r&b ⁽⁴⁾

So, a couple of weeks ago we popped along to Sadlers Wells theatre (not the one along by Kingsway as we originally thought), this branch of it is in Islington in North London, the journey was quite easy and we jumped a 214 bus just along by Finsbury Pavement for the journey up City Road to Angel station. We had plenty of time to kill before it started so we had a mooch around some shops and decided rather than…

So, with a recent week off work I did quite a bit of popping 'up town' to see some things and places I had never been to before, you know how it is, you just kind of build up a 'bucket list' of stuff and places you feel like you need to go and see in London, just not necessarily the most recognised on the tourist trail as per Eric Morecambe... I guess rather than want to visit some of…

A Tale Of The Four 'Johns'. A graceful bow and nod to the whole Pub Rock Scene from the 70's. With great respect to Lee 'John' Collinson (Lee Brilleaux) John Wilkinson (Wilko) John B Sparks (Sparko) John Martin (The Big Figure), all part of Essex Pub Rock/R&B band Dr Feelgood. I posted this back on 29th April of this year, but I am giving it a re-post in memory and respect to Wilko Johnson who sadly passed away on 21st…

I guess I was more into 'Metal/Punk' and 'Goth' type sounds back in the early part of the 80's, so perhaps missed this and maybe some of the Oi! sub-genre of the time, but hey! hindsight it's a wonderful thing and (for me) is worth revisiting... The track was actually produced by....Joe Strummer for a strange fee! As per the link to dangerousminds.net... "Instead of being paid cash for his production services, the Roosters’ manager arranged for Strummer to receive…