie noo
An’ sangs that widnae flee a coo!”
Proclaimers? Thon wad make ye spew
An thump yer fist,
Wha’ takes a sneering, scornfu' view
O’ sic a playlist?

Poor devils! Listenin tae sic trash,
As feckless as wither'd rash,
What they’re needin’s a guid whip-lash,
Tae bring them roond!
Nae mair tracks like “Monster Mash” :
Play Bloggers soonds!

For mark the Blog, they urnae dull,
Their trembling earth resounds tae Tull,
Bragg an Floyd, turn them up full
An shake the trees
Liked fae Fife Ness tae Soond o Mull,
Wick tae Dumfries .

Ye Pow'rs, wha’s playlist taks the air,
And dishes oot this bill o' fare,
Beeb Scotland has tae take mair care;
They’ve waited long
Hear the Bloggers gratefu' prayer
An’ Get It On!


DC & Gaie

I think that is a brilliant effort from both of you - just superb (for the 3rd year? in a row).

#39/40

Absolutely Brilliant. Once again - well done - 3rd year.

Productiion Team - Youse have to do this on Burns night, surely?

regardez youse

henri

DC, I deserve little credit for that, you've done an absolutely superb job again.
Weel done, Cutty Sark!

Googled/frugal - near genius

Tae summarise wad be ma wish
The blog's the gowd
The programme's pish!

#1

Chris Spedding also played some of his finest in the Jack Bruce band of 1972 -

Jack Bruce - Post War from Harmony Row, featuring Chris Spedding -it's better than Motorbikin'!

regardez youse

henri

#43 aye, could've got it right if I'd spent a couple more minutes - how often, how often!

here's tonight's revised guidelines:

' artists who have had more than one go at fame. It might be artists who have been part of a band then gone solo such as Annie Lennox and Beyonce, or lead singers who found fame in two different bands such as Paul Heaton who fronted The Housmartins then The Beautiful South.'

AKA - What a Life - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

c'm,on, Get it On, Tom Morton's got it.

on the subject of which - there's almost no one our jack hasn't played with...

The White Heather Club..John Mayall, Alexis Korner, Graham Bond Organisation, Manfred Mann, Cream, Lifetime,West Bruce & Laing, BBM, and zillions of variants of the Jack Bruce Band... played with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Carla Blay to the BBC Big Band, to John Cage..culminating in tomorrow night's collaboration with Lau for Celtic Connections.... let's make it easy....

I Feel Free - Cream makes a change from 'sunshine'.

Progress - Jack Bruce Jack and a piano.

regardez youse

henri

Recently the themes have been revised, stretched, twisted, squeezed and contorted until they toe the party line.

I like Jack Bruce. He was great in Cream and I even went to see him with Carla Bley and Mick Taylor on 3rd June 1975 at the Apollo. But I think if I read his name here again I'm going to scream.

Gary Clark:

Danny Wilson - Second Summer of Love

King L - First Man On The Sun

Or as a solo artist We Sail On The Stormy Waters

#49

Whose name?

Here's a group of talented lads:

Eric Stewart: The Mindbenders

Graham Gouldman: Songwriter for Yardbirds, Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana among others

Lol Creme: Hotlegs:Art Of Noise: Kate Bush etc Godley & Creme

Kevin Godley: Hotlegs: Godley & Creme

but most vibrantly as 10CC an embarrassment of riches where do we start.......

The Sacro Illiac - 10CC or

Blackmail - 10CC

Hotel -10CC

all brilliant.

rergardez youse

henri

PS Eric Stewart is married to Lol Creme's wife's sister.

Fame x 3 - Johnny McElhone

Hipsway - Ask The Lord

Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love

Texas - Everyday Now

Henri's Reason's to love Paul McCartney:

the Beatles - Wings - The Fireman - Percy Thrillinton - Paul Ramon etc etc

To be fair, McCartney did do it all twice. The Beatles ended with all the money frozen... Hence ballad's like My Love, which generated a few quid - check the B sides - McCartney got a transit van and did little university gigs to establish Wings in the only way he knew how. Lennon hugely admired that ' back to the beginning' mentality " I couldn't have done it" said John.

MoJo's reasons to love Paul McCartney No 1: Maybe I'm Amazed

on the subject of John:

Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma.

both brilliant.

regardez youse

henri

#39 Well done

#49

I was at that gig. I'll come up with an alias in future. Sorry faither.All that is required is for our hero to play something form the solo career, and then I'll shut up.

Make Love - John Symon Asher Bruce :-))

regarrdez youse

henri

Maybe GlenEric should do "To A Bruce" tomorrow?

Graham Gouldman + Andrew Gold = Wax...'Bridge To Your Heart'

Have tae say that the show so far has been very good indeed, even though the blog has hardly got a mention..........

#5

Julie, Abigail Washburn was the track of the night for me. I've downloaded the album!

Pay for it next time. Piracy is killing music.

Yi, crap

#60...I'm so glad DC...I loved hearing it.

Naw, Gail - a' rubbish

Friday's theme reminds me of my honeymoon...


>8-D

#39


DC & Gaie, whit can Ah say? Pure dead brilliant, by the way!

:o)

Bryan never mentioned it. Maybe we've offended him.



Again.....

I doubt the blog got much reading - planning for Burns night will be dominating... and our hero has more of a sence of humour than that - he was tickled by last year's Blog O'Shanter.

Mind you I don't think he was best pleased by 'blog bingo', which I thought was hilarious - I thought he'd have played along by dropping the key phrases into the dialogue.

I think that's why Wogan became the doyen of Radio, he played along with his audience, creating a clubby, family 'in- joke' feel to his time on air - it was inclusive and he was relaxed with his audience to the point of absurdity.

Certainly, if he'd been presented with this level of originality and committment from the listeners, he'd have not only acknowledged it, he'd have promoted it and joined in.

The poem is really good - it deserves to be heard and I can't think of a better night for it than Burns night.

I shall miss the show.... Smiffy and will be off to see J*** B****

regardez youse

henri



regardez youse

henri

Coincidentally I will be attending a Burns Supper in J*** B****'s home town. I'll search for the plaque.

The poem is excellent but the readership of this blog must be in single figures.

#67 maybe you should cut & paste it back to the Burns thread, DC?

And could we please not have anyone saying Happy Burns Day. Pure does ma' nut in.

Eric, you're right. Madmac's solved his identity crisis and even Adam's been AWOL for a couple of days now. Now we are around 8 I think. :0(

Last one left alive keeps the money

Well done DC / Gaie. Very clever. I've always found it too difficult to write poetry in a language i dont understand. See Burns and Shakespeare. For a couple of national bards they have never stirred my soul or given me any kind pf pleasure. They just do nothing for me. Hope that doesnt make me a bad person.

I have been to two burns suppers in my life and I have another on saturday. Thoroughly enjoyed them but that was down to the company and the drink rather than the burns and the supper. i have never enjoyed eating the entrails bit.

Will be listening tonight on my way home to see what new music Burns would have approved of.

Personally I think he would have enjoyed a pint with an adopted scot and sharing stories of their conquests over the years

Tonights the night / Rod Stewart

You're right - that Shakespeare's just a lot of quotations strung together to make a story.

#47 Not to mention Frank Zappa

#49 Not to mention Jack Bruce

Another Burns descendant, Hugh played with JB (and Jacko and the sainted Macca) but is famed for the Baker Steet guitar solo.

#72 hope he or she outlives Megrahi

DC

nothing can outlive Megrahi

Wur doooooooooooomed Mister Mainwaring