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November 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five: Mad Lad – A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry
Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry BMG Right Management (UK) Ltd Well-meaning they’ll say. “Live” the album title tells us – but is it less about the celebration and more about pinpointing an excuse for the sloppiness? Ronnie Wood can play, and I’ll defend that every time […]Archive
October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 231
The Beach Boys, Rock And Roll Music [Single] (1976) It’s when you don’t really care about the A-side or the B-side and you own the parent album which has both songs on it anyway (and that’s also not great) that you realise you’re in pretty deep. This is me, in real time, with my latest […]Archive
May 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
George Benson: Walking To New Orleans
George Benson Walking To New Orleans Provogue George Benson has performed many tribute songs (Wes Montgomery) and whole albums + shows (Nat King Cole) as well as working with the Count Basie Orchestra and just generally tipping his hat to the blues and jazz of the past. But here he steps out into the rock’n’roll that came from blues and boogie […]Archive
March 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 154 Hail Hail Rock And Roll
“Hard to imagine what music would be like without him or what song writing would be like – never mind guitar-playing and attitude. He was the absolute master.” Jon McLeary I’ve been hearing his songs ever since I was a little boy – his riffs and his stories. The guitar sound that cut through the […]Archive
October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Hail! Hail! The Great Twenty-Eight: Chuck Berry Turns 90
Chuck Berry is 90 – and you need to listen to his Great 28. Hail! Hail! For he isn’t just the true king of rock’n’roll. He is rock’n’roll. I’m not for a second excusing the behaviour of musicians at their worst but I kinda like knowing that Little Richard (about to turn 84) and Jerry […]Archive
September 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Keith Richards – Under The Influence: Film
Keith Richards: Under The Influence Director: Morgan Neville Tremolo Productions/Radical Media/Netflix Premiering on Netflix this film about Keith Richards was conceived as a promotional video to accompany his new solo album, his first in over two decades. And for the first half of its feature-length running time Keith Richards: Under The Influence still feels like […]Archive
October 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman