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February 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Densmore: The Seekers – Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists)

The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists) John Densmore Hachette Books John Densmore was a pretty good drummer but he’s a really bad writer. So it’s remarkable that he’s now up to book number three! The first was a given – a book about his time in The Doors; no one could argue […]

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June 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: I Met Athol Guy.

He must have been around 48 because I was about 13… He’s nearly 80 now. (And I’m far closer to the age he was then than I ever thought was going to be possible). He was standing by the buffet table, his band had just played and they had this dirty great-big fuck-off feed waiting […]

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August 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1314

The Seekers, The Best of The Seekers (1967) This goes back to New Plymouth – circa 1990. My first time at the Bowl, my first backstage experience too. We were holidaying with friends in Taupo. The father of the family-friends was tied up with the promotion of a New Zealand tour by The Seekers (this […]