NEW ALBUM : MATT STEADY - VELVET & GOLD

I mentioned Matt (Steady) t’other day after I bought his compilation set 

[The Dragon’s Refrain] for just the P&P! haven’t stopped 

playing it since and have just received more info about his stripped down

 album Velvet and Gold out just last Thursday   . . . oh, and it’s a peach! 

Matt Steady - Feel The River Breathe

CHECK HIM OUT BELOW and you know go buy something if you feel it! 

There are freebies and the New CD at a mere £15 but it streams too so you can 

listen before you buy . . . . . . I know I will

Matt says: 

Dear friends,

As you'll no doubt be aware, Velvet and Gold was released last Thursday. 

There's been quite a lot of interest and comments and emails from people 

enjoying it - so thank you for listening, thank you for downloading, 

thank you for ordering, thank you for sharing the music with your friends!

I'd like to thank the following lovely people for being part of this and 

(hopefully) enjoying the album: 

Jennifer, Hannah, David, Timothy, Ian, Ken, Ken, Andy, Kelly, Michael, Michael, John, Jeff, Will, Phil, Andrew, Phillip, Paul, Chris, David, Paul, Clive, Greg, Mat, Damo, Mark, Ian, David, Hans, Bob, Adrian, Sally, Stephen, Suzanne, Colin, Stephen, Rich, David, Stephen, Jim, Tam, Graham, Geoff, Christopher, Barry, Mike, Jon, Steven, Alan, John, Dennis, Teresa, Richard, Graham, Paul, David, Russell, Richard, Colin, Steven, Pete, Ulrike, Stephen, Neil, Henry, William, John, BG, Marina, Yvonne, Julie, Mikey, Hedley, Paul, Vernon, Gary, Ian, Nigel, Andrew, Rhys, David, Steven, Wayne, David, Christopher, Zee, Robert, John, Richard, Brian, Roger, Mark, Gordon, David, Graham, William, Steve, Alan, Jason, Steve, Ian, Eric, Robert, Barrie, Paul, Scott, Rob, KC, Philip, Alasdair, Rebecca, Mathew, Brendon, Melissa, Robert, Kathie, Choo, Alistair, Gordon, Angela, Bruce, Nicholas, Barry, Ron, Penelope, James, William, Fiona, Tim, James, Alan, Peter, Jen, Stephen, Stephen, Piers, John, Chris, Jonathan, KP, Richard, Francis, Alan, G, Nigel, Mark, Nancy, Theodore, Mark, John, Kathryn, Joy, Steve, Herman, Jeff, Charles, Jane, Geoff, Gordon, Gordon, Steve, Steven, Shelley, Ray, James, Roy, Chris, Michael, David, Robert, Lee, Bob, Jeff, Edward, Robert, William, David, Harry, Tracy, Andrew, Jane, Michael, Charles, Joy, Sally, Tony, Andrew, Bear, John, Christopher, P, Joy, Mark, Alberto, Mike, Peter, Julie, Rachel, Paul, Nicholas, Wendy, Alan, Martin, Garry, Paul, Russell, Libby, Scott, Mark, Harry, Richard, Simon, Stephen, Mark, Nathan, Pauleta, Brian, Ed, Opal, Steven, David, Clive, Andrew, Steve, Gary, Jason, Maurice, Ewen, Janet, Maike, Rico, Glenn, John, Alick, Michael, William, Nigel, Michael, Jayna, David, Larry, Lawrence, David, Andrew, Pete, Dave, Rob, Phillip, Christopher, Gordon, Elizabeth, Dave, Jeffrey, Ian, Lee, Marcie, and last but not least Brent!

The whole aim of this project is to get it out to as many people as possible.

 Music is powerful and healing, and I would like the album to make a small 

difference in the lives of some people that really need it.

To that end, there is a free download, and even a free CD 

(there is a p&p cost so I don't actually go bankrupt!).

Share the links. Copy the CD. Pass on the downloads. 

Do what it takes! 

You have my permission to do so.

mattsteady.com

GLEN HANSARD and CURTIS FOWLKES ‘LOWLY DESERTER’

And then the algorithm threw this at me!

GLEN HANSARD and CURTIS FOWLKES 

‘LOWLY DESERTER'

Graham Hopkins

Graham says:

Today is the third anniversary of Curtis Fowlkes’ departure. 😢 All I’m thinking is the craic himself and Glen are having wherever they might be at!

