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Roger Williamson was a Coventry singer songwriter in the 60’s and 70’s who also played in a band called The Tears in the early 60’s and a duo called East Light in the early 70’s. Roger’s outfit East Light played for Pete Waterman’s progressive venue – The Walsgrave in Coventry 1970, Roger played briefly with…
A visit to the dome with some friends. Processed through Videodelic (Why no osx?). The music is me on guitar via Albleton Live the tune is entitled “The Dogs Chance” Coopz® 2009 Likes: 0 Viewed: source
“Dando Shaft” 1960’s-70’s Legendary acoustic acid-folk. The last gig at Whitefriars Monastery Coventry 1993. The animation is from some early 90’s experiments with Lightwave modeler. Likes: 0 Viewed: source
Dave Cooper sings Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Dando Shaft guitarist Dave Cooper croons through an old standard at luthier Rob Armstrong’s house in Coventry, October 2006, on one of Rob’s guitars.” This is one of my all-time favourite lyrics by Otto Harbach with a classic Jerome Kern melody. From an evening with the beloved Maartin…
This video was originally uploaded by Tim Wilson in 2017, and proved hard to find for a while. Bert and Mart a wonderful duet.Some might say Martin was somewhat written out of Bert’s story. They did two world tours together and Martin made an important contribution to the body of work at the time. This…
Polly Bolton-the Lake of Innisfree – Steve Dunachie – piano (W.B.Yeats/Dunachie) From the album ‘Songs from a cold open field’ source Polly is recognised as one of the leading exponents of decorative style of tradition British singing. She began singing in the folk clubs of Leamington Spa, along with June Tabor, in the mid 1960’s.…
Recorded at La Foret, Harajuku, March 1980 Japan only LP / CD. source
On the anniversary of his sad passing, Ray Jenkins did this for his dad, with a bit of help from Phil Faulkner and me Video … source
LYRICS: Of all the money e’er I had, I spent it in good company. And all the harm I’ve ever done, Alas! it was to none but me. source
As a fan of all kinds of music, I’ve seen a fair share of concerts ranging from the heaviest metal to the quietest folk to the funkiest jazz. I enjoy all kinds of concerts but there are always certain ones that stand out as extremely compelling and exciting. These concerts are the ones that involve…
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