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Pete Seeger: American Favourite Ballads Vol 5 (Folkways/Elite)

...Now closing in on 90, Seeger has had a great deal of attention lately: first... ...interviews with him, and then Springsteen raided Pete's vast catalogue for his recent studio album We... ...his recent studio album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. He was also nominated for Nobel Peace... ...by an e-mail petition. Seeger's contribution to American popular culture has... ...backwoods. Down Beat magazine once refered to Seeger as "America's tuning fork" although others...

Tagged with: bruce springsteen | pete seeger | songs of america |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1323/pete-seeger-american-favourite-ballads-vol-5-folkways-elite/

PETE SEEGER PROFILED: The conscience of America

...I had given it credit for. I have to say though, Pete Seeger still wasn't on my radar and knowing that... ...given it credit for. I have to say though, Pete Seeger still wasn't on my radar and knowing that he... ...just made him seem like a silly old duffer. Seeger insists he wanted to stop Dylan, not be cause he... ...because the sound was so bad. Maybe, maybe not. Seeger -- who has sometimes been c alled "the... ...his music, has arguably been long overdue. Seeger will turn 90 in May and given that he seems to... ...and perhaps less cynical America, a nation that Seeger felt was betraying its potential and better...

Tagged with: bob dylan | bruce springsteen | pete seeger | woody guthrie |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2256/pete-seeger-profiled-the-conscience-of-america/

Various: The Little Red Box of Protest Songs (Proper/Southbound)

...world via Depression days and then the likes of Pete Seeger who has kept their spirit alive. Seeger,... ...via Depression days and then the likes of Pete Seeger who has kept their spirit alive. Seeger, who is... ...than enough in these 60 songs by the likes of Seeger, Woody Guthrie, various black gospel and... ...others. The excellent DVD doco here has Seeger, Guthrie and others speaking about the protest... ...these which were unearthed and resurrected by Seeger who also drew on Guthrie's original body of... ...(the only one in existence I believe) and Seeger is interviewed at various points in his career,... ...will give you all the background to Joe Hill, Seeger, Guthrie, JB Lenoir, Carl Sandburg, Josh White...

Tagged with: bob dylan | bruce springsteen | pete seeger | woody guthrie |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2422/various-the-little-red-box-of-protest-songs-proper-southbound/

Various Artists: Sowing the Seeds (Appleseed/Elite)

...home to various socio-political folkies such as Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton and others. But for this,... ...to various socio-political folkies such as Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton and others. But for this, their... ...such as Bruce Springsteen and Donovan -- and had Seeger record some excellent new material, notably the...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1351/various-artists-sowing-the-seeds-appleseed-elite/

Woody Guthrie: Original Folk, The Best of Woody Guthrie (Music Club)

...of approval when Steve Earle paid tribute to Pete Seeger at his Auckland concert, and the... ...approval when Steve Earle paid tribute to Pete Seeger at his Auckland concert, and the rediscovery of...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2015/woody-guthrie-original-folk-the-best-of-woody-guthrie-music-club/

Bob Dylan: Who Killed Davey Moore? (1963)

...popular in folk circles and was covered by Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs but then, as with the death... ...popular in folk circles and was covered by Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs but then, as with the death of...

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3179/bob-dylan-who-killed-davey-moore-1963/

Various: Albums from the Smithsonian Folkways series (Folkways/Southbound)

...Classic Labor Songs has Paul Robeson, a bunch of Seegers (Pete, Mike and Peggy), Utah Phillips, Woody... ...Songs has Paul Robeson, a bunch of Seegers (Pete, Mike and Peggy), Utah Phillips, Woody Guthrie... ...Lead Belly, Doc Watson, Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Pete and Mike Seeger, Elizabeth Cotton and more.... ...Watson, Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Pete and Mike Seeger, Elizabeth Cotton and more. Classic Bluegrass...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1712/various-albums-from-the-smithsonian-folkways-series-folkways-southbound/

Bruce Springsteen, with the Sessions Band; Live in Dublin (Sony) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...classic songs made famous by folk legend Pete Seeger, he took to the road with a large band of... ...classic songs made famous by folk legend Pete Seeger, he took to the road with a large band of... ...folkies and mixed some of his own material with Seeger's and the traditional songs. On these nights in... ...by singing choruses -- Springsteen played the Seeger material but also pulled out rarities from his...

Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2006 | best of elsewhere 2007 | bruce springsteen | essential elsewhere |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1244/bruce-springsteen-with-the-sessions-band-live-in-dublin-sony-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Chris Prowse: Trouble on the Waterfront (Proco)

...the ballad Freedom Radio which you could imagine Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris or Bruce... ...Freedom Radio which you could imagine Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris or Bruce Springsteen...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2618/chris-prowse-trouble-on-the-waterfront-proco/

Various: If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi (Smithsonian)

...Lead Belly and Josh White, folk singers such as Pete Seeger and the New Lost City Ramblers, and... ...Belly and Josh White, folk singers such as Pete Seeger and the New Lost City Ramblers, and others on...

Tagged with: lifestyles of the rich and fabulous | pete seeger | woody guthrie |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1166/various-if-you-aint-got-the-do-re-mi-smithsonian/

John Mellencamp: Freedom's Road (Universal)

...Rural Route) and a kind of Woody Guthrie/Pete Seeger working class optimism. On one track he... ...Rural Route) and a kind of Woody Guthrie/Pete Seeger working class optimism. On one track he speaks...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1103/john-mellencamp-freedoms-road-universal/

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AT 60: Still running through America

...nation, the folk singer who reaches back through Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, the rock'n'roller who... ...the folk singer who reaches back through Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, the rock'n'roller who pays...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/3397/bruce-springsteen-at-60-still-running-through-america/

Pete Molinari: A Train Bound for Glory (Clarksville)

English music magpie Molinari's previous two albums alerted you to a folk-driven singer-songwriter who was unashamed of wearing influences but bringing a neat twist to them: his Walking off the Map in

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3326/pete-molinari-a-train-bound-for-glory-clarksville/

Pete Molinari: A Virtual Landscape (Shock)

English singer-songwriter Molinari's debut Walking off the Map was a beguiling, blatantly Dylanesque affair which found great favour at Elsewhere -- but this time out he's like a pub quiz: which song

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1715/pete-molinari-a-virtual-landscape-shock/

Pete Molinari: Walking Off The Map (Shock/EMI)

Molinari is from Chatham in England, but he might have stepped out of an East Village folk club in 1962. Dylan is an influence (he covers Bob's old Tomorrow Is A Long Time, and there is another early

Tagged with: pete molinari | pete seeger | ramblin' jack elliott |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/994/pete-molinari-walking-off-the-map-shock-emi/

Ry Cooder: My Name is Buddy (Warners)

...With Chieftain Paddy Maloney, Van Dyke Parks, Pete Seeger, accordion player Flaco Jiminez, and Jim... ...Chieftain Paddy Maloney, Van Dyke Parks, Pete Seeger, accordion player Flaco Jiminez, and Jim...

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1116/ry-cooder-my-name-is-buddy-warners/

Steve Earle: Washington Square Serenade (NewWest/Elite)

...band Forro in the Dark); and salutes folk legend Pete Seeger in Steve's Hammer. Earle has lost none of... ...Forro in the Dark); and salutes folk legend Pete Seeger in Steve's Hammer. Earle has lost none of his...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1328/steve-earle-washington-square-serenade-newwest-elite/

NO DIRECTION HOME a film about Bob Dylan by MARTIN SCORSESE (2005)

...Holly pop, the political activism of the period, Pete Seeger, old country blues and Americana, the... ...pop, the political activism of the period, Pete Seeger, old country blues and Americana, the poetry of... ...and Dave Van Ronk, and disgruntled folkies like Pete Seeger who saw their connection with a new... ...Dave Van Ronk, and disgruntled folkies like Pete Seeger who saw their connection with a new generation...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/429/no-direction-home-a-film-about-bob-dylan-by-martin-scorsese-2005/

DIXIELAND DISCOVERY: Louis, Pete, Al and me down South

...finest practitioners of the style, clarinettist Pete Fountain. Fountain seldom rates a mention in... ...an authority on the style. His CD series, Pete Fountain Presents the Best of Dixieland (on... ...discs featuring a disc each of Armstrong, trumpeter Ai Hirt, and himself. There is also a... ...better than a footnote. The Fountain disc is Pete’s personal picks of highlights from a 100... ...career and includes some great names such as trumpeters George Girard (who died at 26 of cancer) and...

