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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]
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October 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 15: The Mamas & The Papas – “If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears…”

It was easy to get sick of Monday Monday and California Dreaming – big, big songs (brilliant songs) but when the sixties revival kicked in these were the sorts of songs that were ubiquitous – or close enough. I liked The Mamas & The Papas because my mum played a cheap Greatest Hits tape in […]
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