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John Renbourn, a lovely man
We have been lucky enough to meet the great John Renbourn once more for our on going Davy Graham documentary I think that John admired and understood Davy Graham, arguably, more than anyone. He was massively influenced by him and you can still hear the sense of wonderment in John’s voice when he talks about Davy.…
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filming Judy Dyble
Today we have been filming original Fairport and Trader Horne vocalist Judy Dyble for the on-going Davy Graham documentary ‘The Man With The Guitar’. Her memories of the early era are fascinating, the London clubs and the people you met, some of whom went on to be very famous (although you would not have know…
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Mr Clapton talks
What a week – we have finally managed to film Eric for our film about Pete Brown, ‘White Rooms and Imaginary Westerns’ and he was utterly charming. He talked at length about the Cream years and the song writing, what songs he still likes and why, what happened and with whom. What he thought of Ginger and…
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Mr Baker talks
Just catching up on all the interviews that the guys have completed while I have been travelling to exotic climes. Did I mention that we have filmed Mr Baker? All went well with the crew no broken noses (if you have not seen the Ginger documentary dvd, then do!). So now we have Mr Bruce…
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Peter Jenner on Marc Bolan
You manage an artists, and does he listen to your pearls of wisdom?
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Like I Do – Great British Record Labels: Oriol
Oriole Records’ somewhat convoluted history began in the mid 1920s, which actually makes them one of the UK’s earliest record labels, although they had periods of inactivity during the 30s and 40s. They were entirely unrelated to the American Oriole label. The Oriole imprint was resurrected again in 1950, initially with a series of UK…
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Well I Ask You – Great British Record Labels: Decca
Decca Records was formed by financier Sir Edward Lewis, the man who would famously run the company from its inception in 1929, right up until his death, in 1980. Fast-forwarding some twenty-odd years, by the 1950s, Decca was established alongside EMI as one of the UK’s two major Majors. Indeed, from a perspective of ‘Popular…
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Roy Harper and the opera singer
Thought you might like this from producer John Leckie’s interview,which probably does not make the next book, but is amusingly Roy. In studio 3 at Abbey Road, Roy’s got his electric guitar, and Roy’s terrible at electric guitar; he’s a great acoustic guitar player. Some guitarists can play acoustic and some play electric and they…
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2015 and we are still filming away
More interviews under our belts for the various documentaries we are working on – for Davy Graham it has been Barry Taylor (Steamhammer manager) and Alan King (Bert Jansch manager) – and for Alexis Korner we have filmed the legendary Zoot Money. All good stuff eh. With a bit of luck and a following wind…
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Charlie Watkins – the WEM man
We lost Charlie at the end of last month, so this Thursday I thought we should all acknowledge what he achieved. He was the man who built those first PA systems and whose letters WEM were on so many a group’s equipment. Plus there was the Watkins Rapier guitar, the Watkins CopiCat tape echo unit…
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Stalking the Beatles
Apple Scruffs were what they were called then
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Twanging, Honking, Plinking & Stomping – The UK Instro Scene Vol. 3
click sleeve to BUY Brit-Pop Instros of the immediate pre-Beatles era (for a recap, check out Vol.1, RHGB 21 / Vol.2, RHGB 30). As we have learned, broadly speaking, the “Golden Age” of UK Instrumentals occurred between the late 50s and the early 60s, peaking in 1961 & 62 following the arrival of The…