It IS BRIAN MAY lead guitarist of the mega band Queen at his very beginning and yes his first guitar was made by both Brian and largely under his dear Dad’s tutelage! He still used it through the Queens time at the top I gather and amongst others I am sure he still has it! Supposedly it played like an absolute dream
Brian May
Here is Dell’s prize and whilst it seems somewhat measly after such a fast response it IS a FRENCH poster from The Beatles Film YELLOW SUBMARINE and rarely seen
I am going to be AFK for a while maybe able to check in later I hope meanwhile here’s another quiz for ya . . . . .(same rules apply no reverse engineering and no google!)
So who is this youngster and budding guitarist?
Clue No.1 the guitar he is playing here is “homemade” (well mostly by his Dad!)
A Gentle Journey Through Memory and Heartache: Across The Great Divide
"For those who cherish the quiet grace of folk and country music, “Across The Great Divide” (written by Kate Wolf) sung here by Nanci Griffith, with the luminous harmony of Emmylou Harris, remains a deeply affecting recording. The song appears on Griffith’s 1993 album Other Voices, Other Rooms, a heartfelt tribute to the writers who shaped her musical soul. Although not released as a charting single, the album itself reached No. 5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, reflecting its warm reception.
One of its most memorable performances came during Griffith’s live appearances in the early 1990s, particularly at the Austin City Limits stage, where the blend of her delicate phrasing and Harris’s angelic harmonies truly shone. This version is worth hearing for its sincerity and reverence—two voices, rich with experience, honouring a song with quiet dignity."
Nanci Griffith and Emmylou Harris Across The Great Divide
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When Nanci Griffith first recorded Across The Great Divide for her 1986 album The Last of the True Believers, it arrived as a quiet yet profoundly stirring testament to the bridges we build and the distances we endure in life and love. Though it never soared to the very top of the mainstream charts, peaking modestly on the folk and country listings, its resonance was immediate among those who cherished songs that whispered rather than shouted. The collaboration with Emmylou Harris, whose ethereal harmonies float like a soft wind through the verses, gave the song a luminous warmth, a gentle glow that lingered long after the needle left the groove.
Well tomorrow may not be like any other day
It's so hard to know now
What with the collective they
See lately they've been swinging high the wrecking ball
Tipping dirt on the foundations I spent so long upon
Making sure they would be strong
But you and I
We are hard as stone
You and I
We are hard as stone
I may empty out my pockets in their hat one day
Then I'll turn my back
And I will simply walk away
They may think it over and reach out their hand
But I'll have long since disappeared by then
Like water in the sand
You see gold was all that they had planned
But you and I
We are hard as stone
You and I
We are hard as stone
They're like pawns on attack
And I am back here castling
Trying to find my feet
Find my Joi de Vie again
But I can't make it on my own
I may need something strong
That I can build new hope upon
Well you and I
We are hard as stone
You and I
We are hard as stone
You and I
He was best known as the lead singer with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The jazz/comedy/eccentric English band (whose members also included Neil Innes and ‘Legs’ Larry Smith) are known to most for their appearance onstage during the strip club scene in Magical Mystery Tour (“Death Cab For Cutie”). Seen and heard here: The Bonzos’ highest-charting single, 1968’s “I Am The Urban Spaceman,” produced by one Apollo C. Vermouth (Macca to you).
I think more than any other perhaps the Hilliard Ensemble did more to spread the word for choral music like Tallis than any other. I first came across then and the composer as an art student largely thanks to fellow art students . . . . . again I don’t need here to explain about my beliefs (or lack of them?) but heck the love of religious buildings and religious music came from my dear Mum and Dad but from an entirely secular standpoint . . . . . . . .
" Imagine you're at a Bob Dylan concert in 1966, you've been transfixed by the first half acoustic performance, new songs like Visions of Johanna, 4th Time Around and Just Like a Woman have blown your mind. You sit in the intermission wondering what's going to happen next, then this lot walk out and do this at a volume louder than you've ever heard before.”
* the only proviso being that his first single [Mixed Up Confusion] was ELECTRIC! Even Corrinna Corinna the B-side!
