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Bernard Butler is one of my favourite guitarists of all time, he is also an excellent producer but his search for perfection has led him to fall out with most of the artisits he has worked with.
After splitting from Suede during the recording of Dog Man Star, Butler joined forces with soul singer David McAlmont. [...]

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Ike & Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits, 1973

Anna Mae Bullock was born in 1939 in a ‘little old town called Nutbush.’

After joining Ike Turner’s band The King of Rhythm as a backing singing in 1956, and changing the name of the band to the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Ike & Anna Mae Bullock [...]

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Kirsty MacColl – New England, Promo video
Every time I hear a Kirsty MacColl song it reminds me of how much I loved her voice and what a tragedy it was that her life was taken in such a tragic accident.
This is one of my favourite Kirtsy MacColl tracks, a great version Of Billy Bragg’s New [...]

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The Cocteau Twins – Hazel live at The Brixton Ace Theatre in 1982
As a part of the new Channel 4, there was a ‘youth’ programme on Monday nights called Whatever You Want introduced by a very young Keith Allen.  The programme was pretty awful, if my memory serves me well, but at the end of [...]

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Pixies – Gigantic
Before Nirvana’s quite, loud, quite grunge arrangements the world was in love with Boston’s finest – The Pixies.
The Pixies were Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and Dave lovering.  In 1988 they released their debut album, Surfer Rosa, and from it was taken their first UK single Gigantic.
This video is of The Pixies [...]

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