You are so missed guys xx

Here’s a clip of them playing Lowly Deserter together, from a European tour we were on several years back.

Curtis Fowlkes #curtisfowlkes @glenhansard #glenhansard

I am struck by the song and must check it out as it seems like jingoistic rabble rousing and anti-pacifism to shame the 'lowly deserter' so . . he is going to Hell apparently! But hey its a for classic I guess

White Horse Guitar Club - Clay Pigeons [ Blaze Foley ]

 Given that our old ‘office’ used too be The White Horse pub in Oxford my ole muckah Phil will doubtless find this one really funny! I know I did! Why, we’d still fit right in!

Clay Pigeons - White Horse Guitar Club

This time of year always feels like a turning point. The light fades, the evenings close in, and people start to gather again around the fire. In Ireland, that was always the heart of the home the place where stories were told, songs were shared, and the world outside could wait for a while. The threshold and veil between us and another world is said to be closer and and we face into winter and harvests are gathered in hibernating preparation for a renewal. Maybe that’s where we are at right now.

That’s the feeling we wanted to capture here. Just a few of us around a fire, no fuss, no lights, just the sound of the flames and a song between friends. Clay Pigeons feels like the right one for it. A song by a troubled soul, Blaze Foley ,probably seeking his own renewal and facing into his own winters with his own struggles. A song about starting over, finding something extraordinary in the ordinary, taking a walk, meeting people, saying hello, feeling part of things again.

There’s a sense of renewal in it, the same kind you feel sitting by a fire at the start of November, when the year is turning. Maybe that’s all this is really a small gathering, a few voices, a quiet reminder that we’re still connected if we’re open to that. And as we stand on the edge of renewing the second leg of the Sos Beag tour, we’re looking forward to gathering again with all of you around the glow of the songs. In some ways, that’s our fire. Each night is a chance to reignite that spark, to strip things back to what matters most, the music, the connection, and the shared warmth that comes when people gather for something real.

So here’s to renewal, to finding our rhythm again as the year turns to its end. We can’t wait to see you out there -starting in The Pavilion Theatre Dún Laoghaire - next Saturday for a nights of songs, stories, and simple celebration. As the nights draw in, may we all keep that little flame alive. Joe Philpott

I of course first came across this Blaze Foley classic from our John Prine wot we wot of . . . .  

A NEW PLANE? and then this happened: Jefferson Starship – Live at X’s, San Francisco 31st Dec 1979 | an XRay Special

 Jefferson Starship – Live at X’s, San Francisco 31st Dec 1979 

Jefferson Starship – Live at X’s, San Francisco 31 Dec 1979

Early & Late Shows

FM Broadcast

Early Set

1.Intro 

2.Ride the Tiger

3.Girl with the Hungry Eyes

4.Have You Seen the Saucers

5.Wooden Ships

6.Jane 

7.Banter

8.Stranger

9.Lightning Rose

10.Awakening

11.Fading Lady Light

12.Just the Same

13.Freedom at Point Zero 

14.Somebody to Love

15.Banter 

16.Rock Music

17.New Year Countdown

18.Light the Sky on Fire

19.Dance with the Dragon 

Late Set

1.Intro 

2.Ride the Tiger 

3.Jane

4.Stranger 

5.Have You Seen the Saucers

6.Auld Lang Syne

7.Things to Come 

8.Banter

9.Somebody to Love 

10.Dance with the Dragon

11.Light the Sky on Fire

12.Rock Music

13.Banter

14.Volunteers 

15.Pre-Encore Banter

16.Girl with the Hungry Eyes 

Jefferson Starship’s flight was always turbulent. Following a disastrous visit 

to Berlin in June 1978, Grace Slick departed, and was soon followed by Marty Balin. 

A car crash that October forced drummer John Barbata to leave too, but the band 

managed to regroup and release Freedom At Point Zero in November 1979. 

Showcasing new singer Mickey Thomas and new drummer Aynsley Dunbar, 

they embarked on a promo tour, playing classics from throughout their career, 

as well as more recent material. The superb performance on this set was 

originally broadcasted live around the US on various FM radio stations, including KSAN.

XRay

why worry, when you can panic NOW!

