. . . . a favourite song from a favourite band and partly the reason why I call my son Matty!
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Captain Beefheart - Grow Fins (The Spotlight Kid) | HERBERG DE KELDER
Grow Fins
"Now here ya come baby with your tail dragon the gravy . . . . . . . . gonna take up with a mermaid and leave you landluving women alone . . . . . . I’m gonna grow fins and go back in the water . . . . . you know your Peas & Queues!”
HERBERG DE KELDER
Grow Fins - (Live, 1972)
Family - A Song For Me (1970 UK, 2004 Japanese remaster and expanded) | Plain & Fancy
Family - A Song For Me (1970 UK, 2004 Japanese remaster and expanded)
again I have mentioned before that Family and Roger were amongst my brother's favourite rock bands and whilst I got it, I didn’t really like them as much as Steve did and we went to see them a couple of times but I gave the following a miss after a while . . . . . I appreciate Chapman’s unique vocal mannerisms but they can grate after a while. Early albums like this amongst his best work . . . . .
This might well be the best of the early Family recordings. A combination of hard rock (bordering on metal) and wistful folk-rock (it sounds as if Chapman and Whitney were listening to a lot of Incredible String Band), A Song for Me veers toward early progressive rock, but isn't as nakedly indulgent as some early prog-rock recordings (e.g., they didn't try to sound like a jazz band, they wanted to sound like a rock band screwing around with jazz).Perhaps their most experimental record, it seems as though the credo in making this disc was that anything went. And on tracks like "Drowned in Wine," it works quite well. Again, Chapman offers more proof of his vocal greatness, and again the record sells large quantities in England and nearly nothing in America.by John DouganTracks
1. Drowned In Wine - 4:09
2. Some Poor Soul - 2:44
3. Love Is A Sleeper - 4:01
4. Stop For The Traffic - Through The Heart Of Me - 2:12
5. Wheels (John "Charlie" Whitney, Rick Grech, Roger Chapman) - 4:37
6. Song For Sinking Lovers - 4:06
7. Hey - Let It Rock - 0:59
8. The Cat And The Rat - 2:30
9. 93's OK J (John "Charlie" Whitney, John Weider) - 3:58
10.A Song For Me (John "Charlie" Whitney, John Weider, Rob Townsend, Roger Chapman) - 9:22
11.No Mule's Fool - 3:12
12.Good Friend Of Mine - 3:31
13.Drowned In Wine - 4:10
14.The Cat And The Rat - 2:48
15.Wheels (John "Charlie" Whitney, Rick Grech, Roger Chapman) - 6:46
16.A Song For Me (John "Charlie" Whitney, John Weider, Rob Townsend, Roger Chapman) - 8:01
All songs written by John "Charlie" Whitney, Roger Chapman, except where noted
Bonus Tracks 11-15
Family
*Roger Chapman - Vocals, Percussion
*Charlie Whitney - Electric, Acoustic Guitars, Bass
*John Weider - Acoustic Guitar, Bass,
*Poli Palmer - Percussion, Keyboards,, Vibes
*Rob Townsend - Drums, Percussion
With
*George Bruno - Organ
*Jim King - Saxophone
Family - A Song For Me (remastered 2022) 9.19 minutes
Rock Influences - 1984-06-09 - Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ (FM) | so many roads (archive) | A Speedy Special
Rock Influences - 1984-06-09 - Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ (FM)
So Speedy at So Many Roads dropped by to add a note to The Band version of Rag Mama Rag to say he had the concert available and sure enough here it is [clink on the title] and Speedy assures me the file is still very much available!
1984-06-09
Capitol Theater,
Passaic, NJ
FM Broadcast
01. Show Introduction by John Sher
John Sebastian
02. John Sebastian intro by John Scher
03. Mobile Line > Bullfrogs On My Mind\
04. Banter
05. Nashville Cats
06. She's A Lady
07. Richie Havens Intro by John Sebastioan
08. Tar Beach (w/Richie Havens)
Richie Havens
09. License To Kill
10. Here Comes The Sun
Roger McGuinn
11. Roger McGuinn Intro By Richie Havens
12. Don't You Write Her Off
13. Chestnut Mare (w/John Sebastian)
14. Turn Turn Turn
Jesse Colin Young
15. Jessie Colin Young Intro by Roger McGuinn
16. Darkness Darkness
The Band
17. The Band Introduction By Jesse Colin Young
18. The Shape I'm In (w/Jesse Colin Young)
19. Blaze Of Glory
20. Rag Mama Rag
All Artists
21. Mr. Tambourine Man
22. Eight Miles High
23. Banter
24. Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?
25. Encore Applause
26. Get Together
27. Bring It Home
Speedy said at the time:The launch of MTv in August 1981 revolutionized the music industry. Suddenly, folks were not just listening to their favorite music but hey were watching it. " I Want My MTv" became such a well known catch phrase that Dire Straits incorporated it into their classic track, Money For Nothing, inviting Sting to sing that line as part of the tune's coda. Videos went from simple tapes of a band playing a tune live to elaborate, mini movies costing millions to produce. While MTv in its easrly days primarily featured punk and new wave music, mainstream rock soon became part of the rotation. In addition, the station grew beyond videos, developing original programming such as Unplugged, the MTV Video Music Awards and Rock Influences. Launched in 1984, rock influences took a look at a current band or artist by examining how ,they were influenced by the prior generation of musicians. The show featured live performances, usually filmed at the Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ, by both the current act and its influences. When REM performed at the Capitol on June 9, 1984, 44 years ago today, their rock influences, served as the opening act. This FM broadcast captures their opening set in its entirety, featuring tunes from John Sebastian, Richie Havens, Roger McGuinn, Jesses Colin Young and The Band!
Seeing as how the Band song didn’t feature John B Sebastian I found this from the Wlfgang Vult who had some of the original musical eateries from this evening
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
JAMES RIGBY - FIRST SLEEP
FIRST SLEEP - James Rigby
Sorry not to have posted too much today but I was still reeling in the shock of hearing about the loss of dear Glen Hansard so we will leave it here with a piece from James called ‘First Sleep'
Van Morrison - Beside You (Astral Weeks) | jt1674
Astral Weeks for the longest time perhaps my favourite album of all time and despite recently falling out with the views of an ignorant old man reconstituting old R’n’B and vaunting ignorant insane anti-science views and blaming it on freedom . . . . . this remains
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
where it all began . . . for me . . . . . Glen meant a great deal to me since seeing him in the film for which he won the Oscar for this song.
I hadn’t spotted him that I recall in The Commitments where he started proper but since the wonderful ‘Once’ with his partner in song in The Swell Season, Marketa Irglova, their heartfelt song 'Falling Slowly' deserved its oscar for sure and I then followed his six album's worth of work with then band The Frames.
Glen sang at Shane MacGowan’s funeral most lately moving there everyone to tears, a unique and peerless star has gone out, we will not see his like again . . . and out saddest heartfelt best wishes go out to his wife, Maire and family, loved ones, extended family and many countless colleagues
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
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