Harbour Bazaar with Steven Hastings : Spotlight On Vivian Stanshall

Harbour Bazaar with Steven Hastings : Spotlight On Vivian Stanshall

English as tuppence, changing yet changeless as canal water, nestling in green nowhere, armoured and effete…Harbour Bazaar delivers for your delight a Spotlight on the legendary singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit VIVIAN STANSHALL

Selecting the songs and telling the story from Southend Teddy Boy roots through to art school rubber eared jazz hot disgusting cold of The Bonzo Dog Band through Death Cabs and Magical Mystery Tour as well as the saga of Sir Henry of Rawlinson End plus a delightful & moving chat with KI LONGFELLOW-STANSHALL, author, Vivian Stanshall’s widow and collaborator on life with him, the  watery escapades of Stinkfoot  and his legacy.

Featured album is 1981 solo album TEDDY BOYS DON’T KNIT and delighted that joining Boxy and I in the studio and choosing tracks we have AL COOPER-NINE, Bonzo’s and Viv aficionado, actor, presenter and Village Green’s own compare extraordinaire!

Theme for the show is Characters plus Guest Choices From Choice Guests, Cover Uncovered and a Glorious Sixties Pop Moment. Now read on…

Playlist

Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop – Little Anthony & The Imperials
Lenny Valentino – Luke Haines
Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold – The Bonzo Dog Band
Canyons Of Your Mind – The Bonxo Dog Band – Live
Nadir’s Big Chance – Peter Hammill
Ginger Geezer – Vivian Stanshall from Teddy Boy’s Don’t Knit
Bewlderbeeste - Vivian Stanshall from Teddy Boy’s Don’t Knit
Keynsham - The Bonzo Dog Band
I’ve Got Money – The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Big Shot – The Bonzo Dog Band
Let’s be Natural – The Rutles
Little Hands – Skip Spence
Barabadabada – Ivory Cutler
Everyday I Have The Blows – Vivian Stanshall from Teddy Boys Don’t Knit
Walk On By – The Stranglers
The Answer – Savages
Interlewd – Vivian Stanshall from Sir Henry At Rawlinson End
Strange Tongues – Vivian Stanshall
My Pink Half Of the Drainpipe – The Bonzo Dog Band
The Cracks Are Showing – Vivian Stanshall from Teddy Boys Don’t Knit

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