LAST FLIGHT TONIGHT! Jefferson Airplane - 1989-09-02 - Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ USA | so many roads

 Jefferson Airplane - 1989-09-02 - Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (SBD)

Jefferson Airplane

1989-09-02

Garden State Arts Center

Holmdel, NJ

Soundboard Recording

1st Set:

01. She Has Funny Cars*

02. Somebody To Love

03. Plastic Fantastic Lover

04. Won't You Try > Saturday Afternoon

05. Today

06. Good Shepard

07. Lather

08. Solidarity*

09. Wooden Ships

10. America*

11. Freedom*

2nd set:

12. Set Two Intro*

xx. Panda (missing)

xx. Miracles (missing)

xx. Ice Age (missing)

xx. Summer Of Love (missing)

13. True Love

14. Crown Of Creation

15. White Rabbit

16. Volunteers

17. It's No Secret

18. Baby What You Want Me To Do

19. Band Introduciton

20. Planes

Speedy says: 

1989: In 1972, the Jefferson Airplane broke up, then found new life as Jefferson Starship, and later just Starship. But in 1989, 20 years after Woodtstock, for a brief moment the Jefferson Airplane flew once again. Original members Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, Jack Cassady, Jorma Kaukonen and Grace Slick reunited to record an album and tour. This soundboard recording captures the Airplane during that reunion tour, at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ on September 2, 1989, 37 years ago today.

Slight return . . . . 

Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Crazy Horse - All Along the Watchtower (Live at Farm Aid 1994) | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

 Neil Young - All Along the Watchtower (Live at Farm Aid 1994)

Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

MOLLY TUTTLE and Alopecia Awareness Month!

 There are many reasons to love Molly Tuttle; her stunningly strong and haunting voice, her peerless guitar picking, she has the same forename as my granddaughter but there is also this!

She is gorgeous and got married this year (sorry chaps! and er, chapesses!?)

Gal got stone cajones!

Molly says:

"September is Alopecia Awareness Month! I lost all of my hair due to this autoimmune disease when I was three years old and it quickly progressed to Alopecia Universalis (total hair loss). I’ve loved working with National Alopecia Areata Fdn to raise awareness and build community for those with alopecia so definitely check them out if you or a loved one has been diagnosed or if you’re curious to learn more! “

Molly Tuttle

VA - David Hepworth, More Deep 70s (Undiscovered Jewels From Music's Most Action-Packed Decade) [2025] (4 x CDS) BUTTERBOY

David Hepworth, More Deep 70s 

(Undiscovered Jewels From Music's Most Action-Packed Decade) 

[2025] 

A BUTTERBOY SPECIAL

SEVENTIES

VA - David Hepworth, More Deep 70s

 (Undiscovered Jewels From Music's Most Action-Packed Decade) [2025] (4 x CDS)

The 1970s were too large to fit inside a single narrative. 

They were restless, contradictory, overflowing with invention, and full of artists who made extraordinary records between the headlines. 

More Deep 70s embraces that breadth. Across four discs, David Hepworth curates a decade not through its obvious landmarks but through the songs that slipped between categories, covers, live takes, overlooked singles, album tracks that carried 

more truth than the hits beside them. The result is a portrait of the 70s as a place of constant movement.

The first disc sets the tone with reinvention. Ramones, Devo, Don Covay, Nina Simone, Lowell George, Todd Rundgren, Nilsson, 

each track reshapes familiar material, proving how the decade thrived on reinterpretation.  

You hear artists bending genres, slowing tempos, sharpening edges, and turning other people’s songs into personal statements.

 It’s the 70s as workshop: restless, curious, unafraid.

The second disc tightens the frame around skinny‑tie energy. Cheap Trick, The Cars, Joe Jackson, Dwight Twilley, Shoes, 

Raspberries, Squeeze — bright guitars, sharp hooks, and a sense of urgency that pointed toward the new wave to come. 

These tracks show how melody and attitude could coexist without compromise.

The third disc shifts into Americana, where songwriters chased emotional clarity rather than volume. Gene Clark, Jimmy Webb, 

Laura Nyro, Millie Jackson, Bobby Bland, Dr. John, Guy Clark, Terry Allen — voices shaped by experience, arrangements built on warmth and space. 

It’s the quieter side of the decade, but no less intense.

