Set List:
1. 2+2 = 5
2. Sit Down Stand Up
3. Where I End And You Begin
4. (Inteview Clip)
5. Lucky
6. Paranoid Android
7. A Punchup At A Wedding
8. (Inteview Clip)
9. Pyramid Song
10. Idioteque
11. There There
12. (Inteview Clip)
13. I Might Be Wrong
14. Just
15. Go To Sleep
16. (Inteview Clip)
17. Karma Police
18. Everything In Its Right Place
A SILENT WAY SPECIAL
Tanakh - Drink to Sher (2006)
"I stumbled across this fantastic song in my music files recently. Apparently I’d downloaded it when it was released in 2006. Recorded after Jesse Poe moved from Virginia to Florence, this particular song almost sounds like something by Beulah (maybe it’s the trumpet)”
Gregson got his start being the lead vocalist and main songwriter for the band Any Trouble. They released four albums from 1980 to 1984, then broke up. Unfortunately, while they were critically acclaimed, their sales weren't great. Gregson then started a solo career, while also joining Richard Thompson's band.
Christine Collister didn't have much musical experience before also joining Richard Thompson's band in 1985, roughly the same time Gregson did. She joined after Gregson saw her performing at a folk club and recommended her to Thompson. The two of them began working together as a duo, very much in the mold of the duo of Richard and Linda Thompson in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Gregson and Collister would perform together from 1986 to 1992. They released their first two albums in 1987, "Home and Away" and "Mischief." Most of the songs here come from those albums. If you like Richard Thompson's music, you definitely should check this out. Gregson writes clever and tuneful songs, just like Thompson, and is an excellent guitarist, just like him as well. During these years, Gregson pretty much wrote all the songs, but Collister added a lot with her excellent vocals.
Here's the Wikipedia link for Gregson:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Gregson
And here's the one for Collister:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Collister
Note that the first nine tracks are from the show mentioned in the title. The last four tracks are from another BBC show. It's a lucky break that all the songs are different from the first show here. I don't know anything about this show other that it too was broadcast on the BBC, and it apparently dates to November 2, 1987. If anyone has more information about it, please let me know.
Finally, thanks to musical friend Peter who made this music available to me.
This album is 42 minutes long.
01 All the Time in the World
02 talk
03 Home Is Where the Heart Is
04 You Rascal You
05 Not a Day Passes
06 talk
07 Touch and Go
08 talk
09 I Heard It through the Grapevine
10 When My Ship Comes In
11 It's All Just Talk
12 Lost at Sea
13 All Because of You
(all tracks Clive Gregson & Christine Collister)
Long a fan of their work with the Richard Thompson Band and especially Christine’s beautiful distinctive vocals. The once cover the Byrds ‘Hickory Wind and made it their own and I was hooked
Cassandra Wilson - Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3-31-1996
Here's the Wikipedia entry intro for her:
"Cassandra Wilson was an American jazz singer, songwriter and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She was one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work. She won numerous awards, including two Grammys, and was named "America's Best Singer" by Time magazine in 2001."
Here's the link to the rest of the entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilson
I've mentioned elsewhere in this blog that I'm not a big fan of most instrumental jazz, but I do like a lot of vocal jazz. It's especially easy to like Wilson's stuff, because it's jazz mixed with other genres. Just look at some of the songs she covers here: "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young, "Death Letter" by blues legend Son House, "Love Is Blindness" by U2, "Last Train to Clarksville" by the Monkees, and "32-20 Blues" by Robert Johnson. That's not typical jazz fare, that's for sure!
At the time of this concert, he most recent album was "New Moon Daughter," released in 1995. About half of the songs performed are from that album. The last three songs here, "Solomon Sang," "A Little Warm Death" and "Until," were written by Wilson.
This recording sounds great because it was broadcast on a local radio station at the time. There was some talk in Dutch by a Dutch DJ between the songs, but I cut all that out.
This album is an hour and seven minutes long.
01 Harvest Moon
02 Death Letter
03 talk
04 Love Is Blindness
05 Last Train to Clarksville
06 32-20 Blues
07 Solomon Sang
08 A Little Warm Death
09 Until
Filmed live on July 7, 1979, at the historic Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey, this video captures the band during their legendary Early Show. Debbie Harry commands the stage with absolute punk-rock swagger, transforming the venue into a wild dance floor backed by the band's relentless, razor-sharp rhythm section. 🚀 The Legendary Lineup: 🎤 Deborah Harry – Lead Vocals 🎸 Chris Stein – Guitar 🎸 Frank Infante – Guitar 🎹 Jimmy Destri – Keyboards 🎸 Nigel Harrison – Bass Guitar 🥁 Clem Burke – Drums 📋 5 Fast Facts About the Show/Song: • Real-Life Inspiration – Debbie Harry wrote the lyrics to "One Way Or Another" based on a chilling real-life experience with a stalker who tracked her down in New York, turning a dark situation into an empowering, aggressive rock hit. • The Bass Player's Groove – The music for this iconic track was co-written by bassist Nigel Harrison. His driving, propulsive bassline gave the song its distinct, gritty hard-rock edge that set it apart from standard pop tracks. • Double-Feature Night – This performance comes from the packed "Early Show" on July 7, 1979. The band was in such high demand that summer that they played two completely separate headlining sets on the exact same night on the Jersey Shore. • Parallel Lines Success – As the final major single released from Parallel Lines in North America, "One Way Or Another" climbed to #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, cementing the record's legacy as one of the definitive albums of the New Wave era. • Asbury Park Rock History – The historic Convention Hall boardwalk venue was buzzing with energy for this show, serving as a perfect seaside playground for the NYC-based new wave pioneers to showcase their chart-topping punk-pop crossover sound.
A favourite actor and have never seen a bad performance from Detectorists to Marvellous, Mr Bates and the Post Office to The Ruth Ellis Story, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to personal favourite TV series Don’t Forget The Driver (co-written too!) a huge fan of his dad Freddie who has handed on the chalice to his son . . . . even dare I say it overtaking as 'greatest character actor ever' mantle!
. . . oh some more Bluegrass . . . . . ?
Don’t mind if’n we do!