Saturday, January 08, 2022

Facebook are taking away my video profile picture Bastards! So I'm just parking it here!


 

Sunday, January 02, 2022

Thursday, December 23, 2021

'Blue ' Live



Joni Mitchell : 9 songs The photo is the view from Pizza Hut in Halifax ! Merry Christmas X

Friday, December 03, 2021

medicated goo

Me Cathy & Chris all had our Boosters in Todmorden on Wednesday ( it should have been Monday but stormdamage closed the Health Centre that day) We had Moderna ( the first two had been Astra Zenica) I had a slight reaction . Fevered dreams and a sore arm for 2 days , but nothing this tough lad couldn't handle ! I treated myself today ( Friday) to a 70 lap swim & a 3 hour sauna .That's my longest sweat in over 2 years ! Delicious !

Jackie Leven : Classic Northern Diversions

dear sweet Jackie .Much Missed x


 

JACKIE LEVEN : wikipedia

Friday, November 19, 2021

he knew all the journey's fortresses

Rune stone, Kungshållet, Kjula, Södermanland, Sweden in 1929. 

 The inscription reads:  

‘Alrik, Sigrid’s son, raised the stone in memory of his father Spjut, who had been in the west, broken down and fought in townships. He knew all the journey’s fortresses.’“


 

A very old friend is being seen for lung cancer. I've been supporting them in Huddersfield & Leeds these weeks..... The audio is a very rare Beatles outtake.

Friday, November 12, 2021

Basket In The Pool

Full Concert :

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=5361

Nothing to report. Very quiet atm.

Been full of cold & Sinus .Hey-Hoy This is Phil Och in Hollywood in 1970

Friday, November 05, 2021

Gram Parsons

80 minutes long. A lovely tribute. Gram's Birthday Today ( 1946) Walter Egan & the Grampyres with Chris James The 5 Spot Nashville, TN November 5, 2010 Hee-Haw ( etc etc)

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Papergreat

 

http://www.papergreat.com/ 

Just Bookmarking this blog    I found .Really just for my benefit rather than yours 

Sadly , It is much better than mine ! 


 

A Private Jackie Leven Audio Sent Me Yesterday

Mostly an Interview .Jackie talks about his Heroin Addiction: his meeting Princess Dianne & Psychic Healing + he plays 3 songs. One or two wee gaps & ominous silences in the audio...but be patient, in seconds the sound returns....and it's all, otherwise Good Quality sound. By the way , I took this photo of Jackie during one of his many visits to The Hebden Bridge Trades Club. Jackie Leven On BBC
"Jackie Leven on top form with Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio 2, about 15 years ago. He opens with an effortless wisecrack reference to Paul McCartney, which gets Johnnie guffawing.
Since I live in Sardinia, I had to record this from shortwave radio in the days before decent internet connection, which explains the couple of little gaps. Nevertheless, the whole thing is worth a listen. My old friend sparkles and shines."

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Bert Jansch & John Renbourn

https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-NPKrN/    

The Photo I took was of Bert at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in 2007. 

The venue featured  in this recording is The Iron Horse, which I have been too, although, sadly, not for this particular gig.



 

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Meatraffle

I see this Brixton , South London band in Todmorden on Saturday. Quite well know in certain circles I understand. One of their promotional videos:

Sunday, August 15, 2021

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Solid Air

 

 

A Street Singer in Hebden Bridge today singing several John Martyn songs


 

Friday, July 30, 2021

Chris 's Card

My Birthday today !

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Ventolin & Fostair Inhalers hang from the head of the mule........♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
Los Angeles 1974

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Blue Orchids at The Hebden Bridge Trades Club.

 

All photos and (8) Videos here --> https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/G-i-g-s/Blue-Orchids-Hebden-Bridge-Trades-Club-/

A photo of them backing Nico in the Olden Daze.

Blue Orchids & Bingo Harry


 


Friday night I went to my first gig since March 2020 ( that was at Bury Met with Don & Margaret) https://everton.blogspot.com/2020/03/just-before-boris-closes-all-our.html 

Tonight I went to see Manchester band Blue Orchids at The Trades Club in Hebden Bridge.. They have been going since 1979 . They started life supporting Nico during her "Manchester Period" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Orchids 

Great Music ! 

Ken is mates with 2 of the support band Bingo Harry ( pictured)

Friday, July 16, 2021

"The Blind Pig" in Sowerby Bridge

As a coda to my previous post. Here is Julie Mareth Hall the landlady of "The Blind Pig" in Sowerby Bridge being screened ( the same night) on BBC Look North.

A Photo I took of Julie . Plus , here is the pub's website The BLIND PIG

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Hemmingway in Halifax

This is Phil the Ex-Fireman in front of an advertising hoarding in Halifax town centre.

 He looks a bit like Ernest Hemmingway.Non?

 Phil is my oldest friend. We first met at secondary school in 1963. We went to stay with  his family  on the Shankhill Road in East Belfast in 1968 and, later, hitched around Ireland ,the same year, meeting Beach Boy Mike Love and spending a morning with him  ! True! not bull shitting!

Plus a million other things later (n.b.  I am a Grand Parent to his children) 

A Sound Gezzer! I Love the bloke.We are Solid.

 Anyway.We went in Halifax for our first evening drink in 18 months tonight . Ken & Phil wanted to go in the afternoon , but I'd booked a Sauna/Gym & swim today so it had to be late. 

Very dead in Town .Lots of tumbleweed !. Ken bumped into a friend called Julie .... she's the landlady of "The Blind Pig"  in Sowerby Bridge . It was her birthday on Thursday ... .[Pictured below on the right.....]

The audio is Eric Clapton .


 

sunshine lollypops & roses........