The final disc widens again, moving through rock, art‑pop and reggae. Free, John Cale, Ultravox, Sparks, Burning Spear, Max Romeo,

 Richard Thompson — a reminder that the 70s were global, eclectic and impossible to pin down. 

The sequencing makes the connections feel natural: rhythm, mood, and imagination binding everything together.

What makes More Deep 70s special is its sense of discovery. Hepworth isn’t building a museum. 

He’s opening a door to the decade’s hidden rooms — the tracks that shaped taste, influenced peers, 

and carried the spirit of the era without ever dominating it. For collectors, it’s a treasure map. 

For listeners, it’s proof that the 70s remain the most surprising decade in modern music, still revealing new corners half a century later.(Butterboy)

A truly fascinating thesis and check the  track listings

as playlists go its a DOOZIE (THEY!?  - ED)

Track lists

CD1

01 Ramones - Let's Dance 1:51

02 Devo - Satisfaction (I Can't Get Me No) 2:40

03 Nils Lofgren - Goin' Back 3:47

04 Hollies - Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park) 4:11

05 Don Covay - Memphis 3:23

06 Nina Simone - Baltimore 4:38

07 Lowell George - What Do You Want the Girl to Do 4:48

08 Billy Swan - Don't Be Cruel (Slow Version) 4:13

09 Bunch - When Will I Be Loved 3:16

10 Frankie Miller - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4:02

11 Greg Kihn - For You 3:58

12 Thin Lizzy - Rosalie (Live) 3:14

13 Todd Rundgren - Rain 3:17

14 Nilsson - Vine Street 2:51

15 Joe Cocker - Jamaica Say You Will 4:15

16 Terry Melcher - These Days 4:23

17 John Martyn - Spencer The Rover 4:09

18 Ian Matthews - Seven Bridges Road 4:05

19 Leo Kottke - Pamela Brown 3:29

20 Pointer Sisters - Grinning in Your Face 4:49

21 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Psycho (Live) 3:22

CD2

01 Runaways - Cherry Bomb 2:18

02 Cheap Trick - Surrender 4:13

03 Cars - Double Life 4:14

04 Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls 3:42

05 Dwight Twilley Band - I'm on Fire 3:19

06 Mink DeVille - Just Your Friends 4:12

07 Sniff 'N' The Tears - Driver's Seat 3:59

08 Shoes - Too Late 2:44

09 Raspberries - Go All The Way 3:25

10 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Local Girls 3:37

11 John Hiatt - Take Off Your Uniform 4:07

12 XTC - Life Begins at The Hop 3:49

13 Inmates - Dirty Water 2:59

14 Deaf School - What a Way to End it All 2:56

15 Tim Moore - Rock and Roll Love Letter 4:23

16 Squeeze - Up The Junction 3:09

17 Crabby Appleton - Go Back 3:06

CD3

01 Roger McGuinn - Draggin' 3:38

02 Gene Clark - No Other 5:08

03 Jimmy Webb - P.F. Sloan 4:16

04 Laura Nyro - Stoney End 2:43

05 Millie Jackson - Loving Arms 3:44

06 Bobby Bland - It's Not The Spotlight 3:53

07 Dr. John - I Been Hoodood 3:14

08 Meters - Fire on the Bayou 4:06

09 Taj Mahal - Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too 5:24

10 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - I Scare Myself 5:19

11 Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade 3:42

12 Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting for A Train 4:29

13 Paul Williams - Someday Man 2:53

14 Chip Taylor - I Wasn't Born in Tennessee 3:05

15 Joe Simon - Georgia Blue 2:59

16 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy 2:57

17 Terry Allen - New Delhi Freight Train 7:28

CD4

01 Heads Hands & Feet - (Let's Get This) Show on The Road 3:49

02 Free - The Highway Song 4:15

03 John Cale - You Know More Than I Know 3:35

04 Ultravox! - Young Savage 3:00

05 Nico - It Has Not Taken Long 4:11

06 Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth 2:27

07 Heptones - Country Boy 2:56

08 Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey 3:27

09 Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil 3:26

10 Jess Roden - On Broadway 7:08

11 Swamp Dogg - Did I Come Back Too Soon (Or Stay Away Too Long) 3:43

12 Kevin Ayers - Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought of You 4:37

13 801 - Rongwrong 5:10

14 Jim Capaldi - Eve 3:41

15 Richard Thompson - Roll Over Vaughn Williams 4:11

16 Bryn Haworth - Grappenhall Rag 2:58

17 Peter Skellern - I Guess You Wish You'd Gone Home 2:43

18 Morris on Band - Princess Royal 3:44

Volume 1 can be found here:

