by Will Birch | Apr 28, 2017 | Popular Music
This week’s Facebook fad asked you to post a list of 10 music acts you’ve seen play live, one of which you didn’t see – i.e. ‘a lie’ – and ask friends to identify the act you never saw. A lot of people were annoyed by the rash of postings across the social media...
by Will Birch | Jan 25, 2017 | Popular Music
BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAT GROUP Building the Perfect Beat GroupWatching the recent Status Quo TV documentary ‘Hello Quo’ (Dir. Alan G Parker), I was reminded of a theory I’ve been expressing in one or two posts and talks concerning the DNA of the perfect ‘band’...
by Will Birch | Oct 29, 2016 | Popular Music
BOBBY VEE - PRINCE OF TEEN ANGST Bobby Vee – Prince of Teen AngstBobby Vee (Robert Velline), who died on 24 October at the age of 73, was unfairly roped in with the numerous teen-appeal vocalists of the late 1950s / early 1960s, who were hammered by music...
by Will Birch | Sep 10, 2016 | Popular Music
DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW BY BOBBY PINSON Don’t Ask Me How I Know by Bobby PinsonThere’s not a man or woman alive who has heard every record ever made, and even less who have heard every great record. And it’s infuriating to think of the discs that have passed...
by Will Birch | Mar 13, 2016 | Popular Music
KEITH EMERSON - SEEING DAGGERS Keith Emerson – Seeing Daggers The recent and tragic death of Keith Emerson has caused me to reflect on a brief period in which we collaborated on a song, as unlikely as that may seem. As a lad I saw The Nice several times when...
by Will Birch | Jan 20, 2016 | Popular Music
GLENN FREY: THERE'S A NEW KID IN TOWN Glenn Frey: There’s a new kid in town The sad death of Glenn Frey on 18 January, in a short period that has seen rather too many sudden check-outs, has caused me to reflect on the place (the) Eagles have held in my musical...
