Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Baroque Guitar by Julian Bream, one of the most distinguished classical guitarist of the 20th century.  Playing pieces from the 1700's, mostly composed for lute or guitar.  From 1966, on RCA Victor Red Seal, LM-2878. Here is part of Fantasy and Minuet by Fernando Sor
(the Beethoven of the guitar):





In 1977 former members of Mott The Hoople along with John Fiddler (Box of Frogs) formed the band British Lions and in 1978 released this, their one and only album.  Their cover of the Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets is pretty good.







Many of Jackson Browne's early songs were recorded by artists like the Eagles, Gregg Allman, Nico and the Byrds, long before he put out his first album.  Working as a staff songwriter for Elekta at 18, it would be 6 more years before he would release his first record.  From 1973, For Everyman, is his second album, and contains the hit Take It Easy, co-written by Glenn Frey which became the Eagles first single.  That song is also responsible for making the "corner in Winslow Arizona" famous!   A little while ago I got a text from my daughter, who was traveling at the time, "I'm standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona"  and I sent back "sounds like the Eagles!"  I suppose I could have said it sounds like Jackson Browne!  It would be hard to go wrong with any Jackson Browne album, he is such a good songwriter.  Here is Red Neck Friend:



His fourth studio release from 1976 is The Pretender.  Released after the suicide of his first wife, this album has some very emotional songs. Here Comes Those Tears Again which is credited as co-written with his mother in law, Daddy's Tune, Sleeps Dark and Silent Gate as well as this song Your Bright Baby Blues:

















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