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August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Fogerty: Excalibur [Reissue]
Tom Fogerty Excalibur Craft Recordings As with the Doug “Cosmo” Clifford reissue Craft Recordings has resuscitated the second solo album by Tom Fogerty – reissued here for the first time on vinyl since it’s original pressing. It’s a charming, low-key affair – mostly Fogerty originals, which we didn’t get to hear much of in his […]Archive
June 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 120 – Sam Cutler
Welcome to episode 120 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during their infamous 1969 tour of America, he went on to work for The Grateful Dead. You can see him in a small handful of documentaries focussed on that era […]Archive
July 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
“Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s
Steve Gunn, American guitar wizard – one of many exciting talents currently cutting their own path away from the early influence of John Fahey – says that once he discovered music he “kinda gave up everything else that was going on as a kid”. He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Philadelphia – […]Archive
December 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Live Without A Net: Best or Worst – It’s My Favourite Live Album by The Dead
I was thinking, the other day, about The Grateful Dead, specifically the band’s live album from 1990, Without A Net. It might not be a classic, it might in fact be awful – but it’s one of my favourites…it’s one of my favourite live albums, one of my favourite Grateful Dead collections – and for […]Archive
September 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman