We started the day with Richard Thomspon’s tribute to ‘Siggy' and so from that same project we will check out with this heartfelt tribute to this couple and you might be best advised to have a handkerchief to hand and it really got to me. Again sung to the inspiration of this heartfelt wonderful song it nearly made me cry . . . .I will bid you all a very Good Night, snuggle up if you can and stay safe all. . . .
Kate Rusby (with husband Damien O’Kane on guitar) performs ‘Light Beyond The Lines’ to Charlotte and Dave, the couple who inspired it. She wrote the song for 21st Century Folk, Radio 2’s series that sees five people have songs written about their lives.
During a mental health crisis, Charlotte intended to end her life. Train driver Dave stopped his train and spoke to Charlotte, persuading her to go home. Months later, they reconnected. They're now married with children.
To hear their full story, find 21st Century Folk on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002...
If you are suffering distress or despair and need support, including urgent support, a list of organisations that can help is available at BBC actionline
Recorded at Cubley Hall near Penistone.
Produced by Pomona Audio for the BBC.
Now we have said we stopped posting Dylan ROIOs as we seem to have so many (thousands?) and tho’ the so called Never Ending Tour presses on, the soundboards from most recent concerts are much of a muchness so unless something is very special we have just not bothered so much anymore, here’s an exception! It’s from Jobe at HQ at The Voodoo Wagon so it must be worth checking out!
A JOBE SPECIAL
Jobe says:
Here's one we haven't posted yet. Now I'm sure this is posted almost everywhere. This is one I must have bought at a yard sale. While cleaning up some clutter I found this and another Dylan I'll put up in a day or two. If you need more info go here We Had Known a Lion
Just because Blow Against The Empire was a favourite Paul Kantner album that I enjoyed so much . . .there is this and never knew so much was covered live by the Starship!
Jefferson Starship - 1974-04-06 - Passaic, NJ
Jefferson Starship Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 1974-04-06
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--- Blows Against The Empire : Sunrise > (missing) 01 Blows Against The Empire : Hijack > 02 Blows Against The Empire : Have You Seen The Stars Tonite? > 03 Blows Against The Empire : XM > 04 Blows Against The Empire : Starship 05 talk & tuning 06 Milk Train 07 talk & tuning 08 Sketches Of China 09 talk & tuning 10 Ballad Of The Chrome Nun 11 talk & tuning 12 Harp Tree Lament 13 talk & tuning 14 Papa John's Down Home Blues 15 Wooden Ships 16 talk & tuning 17 Come Again? Toucan 18 talk & tuning 19 Epic (#38) 20 talk & tuning & band intros 21 Better Lying Down Encore 22 Diana > 23 Volunteers
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Paul Kantner - vocals, rhythm guitar Grace Slick - vocals David Freiberg - keyboards, electric bass (#21,+22&23?), vocals Papa John Creach - violin, vocals Craig Chaquico - lead electric guitar Peter Kaukonen - electric bass, electric guitar (#21,+22&23?) John Barbata - drums
Remembering the great Charlie Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942)
“He wasn’t the most imposing figure in the world, but by gosh, when he sat down to play the guitar he was something… He was way ahead of his time, and a joy to listen to.”
Benny Goodman
Christian was the electric guitar's first superstar, (he even made the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, even if it was almost half a century after his death) but he wasn't the first electric guitarist. Experiments with pickups and amplification began in the early 1930s, with the Rickenbacker company, and Christian's famous arch-top was developed by Gibson in the middle of the decade. Oklahoma prodigy Christian bridged the swing era of the 1930s to the leaner, faster, and more demandingly intricate small-group style of bebop in the 1940s, and he put the now ubiquitous sound of the electric guitar on the map.
Christian had the briefest of recording careers - barely two years. Tuberculosis claimed him in 1942, aged 25, but not before he had blazed a trail that not only inspired generations of guitarists (in both pop and jazz music), but also significantly influenced the development of the bebop revolution.
"Gibson made the first real electric guitar with the horseshoe pick up ( even called the Charlie Christian pick up) which converted acoustic sound into electric signal. Previous pick ups only amplified acoustic sounds which don't make a guitar electric. So in this light we could say that Charlie Christian was the first real electric guitarist"
something to lift the spirits? . . . . and of course if you listen to one song today MAKE IT THIS ONE!
Richard Thompson - Siggy’s Song (Radio 2’s 21st Century Folk)
Richard Thompson performs ‘Siggy’s Song’ to the man who inspired it.
Richard wrote the song for 21st Century Folk, Radio 2’s series that sees five people have songs written about their lives.
Siggy came to London from Barbados in 1962. He began working on the railways, and playing cricket, as soon as he arrived. At the age of 85, he still works at a train station, and he still plays cricket!
With thanks to Siggy’s teammates at Holtwhites-Trinibis Cricket Club in Enfield.
To hear Siggy’s full story, find 21st Century Folk on BBC Sounds:
