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January 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 22 – Giving The Drummer Some…
Drum Solos! – wait, come back! You don’t often hear people crying out for more drum solos, or any drum solos. Even a lot of drummers hate drum solos. But sometimes you see and hear something special. And sometimes the drum solo – or an extended break – is, I dunno, “musical”, and exciting. Well, […]Archive
September 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 178 Steely Dan
I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on the computer. The first thing I saw on social media was the news that Walter Becker had died. That first album of Steely Dan was really something for me. I was a long-haired high school student living in an inland town and it […]Archive
November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Steely Dan’s Aja: Their Classic
Aja is the one for me – and I was reminded of that just recently, not (just) by listening to it, but by re-reading a very short book about the record, Steely Dan’s sixth. I’m a big fan of Steely Dan’s music – I own all of the albums, I really liked bits of 2003’s […]Archive
March 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 48 Virgin Records – Part Two “Aja”
After we were presented with our medals we were kept well apart – both by the school and our parents. Over that summer dad took me to Auckland to help him build some flats in Devonport and the only contact I had with Christine was a letter saying she had missed her period. That set […]Archive
April 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman