Quincy Jones
I guess this forms part II of our commemoration of Quincy Jones, to go with our article on his passing earlier this week (see News...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 23
Playlist: Great Opening Tracks
A couple of things this last week - one a sadly unfolding saga of a band crumbling in front of our eyes, the other a very specific (and...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 14
The great 'other' guitarists
Following on from my chronicling of my favourite drummers and bass players, I thought it was high time to start considering the...
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jamesgeraghty
May 5
Mac the Mouth at 65
Today we celebrate a milestone birthday reached by the one of (partially self-proclaimed) great band frontmen to come out of the 1980s....
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 30
Playlist: A to Z of the 1980s
It's the end of April, post number 193, and the second anniversary of this site. Incredibly, in that time, over 450 people have visited...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 17, 2023
Geoff Davies passes aged 80 (and playlist)
So, another musical icon from Liverpool passed on this week. While he had an association with the Cavern Club scene of the 1960s, it was...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 31, 2023
Playlist: Ultimate 80s
The mood in the Birds That Are Blue camp is still requiring an uplift. So we will continue with our theme of playlists by the decade -...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 18, 2023
Les Pattinson at 65
There will be many more higher profile musical birthdays in April, but today is time to celebrate the 65th birthday of one of the less...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 17, 2022
Geography Playlist 2: Liverpool
For the second of our run of geographically themed playlists, we head off to the musical mecca of northwest England - Liverpool. But this...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 14, 2022
Remembering Pete de Freitas
He was a powerhouse, regarded by many as the best drummer on the scene in the 1980s, but on 14 June 1989, Pete de Freitas was killed in a...
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