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Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3182/dixieland-discovery-louis-pete-al-and-me-down-south/

Bruce Springsteen: Working on a Dream (Sony)

...too bloated to be endurable: the opener Outlaw Pete redefines epic around the eight minute mark and... ...of the Supermarket here milks every cliche. Pete Seeger -- whose music he covered with feeling as... ...of the Supermarket here milks every cliche. Pete Seeger -- whose music he covered with feeling as...

Tagged with: bruce springsteen | steven van zandt |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2165/bruce-springsteen-working-on-a-dream-sony/

PETE HAM OF BADFINGER: Take a sad song and make it sadder

...Put simply: Pete Ham was one of the singer-songwriters in... ...gave them his Come and Get It (used in the Ringo-Peter Sellers movie The Magic Christian) on the... ...It is best enjoyed, I suspect, by those who have Pete Townshend's Scoop series of his demos and... ...manager as a "soulless bastard". Peter Ham (born April 1947) grew up in Swansea and by... ...with the band, and he suggested to artist Peter Corriston he do something along the lines of... ...have promised them so much . . . . So one night Pete Ham went out to the garage and hanged himself.... ...hurry because it may not last . . ." For Pete Ham it didn't last long at all....

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2733/pete-ham-of-badfinger-take-a-sad-song-and-make-it-sadder/

Fionn Regan: The Shadow of an Empire (Inertia/Border)

...musical territory between Dylan in '66, Pete Molinari and lo-fi Chris Knox with his urgent,...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2978/fionn-regan-the-shadow-of-an-empire-inertia-border/

Various: Born to the Breed, A Tribute to Judy Collins (Wildflower)

...folkies, what with Springsteen paying tribute to Pete Seeger, the various Woody Guthrie compilations,... ...what with Springsteen paying tribute to Pete Seeger, the various Woody Guthrie compilations, Bob... ...of Since You've Asked. However Bernadette Peters going the whole Broadway/Phantom on Trust Your...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2121/various-born-to-the-breed-a-tribute-to-judy-collins-wildflower/

Ellis Island Sound: The Good Seed (Peacefrog)

...as the hip-hop kids say. This UK duo -- Pete Astor and Davis Sheppard -- are deft sonic...

Tagged with: ellis island sound | james yorkston | rand and holland |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1159/ellis-island-sound-the-good-seed-peacefrog/

THE RESTLESS GENERATION by PETE FRAME: Britain before the Beatles

There is a widely held view, especially amongst those who came of age in the Sixties, that nothing much happened in British music before the Beatles. Yes, there was Cliff Richard and the Shadows, and

Tagged with: pete frame | the beatles |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/3208/the-restless-generation-by-pete-frame-britain-before-the-beatles/

Various: Bob Dylan's Jukebox (Chrome Dreams/Triton)

...today in singer-songwriters such as AA Bondy and Pete Molinari (among many others), and you can...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2079/various-bob-dylans-jukebox-chrome-dreams-triton/

The Happy Prince by the La De Das (EMI reissue, 2005)

...album seemed to pass most people by. Even before Pete Townshend wrote Tommy, band members Bruce Howard...

Tagged with: lamb lies down on broadway | psychedelia | the lamb lies down on broadway |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1562/the-happy-prince-by-the-la-de-das-emi-reissue-2005/

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, a documentary series by TONY PALMER (Isolde/Southbound DVD)

...a very funny clip from a BeeGees concert; Pete Seeger and the young Bob Dylan; Jimi Hendrix and... ...a very funny clip from a BeeGees concert; Pete Seeger and the young Bob Dylan; Jimi Hendrix and Jethro...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/3211/all-you-need-is-love-a-documentary-series-by-tony-palmer-isolde-southbound-dvd/

Pete's Danish rum souffle

...Pete notes that while this is neither Danish nor a...

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Recipes from Elsewhere: > recipes/1644/petes-danish-rum-souffle/

Willie Nelson: Healing Hands of Time (1961)

...Jimmy Day (of Ray Price's band), and guitarist Pete Wade. Even at this early stage Nelson had a...

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3473/willie-nelson-healing-hands-of-time-1961/

Diana Krall: The Girl in the Other Room (Universal)

...a roster of name players (Christian McBride, Pete Erskine, Jeff Hamilton) and a more nuggety...

