You’re No Good - Betty Everett 1963

 Not the first version of the song. 

Tom Hanks, DJ! How the Actor Became a Regular Guest Host on His 'Dream' N.Y.C. Radio Station

Tom Hanks and Debbie Daughtry. PHOTO: WIL CORPUS - TUNEIN

 "When Debbie [Daughtry] contacted me that she had left Ichiban and started Boss Radio 66, I knew she had created my dream station," the actor tells PEOPLE

Read here

Sharp-dressed Man ZZTop 1983

 From the Eliminator LP by ZZ Top.

ZZ Top Eliminator 1983

 40 years ago this week. Wiki.  Susan liked it and bought it. It seemed a lot of people bought it. Listen to it on Spotify here. Did you like it? 

The Blue Peter inn Polperro

 Another great Cornish pub. Webpage

King of Prussia Fowey

 I like Cornwall and Fowey is well worth a visit particularly with the Daphne du Maurier connection. This is a fine old pub. Today I borrowed a pleasant book Daphne du Maurier's Cornwall by Brett Hawthorne from the library. Some lovely photos in there.

Nappy Brown. Coal Miner 1961

 This is a great record. Give it a spin. His name does not work in the U.K.

Bath in 1727

 View of Bath (from Beechen Cliff) painted by Andrew Benjamin Lens, 1727. Thanks to David for this.

King Alfred's Tower near Bruton

 This is a folly near here. Wiki Surrounded by woodland we used to go here a lot when our kids were young. I have been up it but suffered from vertigo while up there. It was originally going to be commemorating the end of the Seven Years War but is associated with the location of Egbert's stone.

Please Please Me the Beatles 1963

 

Today 60 years ago the Beatles released their debut album. Listen to it on Spotify here

Watch a mini documentary on the recording.

Anthony Lennane remembers working at Marble Arch HMV

"I was at HMV when it was released and we spent the whole of that first day selling hundreds if not thousands of copies of the bloomin' thing.  This continued for a while."

The Book of the Medieval Knight Stephen Turnbull

 Got this today for £1! I am hoping my Grandson will later develop an interest in Knights and Castles like his Dad did. Then he can have this. Classic book. 

Ralph Mitchard

 Photo by my sister Anne. At Tucker's Grave near Radstock. The drink is their own Mother Tucker's cider which is delicious. If you haven't been to Tucker's maybe make it up there this year. You can camp there.

Incidentally I have created a new label Cider which you can use to read more about this drink. 

Great compilation

 Cobra and ABCO recordings produced by Willie Dixon. 

Rich's Cider

 While on the subject of Rich's Cider they now have a restaurant when you visit. Webpage

Near Highbridge Somerset.

Seymour Arms Witham Friary near Frome

 This is lovely country pub not far from Frome. An unusual sort of bar which gave rise to the legend that is was once a railway ticket office but I don't think that was true. They have bar skittles and sell Rich's cider. Bos introduced us to it otherwise I don't suppose we would have found it. Opposite the local cricket field it has a beer garden with a climbing frame for kids. We played there once with the Bad Detectives which fulfilled an ambition. 

Lightnin' Hopkins Backyard Boogie

 

Hank Mizell Jungle Rock rereleased 1976

 Saturday 🌙 night selection. Was a hit in the UK in 1976. Hank Mizell wiki. It was on our Youth club jukebox and I remember we used to put it on and when it was ending we would nudge the jukebox so the needle would skid back to the beginning and play it again. 

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar (1973)

Some songs for Patrick's Day.Thin Lizzy played in Frome around this time. Was packed apparently. I was too young to go.

Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair dom do laimh - Planxty 1973

 Live at the National Stadium, Dublin 1973. Probably my favourite folk groups ever. You may need to turn this up, it's a bit on the quiet side. I was able to get Susan's parents into Planxty. We saw Liam O'Flynn at the Merlin in Frome in 1988. It was lovely. Hear the cassette of the solo album we bought here

Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2023) Official Trailer

This has just been uploaded. Been looking for this Scorsese documentary for some time. 

 PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY tells the definitive story of the culture-defying David Johansen, notorious ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls. Framed around an intimate cabaret performance filmed in January 2020 at New York City’s storied Café Carlyle, PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY reveals Johansen’s enormous influence, transcending the walls of music as a window into the art and cultural evolution of New York City. Streaming April 14 on SHOWTIME.