by Paul Merry | Nov 28, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Updated: 19 Jan 2019. When James Brown rolled the Rolling Stones – plus the first funk record Watching HBO’s new documentary on James Brown debunked one old myth that’s been around for years, amongst many other things, and also enlightened me on the first...
by Paul Merry | Nov 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
UPDATED: 3 August 2016. The birth of Heavy Metal. Hey, I was there! I’ve suddenly realized just how fortunate I am. The penny dropped while recording my ‘blues-rock to heavy metal’ broadcasts on Code Zero Radio a couple of years ago. I suddenly became aware...
by Paul Merry | Nov 13, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Updated 5 August 2016. Full transcript of Iggy’s 66-minute 2014 UK music lecture. The highlight of Britain’s 2014 Radio Festival held in Manchester a couple of years ago was Iggy Pop giving the BBC Music John Peel Lecture. The talk lasted 66 minutes, so...
by Paul Merry | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The fabulous Cream. From left: Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton. UPDATED 17 August 2016 “Fascinating blogs :)” @Henleyguy1, Henley on Thames, England. 19 November 2014. Two years ago, Jack Bruce died. Let’s have a look back at Jack. If you...