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February 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Win A Double Pass to the Eric Clapton Documentary – Life In 12 Bars

To celebrate the New Zealand theatrical release of Life In 12 Bars the new feature-length Eric Clapton documentary Madman NZ has given me five double passes for fans. The film will be screening in New Zealand from February 15-28 at selected theatres. To be in to win it is this simple: Write a comment below […]

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August 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World: # 7 – Duane Allman

When I was about 14 – and at the peak of my guitar-loving “discovery” years, a devotee of Guitar Player magazine, as open to (and obsessed with) Sonic Youth and The Velvet Underground as Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson – I remember watching a History of Rock doc which had a featurette around rock’n’roll guitar […]

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July 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1075

Steppenwolf, For Ladies Only (1971) I’m betting a lot of people only know Steppenwolf for Born To Be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride and figure that’s enough. They may even be right – but this was a pretty record to find. Buried down in a pile of LPs I acquired – oldies that were passed […]

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December 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 1: Eric Clapton, Auckland, 1990

Let me start this new series by telling you – for a fact – there’s no one Best Gig Ever. If there had been then I’d not be continuing to attend concerts; maybe I keep going in the hope that one day there will be a Best Gig Ever. But I also know there can’t […]