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Twas a dark day in Dallas, OTD. November '63. Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul.

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Louder Than Words Festival - ROUTE BOOKS

at Louder Than Words Festival Stall set up. Cheeky new flier on the table

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in case you were wondering . . . someone asked me the other day why I kept posting links to Route posts about music and who were they! . . . this is who

and this is why!

Birthdays | NEIL YOUNG (80) | Don’t Tunes / Route

 Happy 80th birthday to Neil Young! 

 

Do you have one guitar that is so rare you don't even dare play it?

Neil : No, I don't ever have that sort of reaction. I have a guitar that Hank Williams owned, but I use it all the time. It's an old Martin D-28 and I bought it from Tut Taylor. Its always great to realize the history that you are holding in your hands...to understand the importance and the influence of Hank Williams for all of us. People are almost scared to be in the presence of something he could have touched...almost to the point where they think that just touching the instrument will elevate them to another plane. It's wonderful to have that guitar for those reasons. Most of the people who should have used that guitar have used it. I'm very careful with it, but I use it constantly. It's not on some museum wall. 

Q : Of all the guitarists you know, who has made the biggest impression on you?

Neil: Bert Jansch is the best acoustic guitarist ; he's my favourite anyway. For electric guitar, I'd say Jimi Hendrix.

Q : In your opinion, why is he still considered the best?

Neil : He was excellent. He was one with his instrument. At that time, no one had pushed the electric guitar so far, and that goes for today, too. He was over everybody. Totally gone. So fluid, using the feedback to create such beautiful things. For a guitar fan like me, it was a revelation. But as for acoustic guitar, Bert Jansch is on the same level as Jimi. That first record of his is epic. It came from England, and I was especially taken by The Needle of Death, such a beautiful and angry song. That guy was so good... And years later, on On the Beach, I wrote the melody of Ambulance Blues by styling the guitar part completely on Needle of Death. I wasn't even aware of it, and someone else drew my attention to it. I'd met him in England in the early 70s, with Pentangle, but I this huge limousine and all that shit and they had a strange attitude with me, considering me as one of those bonehead superstars. 

Guitare & Claviers Magazine  Interview 1992 

Photo: William Coupon

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Neil Young - Harvest Moon (Unplugged) 1993

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Birthdays : Andy Partridge XTC [72] + XTC - THAT WAVE

 Happy birthday to Andy Partridge, born in Mtarfa, Malta on this day in 1953

XTC That Wave - Nonsuch album Andy Partridge

"That Wave" music video off XTC's 1992 album Nonsuch. Lyrics, guitar, and vocals on That Wave by Andy Partridge, with Colin Moulding on bass, Dave Gregory on guitar, and Dave Mattacks on drums.

Nonsuch was produced by Gus Dudgeon and recorded at Chipping Norton studios. The entire "Making of Nonsuch" home video (featuring footage of Andy Partridge playing acoustic guitar to "That Wave") can be found in the 'extras' section of the Nonsuch 5.1 Bluray release.

I'm an XTC fanatic who wants to create more fans through my unofficial music videos. I also write fiction and How-To books, see my profile here: http://www.amazon.com/author/ronjohns...

Buy XTC. Listen to XTC. Love XTC.

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XTC - BOOKS ARE BURNING - THE LATE SHOW - BBC 2 - 9 JUNE '92

Birthdays . . . Pauline Black say “Bo!'

Happy birthday to Pauline Black, born as Belinda Magnus in Romford, Essex on this day in 1953. Someone who loves her switched the radio on. 

The SeLecTor- On my radio´91

Re-boot!

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The Selecter were a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the mid 1979.

Woodstock | Matthews Southern Comfort | Top of the Pops Film | Route

 Much like the person who wrote it, they weren’t at The Woodstock Festival either . . . but this is how I first heard the song and thought it was by them (well Iain anyway!)

Film made by Top of the Pops for the song Woodstock by Matthews Southern Comfort. Broadcast on 15th October 1970. Iain Matthews | Thro My Eyes: A Memoir https://www.route-online.com/all-book...

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Bob Dylan — Farm Aid Full set Minneapolis, Minnesota September, 20. 2025 | Route books (and Nightly Moth)

 BOB LIVE AT FARM AID LAST NIGHT

Possibly the best recorded mini set of Bob and the boys for Farm Aid 2025 that I have heard in many a year . . . . 

A great live stream, thank you to the Farm Aid folks https://www.farmaid.org/ -- view the details /donate here if you wish.

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Nightly Moth says:

A great live stream, thank you to the Farm Aid folks https://www.farmaid.org/ -- view the details /donate here if you wish. This is from the official Farm Aid live YouTube stream -- for any folks who missed it. HD recording directly from the stream. I will post a link to the full event video here if it shows back up on their channel. Bob Dylan and his band -- Tony Garnier, Bob Britt, Anton Fig, Doug Lancio, Matt Katz-Bohen (keyboard). Intro 0:00 All Along The Watchtower 0:54 I Can Tell (Samuel Smith) 5:27 To Ramona 9:02 Highway 61 Revisited 13:20 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 17:31

Birthdays | JARVIS COCKER

Happy birthday to Jarvis Cocker, born in Sheffield on this day in 1963. 

Do you remember the first time?

Do You Remember the First Time

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Bob Dylan | You're a Big Girl Now. Recorded OTD in 1974. | ROUTE

Bob Dylan | You're a Big Girl Now. Recorded OTD in 1974

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Bob Dylan - You're a Big Girl Now (Take 2) (Official Lyric Video)

More Blood, More TracksBuy/Listen: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/bd_mbmt!yabgnt2About the Album:More Blood, More Tracks is the latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s ...

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