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2412/diana-krall-the-girl-in-the-other-room-universal/

Scott LaFaro: Pieces of Jade (Resonance)

...as leader (with pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca) were recorded in New York in early '61,...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3343/scott-lafaro-pieces-of-jade-resonance/

Graham Parker: Between You and Me (1975)

It's all every well to ridicule Dick Rowe of Decca Records for turning the Beatles down after an audition in '62 ("Not to mince words, Mr Epstein, we don't like your boys' sound. Groups are out:

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3334/graham-parker-between-you-and-me-1975/

Bettye LaVette: Interpretations; The British Rock Songbook (Anti)

...Over Me performed at the Kennedy Centre when Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey were being honoured....

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3198/bettye-lavette-interpretations-the-british-rock-songbook-anti/

BOB DYLAN'S CAREER, AN OVERVIEW (2007): Yes, do look back

...at the pressure from old folkies (like Pete Seeger) who saw him carrying their torch to the... ...at the pressure from old folkies (like Pete Seeger) who saw him carrying their torch to the new...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/362/bob-dylans-career-an-overview-2007-yes-do-look-back/

Bert Jansch: The Essential Bert Jansch (Union Square)

...status. Not many can say they have played with Pete Doherty of Babyshambles and had their songs...

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2700/bert-jansch-the-essential-bert-jansch-union-square/

Sammy Price: Nice'n'nasty

...meanest lookin' mofugger friend named Pistol Pete (so called after a shoot-out with 20 police in... ...they went to the manager's office, Pistol Pete kicked in the door, strode across the room to...

My Back Pages: > mybackpages/2916/sammy-price-nicennasty/

THE BARGAIN BUY - Echo and the Bunnymen

...period for the band: their stunning drummer Pete de Freitas (killed in '89) quit before that...

Tagged with: echo and the bunnymen | original album series | the bargain buy |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2859/the-bargain-buy-echo-and-the-bunnymen/

Bruce Springsteen; Nebraska (1982)

...of Tom Joad or his recent We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. Or you can use it as a starting point...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/787/bruce-springsteen-nebraska-1982/

THE WHO, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT DVD REVIEWED (2004)

...as My Generation crashes to a halt with Pete Townshend smashing his guitar and amp, there is...

Tagged with: beatles | kinks | who |

Film in Elsewhere: > film/828/the-who-the-kids-are-alright-dvd-reviewed-2004/

Gabor Szabo: Jazz Raga (Light in the Attic)

...they should go no further than Comin' Back . . . Pete Sinclair or Austin Powers would groove to it. So...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3424/gabor-szabo-jazz-raga-light-in-the-attic/

Linda Ronstadt: Hand Sown . .. Home Grown/Silk Purse (Raven/EMI)

...Nashville, worked with some top session players (Pete Wade, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey) and...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2748/linda-ronstadt-hand-sown-home-grown-silk-purse-raven-emi/

Grant Hart: Hot Wax (Fuse/Southbound)

Because of the sporadic and sometimes wayward nature of his career after the break-up of Husker Du in '87, it was always going to be hard to predict what this album under their former drummer/singer

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2815/grant-hart-hot-wax-fuse-southbound/

Polar Bear: Peepers (Leaf/Southbound)

...and alongside the double tenor frontline of Pete Wareham and Mark Lockhead they have acoustic...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3121/polar-bear-peepers-leaf-southbound/

East Coast, North Island of New Zealand: Hawkes Bay the long way

...this is a Tui hotel," we are assured by Pete, Mitch and George when we join them at their... ...at the roadside. That night we stay with Pete and Lynn in their homestay in coastal Waimarama... ...means moonlit waters, according to our guide). Pete is a cop and Lynn, who works in health shop in... ...fresh salads and a vegetarian bean dish. Pete is apologetic, usually before a meal they have a... ...We come back for a leisurely breakfast and Pete takes the Zephyr for a drive, waving at... ...the Eke pub, shared a leisurely breakfast with Pete and Lynn as sea-mist rolled in from the Pacific...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/257/east-coast-north-island-of-new-zealand-hawkes-bay-the-long-way/

SEB ROCHFORD OF POLAR BEAR INTERVIEWED (2010): Always give a job to a busy man

...in 2005) he played on the first single for Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles, was the drummer on... ...is part of Acoustic Ladyland with PB sax player Pete Wareham, and he is currently in a multi-national... ...and if they are not accepted you have the compete trust in him because he had such a strong...