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2023/01/va-david-hepworth-deep-70s-underrated.html

Track lists

CD1

01 Jesse Winchester Payday 2:53

02 Delaney & Bonnie Only You Know And I Know 3:27

03 Sanford & Townsend Smoke From A Distant Fire 3:33

04 Daryl Hall & John Oates Abandoned Luncheonette 3:56

05 Andy Pratt Avenging Annie 5:07

06 Michael Franks The Lady Wants To Know 4:46

07 Bobby Charles Small Town Talk 3:27

08 Hirth Martinez Altogether Alone 3:58

09 Gregg Allman Please Call Home 2:48

10 John Prine The Late John Garfield Blues 3:04

11 Alpha Band Interviews 3:55

12 Loudon Wainwright Iii Be Careful, There's A Baby In The House 3:18

13 Big Star Back Of A Car 2:45

14 Crazy Horse Downtown 3:17

15 Tony Joe White Saturday Night In Oak Grove, Louisiana 2:13

16 Boz Scaggs Runnin' Blue 3:58

17 Little Feat Trouble 2:19

18 Amazing Rhythm Aces Third Rate Romance 3:23

19 Danny O'keefe Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues 2:59

20 Warren Zevon Desperados Under The Eaves 4:48

21 Michael Nesmith & The First National Band Beyond The Blue Horizon 4:49

CD2

01 Freddie King Going Down 3:22

02 Johnny Winter Band Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo 3:33

03 Zz Top Jesus Just Left Chicago 3:30

04 J. Geils Band Whammer Jammer 2:38

05 Montrose Rock Candy 5:06

06 George Thorogood & The Destroyers Madison Blues 4:30

07 Eddie & The Hot Rods Get Out Of Denver 3:54

08 Canned Heat Sugar Bee 2:39

09 Status Quo In My Chair 3:16

10 Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action 4:33

11 Moon Martin Cadillac Walk 3:17

12 Don Nix Going Back To Iuka 4:30

13 Tim Buckley Move With Me 4:51

14 Jerry Williams I've Got Dreams To Remember 3:42

15 Atlanta Rhythm Section Dog Days 3:39

16 Paul Butterfield's Better Days It All Comes Back 6:07

CD3

01 Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance Bye And Bye (Gonna See The King) 5:51

02 Family My Friend The Sun 4:21

03 Murray Head Say It Ain't So Joe 4:37

04 Be-bop Deluxe Maid In Heaven 2:27

05 The Motors Dancing The Night Away 6:34

06 The Records Starry Eyes 4:25

07 Patto Singing The Blues On Reds 4:59

08 Sharks World Park Junkies 3:16

09 Jess Roden Band You Can Leave Your Hat On 4:04

10 Terry Reid Dean 4:46

11 Robert Palmer How Much Fun 3:06

12 Mott The Hoople I Wish I Was Your Mother 4:50

13 Fairport Convention Polly On The Shore 4:56

14 Dave Edmunds The Promised Land 2:40

15 Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers Choo Choo Ch' Boogie 3:32

16 Brinsley Schwarz Surrender To The Rhythm 3:25

17 Roy Harper When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease 7:12

CD4

01 Sandy Denny Solo 4:26

02 Marianne Faithfull The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan 4:09

03 Linda Ronstadt Love Is A Rose 2:47

04 Carly Simon Anticipation 3:22

05 Joan Armatrading Down To Zero 3:53

06 Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle Heart Like A Wheel 3:10

07 Maria Muldaur Gringo En Mexico 3:20

08 Wendy Waldman Mad Mad Me 4:15

09 Valerie Simpson Love Woke Me Up This Morning 3:19

10 Ellen Foley Night Out 5:16

11 Phoebe Snow Two Fisted Love 4:07

12 Linda Lewis Gladly Give You My Hand 2:42

13 Valerie Carter Face Of Appalachia 4:17

14 Roches Hammond Song 5:45

15 Bridget St. John Early Morning Song 1:56

16 Judee Sill The Kiss 4:36

17 Richard & Linda Thompson Dimming Of The Day - Dargai 7:17