Already a phenomenon, it’s probably redundant to post this but here it is anyways.
(I came across this via Cartoon Brew)
I’ve been on a bit of a Thin Lizzy trip lately, so I was extremely happy to find this link via MOJO:
As the description explains, “In 1982, a 70-year-old English granny named May Booker wrote a letter to the BBC about her favorite band, and how nice it would be to play with them. Then this happened.”
Here be the song that sparked the recent Lizzy listening (although the version on my ipod is a live session from John Peel’s show).
The new album from Jonny (Norman Blake and Euros Child’s new project) is currently being streamed at their site:
Here’s a video of their tune, Candyfloss:
Filed under: picks | Tags: Greg Cartwright, Parting Gifts, Reigning Sound
Reigning Sounds Greg Cartwright has a second job in the Parting Gifts:
A Smiths vinyl bootleg called Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals available for download. It consists of some unreleased instrumentals and alternate version of existing tunes. All the tracks are worth checking out. It seems the lot of them have been posted to YouTube:
Jim Shorkey 