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Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3115/seb-rochford-of-polar-bear-interviewed-2010-always-give-a-job-to-a-busy-man/

Screaming Lord Sutch: Til the Following Night (1961)

In later years Screaming Lord Sutch was better known for being the founder of the Official Monster Raving Looney Party in Britain and standing in various electorates (from '63) in weird outfits. He's

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3254/screaming-lord-sutch-til-the-following-night-1961/

Richard Thompson: Dream Attic (Proper)

...him in top form. With a small band -- guitarist Pete Zorn also pulling out saxes, mandolin and flute;...

Tagged with: elvis costello | linda thompson | richard thompson | teddy thompson |

Favourite Five Recently Reviewed CDs: > favouritefive/3419/richard-thompson-dream-attic-proper/

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Wild Horses (1970)

...direction). The idea was that Burrito Sneaaky Pete Kleinow would add pedal steel to it. Parsons --... ...written out of the picture. Not long after, in Spetember '73 after some fine solo albums, Parsons...

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3350/the-flying-burrito-brothers-wild-horses-1970/

Hank Wilson: She Thinks I Still Care (1973)

...session players (including pedal steel player Pete Drake) and recorded an album of country classics... ...others couldn't have hated it more. But as Peter Doggett noted in Are You Ready for the Country,...

Tagged with: bob dylan | elton john | from the vaults | leon russell |

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3395/hank-wilson-she-thinks-i-still-care-1973/

Damien Binder: While the Wind's At Your Back (Binder)

...be the poprock/alt.country axis of Ryan Adams, Pete Yorn, Gary Louris/Jayhawks and (lesserly so, I...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2624/damien-binder-while-the-winds-at-your-back-binder/

A TECHNICOLOR DREAM (featuring Pink Floyd) DVD

...and Nick Mason, as well as the band's manager Pete Jenner -- offer insightful recollections which...

Tagged with: pink floyd | psychedelia | roger waters |

Film in Elsewhere: > film/2210/a-technicolor-dream-featuring-pink-floyd-dvd/

The Dwight Twilley Band; Twilley Don't Mind (1975)

The wonderful, and possibly apocryphal, story about this band is that Dwight Twilley and Phil Seymour went to see the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night together in 1967 -- a bit late when you think it

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/790/the-dwight-twilley-band-twilley-dont-mind-1975/

Shoes: Tomorrow Night (1978)

In that great alphabet of power pop kicked off by the Beatles and which includes Badfinger, Big Star, Cheap Trick and so on, Shoes out of Zion, Illinois are perhaps the least known today. That doesn'

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3050/shoes-tomorrow-night-1978/

A HARD DAYS NIGHT AND QUADROPHENIA: The Beatles and the Who on DVD (2001)

...Quadrophenia -- the story and music written by Pete Townshend of the Who -- shifts the focus back to...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/445/a-hard-days-night-and-quadrophenia-the-beatles-and-the-who-on-dvd-2001/

1968: THE YEAR THAT ROCKED THE WORLD by MARK KURLANSKY reviewed (2004)

...peaceful protests of earlier that decade -- with Pete Seeger's plaintively weak We Shall Overcome as... ...protests of earlier that decade -- with Pete Seeger's plaintively weak We Shall Overcome as its...

Tagged with: books and authors | mark kurlansky | rolling stones | vietnam war |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/256/1968-the-year-that-rocked-the-world-by-mark-kurlansky-reviewed-2004/

JEFF HEALEY INTERVIEWED (1989): Keeping the future open

Sitting in his Sydney hotel room, Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey talks lovingly about his collection of 11,000 78rpm records (“I bought another 30 or 40 today in a shop near here.”) And he

Blues in Elsewhere: > blues/3219/jeff-healey-interviewed-1989-keeping-the-future-open/

JOHN LEE HOOKER INTERVIEWED (1990): What's in his name?

...Man - as he is also known after appearing on the Pete Townshend album of the same name - it’s a...

Blues in Elsewhere: > blues/3391/john-lee-hooker-interviewed-1990-whats-in-his-name/

BILL PAYNE OF LITTLE FEAT INTERVIEWED (2001): Feat don't fail me now

...and country guitar legend "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (playing on their classic Willin') all...

