Interesting piece about the bad vibe at the 1970 IoW festival
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Excellent piece, I have renamed Stronzetto’s kennel and lean-to ‘Desolation row’ in tribute.
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2020 is fucked, this much is apparent, even Schumann can’t shift the stink of Brexit Rona. Something altogether more potent is required… Activate UUTAi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=72&v=YeAp1fPt8Eg&feature=emb_logo
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I hope her teeth are insured.
Some shizz for us jazzers
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Sadly quality is a tad rubbish
Even so great
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I went to view a house today.
Luckily the Estate Agent couldn’t make it so the owner showed me round . She was called Fiona. I really really liked the house, not easily describable and I am not going to say much more about the house except…
I walked into what would normally be a bedroom, there was a piano in the corner a wall full of guitars, Fenders, Gibsons, Hohners, Gretch I recognised but there were plenty of others, I commented on them and Fiona said, ‘ah well my husband plays’
In the dining room was a vintage jukebox full of Fiona’s collection of 50s and 60s singles.
We got chatting about lock down and life generally over the last few months and she told me of her reasons for moving.
‘Thank God it didn’t happen last year’ said Fiona, Miller (her husband) was so busy touring and was in the States most of the year as it was the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.
‘He played at Woodstock?’ I asked.
‘Oh yes’ she said 'He was in the Keef Hartley Band.
She was a really lovely lady and was name dropping quite naturally as she knew John Mayall quite well (apparantly he didn’t get on with people very well which is why so many people came and went in his bands, and there was me thinking he was just nurturing all that talent that played with the Bluesbreakers!) Ian Hunter was still her husbands best mate, ‘Jon Lord sat where you are now when Miller played on his solo albums.’
She knew her music inside out and a house viewing which normally takes 10-15 minutes took 1hr 20m 
Miller played with loads of people and was in T Rex and Spencer Davis Group and Chicken Shack.
Not at all what I was expecting!
Interview with him here
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Fantastic stuff!
Excellent, I’d be tempted to get another 10 viewings just for the stories
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Wow !
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Next Thursday - live gig on Nick Cave website. A one off performance - piano only from Alexandra Palace. £16.
@Ruprecht excellent read.
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The characterization of some of the ‘players’ and context is so nicely put together. The images illustrated the piece so well. Another time, another place but what a time and what a place eh?
The photo of him and Monk is great - imagine meeting Thelonious Monk when you were 19. It’s nice to get some background on the pre-bop era.
Interesting to see he’s done a series of Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes novels - I’ll need to investigate further.
I enjoyed this little piece
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Yea, but, did you buy it, complete with it’s history, of course ?
Yes (stc).
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A good man.
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