Still Got The Fever
Ramblings of a rock and roll writer
Thursday, 8 February 2024
Blackberry Smoke new album's life-affirming message
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A LESSER band of brothers might have despaired that the fates were against them. First, Covid, then a major health crisis, have conspired in...
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
From Black To Blood - Albums Of The Year 2022
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1. CARDINAL BLACK : January Came Close Long anticipated debut album from the Cardiff band whose stop-start journey has seen them sup...
Friday, 26 November 2021
Black Sabbath icon Tony Iommi: Pandemic blues, new band, new single, and working with Ozzy again
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WHEN Tony Iommi famously sliced off the tips of his right hand fingers in a metal press at the age of 17 he feared he would never play gui...
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi releases first new music in eight years
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Picture: Ross Halfin BLACK Sabbath legend Tony Iommi today releases his first new music in eight long years, complete with a new band, a s...
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Treasures from the Attic No 8: When Genesis were just the warm-up act for Lindisfarne
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October 10, 1972 and folk/poppers Lindisfarne were huge, playing sell out theatres and festivals. Here, at Manchester's Free Trade Hall,...
Friday, 12 March 2021
Treasures From The Attic No 7 : Pink Floyd's shortest gig
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More than a year before the album came out, Pink Floyd were trialling Dark Side of the Moon with a quadraphonic PA. What they hadn’t factore...
Thursday, 14 January 2021
Treasures From The Attic No 6: The night Eric Clapton paid West Bromwich Albion to play
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Another treasure from the keepsakes box. It was September 27, 1978 the night Eric Clapton paid for a West Bromwich Albion football match. I&...
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