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December 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Chuck Berry: Live From Blueberry Hill

Chuck Berry Live From Blueberry Hill Dualtone Music Group It was rather extraordinary that Chuck Berry made it to 90 and of course it was already extraordinary that he gave us the music compiled on The Great Twenty-Eight – for which click on that link above and you’ll get all the magic cuts you ever […]
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June 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: On Twitter

Bill Cosby is free because a lawyer was paid a heap of money to prove they’re the best at lawyering. Justice has been severed. Elvis Costello said he was fine with Olivia Rodrigo making a song that sounded like his – because his song sounded like Bob Dylan’s and Bob Dylan’s song sounded like Chuck […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bill Cosby, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Elvis Costello, Lil Nas X, Madonna, Olivia Rodrigo, On Twitter, Poem, Poem: On Twitter, Twitter ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Album Review, Ben Waters, Chuck Berry, His Wild Five, Ian Stewart, Imelda May, Live, Mad Lad, Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry, Ron Wood, Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five, Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five: Mad Lad - A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry, The Faces, The Great Twenty-Eight, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Stones, Tribute, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 15 Big Ones, 1976, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry, Covers, EP, LP, Rock And Roll Music, Rock N Roll Music, Single, The Beach Boys, The TM Song, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 231, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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October 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1003

Chuck Berry, The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) There it was all of a sudden – right before my eyes in the store (it had probably been there before). But on that day (yesterday) it was there (once more) and I had to have it. The CD version was no longer enough, it gets played on the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1950s, 1982, Best, Chuck Berry, Compilation, Greatest Hits, LP, Maybellene, Rock'n'Roll, The Great Twenty-Eight, Vinyl ·

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