Strange karma exists having just posted a cover of "Something" I pick up the new edition of Uncut and there is George Harrison staring at me from the cover.
The magazine comes with a great CD which has more covers of key George songs and songs which were an inspiration to him.
“I sat with him for a few hours when he was in treatment just outside New York,” said McCartney. “He was about 10 days away from his death, as I recall. We joked about things – just amusing, nutty stuff. It was good. It was like we were dreaming. He was my little baby brother, almost, because I’d known him that long.”
“We held hands. It’s funny, even at the height of our friendship – as guys – you would never hold hands. It just wasn’t a Liverpool thing. But it was lovely.”
McCartney also speaks about their early days as students and how Harrison came to be in The Beatles.
“He pulled out his guitar and played ‘Raunchy’, and that was it – he was in the band. He was a bit too young, almost out of the age range for us, a little too baby-faced, but he was just a great player.”
The interview appears in the new August issue of Uncut magazine in an 11-page feature on ‘The Lonely Beatle’ alongside comments from Pattie Boyd, Michael Palin and Ravi Shankar.
Three tracks from the CD.
First up is the late great Rainer Ptacek and his hypnotic take on "Within You Without You"
An inspiration now and who else other than "The Big O", this song was the b-side to his debut Sun single back in 1956 (Ooby Dooby) and was one of George's biggest influences, they of course became great friends and made some good music together in The Travelling Wilburys
Finally a cover of perhaps his best known Beatles song which includes the extra verse only previously found on the Anthology set.
The Beatles songs are among the most covered popular music outwith the "Great American Songbook" as you would expect most of the covers are of Lennon & McCartney compositions however here is an indulgent cover by Isaak Hayes of George Harrison's "Something" which Frank Sinatra infamously described as the best song Lennon & McCartney ever wrote!!
The 4th July is here again and I am another year older, in excess of 40 years beyond the picture above.
I was going to make you suffer via Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" but won't.
Instead Hopeless Dancer (the wife) bought me "Guitar Hero" for the Wii and anyone who has tried it will know how annoying the following song is.
Finally Happy Independance Day to all family, friends and readers from across the pond.
Live music is a passion of mine so I thought I would kick off this occassional series of live postings ironically with someone who isn't often caught live with a full band Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Big Rab is a fan so hopefully he will enjoy this track taken from the Australia only release "Wilding In The West"
3rd JULY 2008, No.256
QUARTET
THE ORB - Mother Nature
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caramel - ｳｯｰｳｯｰｳﾏｳﾏ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
Katerine - Je suis fete
3rd JULY 2008, No.255
DUO
Stars - Moto Blanco Remix
NEZUMI SENPAI - GIROPPON
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I came across Stevie Agnew via Ali Ferguson who is the guitarist with Ray Wilson both in Stiltskin and Ray's solo outings, Ali is currently working on his own solo album which is eagerly awaited but he has taken some time out to co-write and contribute guitar to Stevie's "Walking Into Walls" which you listen to below.
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Here are Jim Fallon's Clydebank Veterans playing in a pre-season friendly against a Scottish Juvenile Select.
Thanks to Lucozade Sport
CONGREGATION ARE
Haillng from the New Cross bedsit scene looking like a couple of gangsters from the depression era, Congregation have lately been injecting the Blues and R&B genre with a heavy dose of class and soul.
Benjamin Prosser (Slide Guitar, Bass drum) and Victoria Yeulet (vocals, leg bells) play the kind of raw, slinky and seductive blues that have the power to restore one's faith in the genre. I know because they did it for me.
On record and on stage Prosser is a dark presence, wavering in the background, playing slide riffs and thumping a bass drum with his foot. Victoria wails away with a voice that never fails to chill. This is a voice that manages to conjure up all of her fallen sisters in arms back from the dead (or used record bins), yet it's still very much her own. The overall effect of these two's music is moving in a way that is both remorseful and joyful at the same time. They are so deep that it would hurt if you could stop smiling at the beauty of it all. English White Boy R&B has a lot to answer for and these two are going a long way to re-dressing the issue. My new favorite band.
(Ben Swank)
To my ears they have the mojo of Robert Johnson, the spirit of Jim Morrison and the minimalism of the Cowboy Junkies..........music from the Delta to Deptford.
After yet another needless British death surely the time has come for the troops to be brought out.
Originally writen and recorded by Bily Connolly it is too close to the truth to be seen simply as a piece of comedy and is in fact a great folk song.
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