We lobbed the feathered arrows of enquiry at the rock and roll dartboard this week and these got the highest scores …
… rock stars v the new league of the Super-Rich.
… package tours of the mid-‘60s – eight acts, an interval, a compere plus God Save the Queen.
… ‘Hits, Flops and Other Illusions’ by Edward Zwick and the fantastic tale about arrogance, money-squandering and Julia Roberts at the Halcyon Hotel.
... pop music used to be about persuading people to cut loose; now it’s about getting them to tighten up.
… why you can read Ron Wood’s memoir as either comedy or tragedy.
.. Chris Blackwell’s post-production trickery that sold Bob Marley to a rock audience.
… Master Tape Rescue: the arduous task of panning for gold.
... and why there should be a movie about the making of Shakespeare in Love.
Plus birthday guest Chuck Loncon in Savannah, Georgia – Neil Young v Spotify, Lady Antebellum, the Dixie Chicks and the tangled world of political correctness.
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Burt Bacharach, Waters v Gilmour and how to save the BRITS
15 minutes with Midge Ure about shows he's seen and played
George Harrison and the T-Bone steak, rock fantasy football teams & spot the AI lyrics!
Ron Sexsmith - heading your way in April – remembers “life-changing” shows seen over the years
Joel De’ath, “the Indiana Jones of rare vinyl”, describes his hunt for the Holy Grail
Peter Asher: singer, producer, manager, main role model for Austin Powers
Farewell Tom Verlaine – plus terrible records we can’t help loving
The Long Ryders are heading your way - and it all began with a “red negligee” …
Farewell David Crosby plus “classic” records that leave us cold
Suzanne Vega: she started at Carnegie Hall and she's coming to a town near you in February
Jeff Beck “had a boom-tish anecdote about every step of his life”
Tony King – friend, adviser and confidante: you can see why the Beatles, Stones and Elton thought he was the best company imaginable
The greatest singer of all time? (we know the answer)
The transformational role of the bus in ‘60s pop: discuss!
The deliciously eccentric life and art of Ivor Cutler by his biographer Bruce Lindsay
The things rock made us wear
Strokes producer Gordon Raphael on the serendipitous creation of 'Is This It'
Jet Black, exotic Americans and Oscar Hammerstein’s joke
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