Trevor Cook

Sunbury 1974 (I was there!)

 

Led Zeppelin, Sydney, 1972 (I was there)

 

 

 

 

 

Alabama Shakes

Alabama Shakes are a breakout band in the US right now, they're pretty good. You can hear an interview with them on Sound Opinions (a great podcast show btw):

 

RIP Levon Helm - another of the great ones is lost to us

 

Louis Armstrong - West End Blues 1928

Springsteen at SXSW

His keynote address last week was wonderful. The full audio is available here.

The first video below is about Woody Guthrie and "This Land is our Land", in the second he performs the Animals' song "We gotta get out of this place" which he cites as the source of inspiration for his own songs.

 

 

 

The holidays are over

M for Mississippi

  M for Mississippi. I watched this movie yesterday, and listened to the CD, it lives up to all the plaudits on the site. What is also unforgettable is the poverty of people in the world's richest country - and their great spirit. What I was left thinking was just how important culture is, especially when you don't have much else. But, hey, it's a joyous, life-affirming trip. 

Forty years ago, today

Simon and Garfunkel, Sydney 21 June

A great show last night. Naturally, being 67 their voices are a bit weaker and scratchy but the music is magic. Always was always will be. And then there's the nostalgia impact. Listening to these songs and suddenly memories of my teenage years are flooding back over me. The show encourages you to be a little misty-eyed about the years of hope in the sixties, the times when you thought the world could only get better (before we learnt that this idea of human progress was just a bit of Victorian era spin). Their band was tremendous. A wonderful night's entertainment.