This is a very… what’s the word, ‘crunchy’ version of Stan Rogers’ great song ‘The Mary Ellen Carter’.
This filmed in The Cellar Bar in Oxford, supporting Trembling Bells, on 10 April 2016.
(Thanks to Hannah Bond for the filming.)
Month: May 2016
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The Absolute Last of Old England
His name was James Last. He was synonymous with the cheesiest of Easy Listening music.
He made an album of traditional English tunes.
And it’s brilliant.
Enough said.
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Holy shit! It’s Sammy Davis Jr!
A return to my Apropos of Nothing series, in which I feature something in quite a lot of detail, for no particular reason.
This month: Sammy Davis Jr.
“Why?” Because he was one of the greatest entertainers in living memory.
“So what? Why does everyone keep going on about the Rat Pack, and why Sammy Davis Jr particularly?”
Those are three separate questions, and only the last one is interesting. Because he was extraordinarily talented. Because he was a very interesting guy. Because he went through some very hard times and they didn’t defeat him. Because he risked his life on a daily basis to speak out against endemic racism.
But the same could still be said of lots of people.
Basically, I think he was proper bona-fide 24 carat star. Let me try to give some examples why:
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