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January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 41 – Gary Moore, “Still Got The Blues”

Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues, 1990 There was a time when I loved Gary Moore – and it was mostly because of this album. I mean I was excited about his pedigree (Thin Lizzy) and his hard-rock background. I was a kid. And rock guitar was my jam. And 1990 was the year that […]
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September 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 232: Darren Watson’s Getting Sober For The End Of The World

Welcome to episode 232 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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July 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Peter Green

Peter Green has died. He was 73. The creator of Fleetwood Mac. One of the fathers of the British blues boom – and sound – a tormented soul, a talented player, by default a brilliant bandleader, it wasn’t an easy road at all for Green and he was one of the first prominent “casualties” of […]
Posted in Back Catalogue, Miscellany · Tagged Blues, Eulogy, Fleetwood Mac, Guitar, Guitarist, Peter Green, R.I.P., R.I.P. Peter Green, The Best Guitarist in The World # 5 ·

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July 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 219: Colin Morris

Welcome to episode 219 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor FM, Blues, Chat, Colin Morris, Colin Morris Records, Column, Concerts, Conversation, England, Fisheye Discs, Gigs, Interview, Jazz, Journalism, Music, NZ, Podcast, Radio, Record Store, Records, Retailer, Review, Reviewer, Reviews, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast # 219, Sweetman Podcast # 219: Colin Morris, Sweetman Podcast: Colin Morris, T Leaf T, Tandys, Unity Books, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 104

Fleetwood Mac, Need Your Love So Bad [Single] (1969) A Facebook chum messages. Says he’s found a double-up in his collection and would I like to have it. It’s only Need Your Love So Bad by Fleetwood Mac. Of course I’d fucking love it! It arrives – and it plays just fine. Any tiny little […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [45], 1969, Album, Blues, British, Chris Moody, EP, Fleetwood Mac, Need Your Love So Bad, No Place To Go, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 104, Vinyl ·

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June 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: An Honest Attempt At A Winter Blues

It’s a cold winter coming, in fact it’s already here – if anything it seems to have snuck up on us this year. But I’m saying this with the heating on – and though there’s an extra blanket needed for the bed it happens to be a very small walk to the cupboard where that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged An Honest Attempt At A Winter Blues, Blues, Cold, Poem, Poem: An Honest Attempt At A Winter Blues, Weather, Winter ·

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June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ruthie Foster Big Band: Live At The Paramount

Ruthie Foster Big Band Live At The Paramount BLUE CORN MUSIC (ORCH) Ruthie Foster has been releasing great gospel and blues music across the last three decades – always with hints of pop-song writing, jazz and folk too –if Cassandra Wilson is “jazz” but branching out to see and gather from there, then Foster is […]
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June 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: You Can’t Lose What You Never Had

Muddy Waters couldn’t read or write, didn’t stop him re-writing the way music works – he’s there in folklore, painting the walls outside the Chess studio; later making new blues with streaks of his own blood to colour outside the lines
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blues, Chess, Muddy Waters, Poem, Poem: You Can’t Lose What You Never Had, You Can’t Lose What You Never Had ·

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May 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton Band: All Blues

Peter Frampton Band All Blues UMe One of the problems with people’s understanding and appreciation – or lack thereof – when it comes to The BluesTM   is albums like this. Peter Frampton was my hero when I was a kid (and even into my teens) I drank up Frampton Comes Alive like it was the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged All Blues, Blues, Covers, Frampton Comes Alive, Guitar, Peter Frampton, Peter Frampton Band, Peter Frampton Band: All Blues, Tribute, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Simmering Rage For Sinners and Slaves

I’ve been listening to a lot of reggae and roots music of late – and always plenty of blues and funk and soul. But with the return of an interest in Jamaican music I’ve been thinking a lot about the word ‘Slavery’ and how it comes up and is used in a variety of songs […]
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March 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 212: Sameena Zehra

Welcome to episode 212 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]
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December 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Guest Post: R.I.P. Rick Bryant by Chris Armour

Very sad to hear of the passing of Rick Bryant yesterday. At one time a giant in the New Zealand music industry and by all accounts he had stories for days. Sharing his story about connecting with Rick and his legacy, I offer this post by guitarist Chris Armour. Chris is involved in many musical […]
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