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King Crimson, red hair dye and a singing Jack Russell: the boisterous memoir of Jakko Jakszyk
Episode 689
This is an extraordinary story on many levels – about the power and sanctuary of music, about what it took for bands to get noticed in the ‘70s, abou…
1 year, 5 months ago
Obsessive fans, Dylan’s reading list and how Taylor Swift tickets are the new codeword for wealth
Episode 688
Applying our patent wheat-chaff separator to recent rock and roll events, we filter out the following …
… “They’ve got the guns but we got the numbe…
1 year, 5 months ago
Britpop, its peaks and its spiritual godfather: a Golden Age rebooted by Miranda Sawyer
Episode 687
You’ll know Miranda Sawyer from the Observer and the radio and, possibly, from her days at Smash Hits and Select magazines that form the foundation o…
1 year, 5 months ago
Zappa and Elvis as fathers (!), Billy Joel’s house sale and the curse of too much choice
Episode 686
Our record-breaking partnership faces a fresh set of spin bowlers on the rock and roll pitch but rifles a few shots over the pavilion roof, among the…
1 year, 6 months ago
Hugh Cornwell on how the drummer has the best seat in the house
Episode 685
Hugh Cornwell is preparing for his “All The Fun Of The Fair” tour which begins in November and here he talks to David Hepworth about:
….why rehearsals…
1 year, 6 months ago
Kris Kristofferson, a lost Tom Petty film and rock stars and the curse of the selfie
Episode 684
We aimed the airgun of enquiry at this week’s rock and roll side-stall and dislodged the following coconuts …
… sports star, Rhodes scholar, bohemi…
1 year, 6 months ago
How Christine McVie saw Fleetwood Mac and the real reason she left them – by Lesley-Ann Jones
Episode 683
Christine McVie - one of only two British girl rock musicians in the ‘60s and part of the greatest pop soap opera of all time. Neither in the backlin…
1 year, 6 months ago
Nick Heyward dressed like Cary Grant – then the Jam, XTC and Talking Heads. “It’s all about clothes, hair and shoes.”
Episode 682
Nick Heyward was one of our favourite cover stars when we were at Smash Hits in the ‘80s, the days when hardcore Haircut One Hundred fans turned out …
1 year, 6 months ago
In the studio with Nick Drake, Fairport, John Martyn & the String Band: John Wood remembers a golden age
Episode 681
“There was no Command-Zed back then!” John Wood engineered or produced some of the most magical, timeless and affecting records ever made - by Nick D…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ian Hunter – joining Mott The Hoople, Bowie, Hamburg and being “enthused into craziness”.
Episode 680
Ian Hunter – an image so familiar you’d recognise his silhouette - now lives in Connecticut and he’s just released expanded versions of two of his be…
1 year, 6 months ago