No. not me in my Coverville shirt.No, not Thea Gilmore signing it.
The (other) balding gentleman in behind. His name is Rod Clements and opened for Thea in Birkenhead, impressing my 'date' sonofwebcore and I. But who is Rod Clements?
Show was £12 and worth the price to hear that lovely voice, for Fluff's soulful accompaniment,and for Rod's short opening set. A's for all three. B for atmosphere, C for production, percussion and guitar, so B- overall. A talent like Thea - eight albums by age 30 - would shine brighter in more favorable lighting.
Spill points to DaddyPig for knowing who Rod Clements is/was. (Read comments). So in a blatant bid to keep the thread going, Thea married her producer/manager Nigel Stonier, who also plays with her, which leads to the obvious questions about mixing work and pleasure. Is this a good idea? Can you still be objective at work? Does it inspire or stagnate you working with one person? Other than your kid hearing some great lullabies and carpooling, are there other home benefits? And do we know any examples. Feel free to discuss or go about your merry business as you please.
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Sorry for pic quality - phone with no flash because I didn't think they'd allow cameras.
Emu? Something about Emu?
I'm sure I remember the name from those Panini football stickers.
Lindisfarne !
Interestingly, TY, Lindisfarne also included Alan Hull, so one could easily get confused. (Alan Clements and Emu ?).
I've just been checking a bit further, and it seems that Rod wrote "Meet Me On The corner", Lindisfarne's first hit, worked with Bert Jansch and Pentagle, and all sorts...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Clements
Sounds like a v good evening in spite of the technical issues.
I'm always getting Rod Hull, Alan Hull and Rod Stewart mixed up. I think for a while back then they share a mullet.
Just to deepen the muddle, it was Ray Jackson from Lindisfarne who played mandolin on "Maggie May". Rod Stewart carelessly credited it on the album on the lines of: "Mandolin - the bloke from Lindisfarne, I forget his name". Ray Jackson is understandably cross about this lack of respect and care; especially as nearly all of Lindisfarne played mandolin
Spill points to DaddyPig for his musical knowledge and to Tatanka for not pointing out the Thea is obviously standing on a stool.
His Odd Man Out (Clements, not Tatanka's, although if the shoe/cap fits...) CD seems worth shelling out for based on the songs from it we heard Tuesday. Ragtown is as good a folk song as you'll hear.
Did Rod and Fluff sign the shirt too?
How's that work with the whole wash and wear thing?
Anyone else remember the Charisma 6 Bob Tours in 1971? Van Der Graaf Generator, Lindisfarne and Genesis. When you tell kids today that you could have a night out like that, drink 2 pints, catch a bus home and all for less than ten shillings, they just say,"THE DAY CENTRE'S AT THE END OF THE STREET, MISTER." "YOU'VE WALKED STRAIGHT PAST IT AGAIN."
Sorry, wash?
I may have missed out on the Ray Clements points but I DO know that Is/was proved very popular with young people and students. Spit the Dog v Emu? Who'd have won?
I've changed the post in a sad and blatant attempt to keep the thread going.
"do you whip shane?"
business and pleasure eh..
wife and husband teams would make a very pleasurable playlist.. my twelve:
Mi and L'au
Schwervon!
Angus & Julia Stone
viva voce
mates of states
tom tom club
the innocence mission
stereolab
the sundays
cocteau twins
yo la tengo ( i think)
abba!
Richard and Linda Thompson
was everyone in Fleetwood mac married to each other? messy anyway.
(enough comments yet?)
I think the Fleetwood bunch inter-married with the Mamas & Papas bunch.
Thanks for your input Shane. You may go back to tarring your roof now
thank you
(wildbirds & peacedrums will be my last offering on marriage)
did you ever re-listen to elvis perkins by the way and was it the ash wednesday album?
alas I have not. I've been so caught up trying to make up my mind on topo songs and albums of 2009. Which I am done now, and just yesterday put Elvis back onto my iPod.
There's an Elvis mini concert in dropbox btw
um, which i know is just not good enough. Luckily you are too far away to egg (free range, of course) my house.
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