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Star Spotting in California

In the year we lived in Southern California, 1993-94 we stayed in a beachfront hotel,...

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What spoiled one of the highlights of my gig life...

I’ve written before about the first open-air festival I ever went to; Led Zeppelin; Knebworth...

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All in pursuit of rock n roll...

One of the most dangerous days in our life was seeing Bon Jovi supported by...

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Ian Anderson will never know the pains we went through...

I seem to recall, as a teenager, a group of us were very enamoured with...

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The Blues...

I was thinking yesterday how, one way or another, they form the core of music...

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Your favourite unsuccessful bands...

Which are your favourite bands that made records, but never had any or much success...

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Do rock bands attract such a reaction anymore?

I’d like to take you back to June 12th 1980 when we were all young...

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The Vinyl Itch...

We are in a strange place, the likes of which we couldn’t have imagined back...

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The British Blues Boom...

You’ve heard of the British Blues Boom, haven’t you? Well, aside from the headline acts...

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Gary Moore's sustaining note, loud rock, snakebites and hormones...

Going to gigs in the 70s and early 80s was, as I’m sure you remember,...

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Wishbone Ash, Supercharge & Southern Comfort...

I’d like to say I saw Wishbone Ash on their New England tour. I’d like...

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Covers - an exciting part of the whole musical experience

I can’t have been alone in cherishing a newly acquired record, religiously reading every bit...

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