Tagged with: bill payne | little feat |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/483/bill-payne-of-little-feat-interviewed-2001-feat-dont-fail-me-now/

RAY DAVIES INTERVIEWED: Still a well respected man (2008)

...Gorillaz), Paul Weller (Jam, Style Council) and Pete Doherty (with whom he rehearsed recently). In... ...-- and we did a demo of You Really Got Me with Pete Doherty on lead guitar -- and it was really... ...How do you see Pete Doherety. We see him through the filter of...

Tagged with: kinks | paul mccartney | paul weller | ray davies |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1800/ray-davies-interviewed-still-a-well-respected-man-2008/

THE BEATLES IN PRINT: HAMBURG DAYS; Before the whirlwind (2002)

...Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, drummer Pete Best and bassist Stuart Sutcliffe arrived at the...

Tagged with: beatles in new zealand | john lennon | paul mccartney |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/450/the-beatles-in-print-hamburg-days-before-the-whirlwind-2002/

Magazine: Real Life (1978)

...first version of the Buzzcocks with his friend Pete Shelley. Devoto quit the Buzzcocks before their... ...So what is so impressive? Real Life was a compete departure from the template of fury laid down by...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/2808/magazine-real-life-1978/

Donna Summer, Bad Girls (1979)

...work where she met producer/writers Moroder and Pete Bellotte.In '75, under their tutelage, she...

Tagged with: bee gees | donna summer |

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/799/donna-summer-bad-girls-1979/

BEATLES PHOTOGRAPHER JURGEN VOLLMER PROFILED (1994): The man who clicked with the Beatles

...and Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe on bass, Pete Best on drums) and were playing all-night...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/497/beatles-photographer-jurgen-vollmer-profiled-1994-the-man-who-clicked-with-the-beatles/

MARCUS ROBERTS INTERVIEWED (1990): Keys and thought in black'n'white

...a well known jazz writer, Pete Watrous - not known for his exaggeration -...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3385/marcus-roberts-interviewed-1990-keys-and-thought-in-blacknwhite/

POSITIVELY GEORGE STREET BY MATTHEW BANNISTER (2000): Rocking and popping in Flying Nun

...settles a few old scores, includes a useful Pete Frame-style family-tree of major Dunedin bands,...

Tagged with: flying nun | matthew bannister | sneaky feelings | the weather |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/1817/positively-george-street-by-matthew-bannister-2000-rocking-and-popping-in-flying-nun/

ELVIS COSTELLO, THE EARLY CAREER CONSIDERED: Anger is an energy

...Steve Nieve, the often under-rated drummer Pete Thomas who had done his appprenticeship (like... ...the breathy ballad Almost Blue (which jazz trumpeter Chet Baker adopted as a late-career signature...

Tagged with: elvis costello | ute lemper |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/374/elvis-costello-the-early-career-considered-anger-is-an-energy/

RY COODER INTERVIEWED (2009): Dry, wry and moving right along

...Everybody is dying: Jim Dickinson, Mike Seeger fer chrissake. It comes up fast and this...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2590/ry-cooder-interviewed-2009-dry-wry-and-moving-right-along/

HARRY NILSSON PROFILED. The fire this time

...others.His memorable Without You was penned by Pete Ham and Tom Evans from the Beatles-blessed power...

Tagged with: harry nilsson | john lennon | randy newman |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/372/harry-nilsson-profiled-the-fire-this-time/

BOB DYLAN, THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 1-3 (1991): A man out of time?

...the recent outcry over Sinead O‘Connor and Peter Arnett in America, it was probably as well... ...regard The Bootleg Series is vaguely similar to Pete Townshend’s Scoop double albums where the...

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Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/508/bob-dylan-the-bootleg-series-volume-1-3-1991-a-man-out-of-time/

ANTON FIER PROFILED (1988): A new career in a new town

...included T Bone Burnett, Jack Bruce, Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Senegalese percussionist Ayib Deng...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/3199/anton-fier-profiled-1988-a-new-career-in-a-new-town/

Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)

...others. His memorable Without You was penned by Pete Ham and Tom Evans from the Beatles-blessed power...

Tagged with: beatles | john lennon | paul mccartney | randy newman |

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/820/harry-nilsson-nilsson-schmilsson-1971/

KING CRIMSON IN RETROSPECT: A child's guide to early days in the kingdom

...big knee-capper with early KC was the lyrics by Pete Sinfield, an on-again/off-again member with the...

Tagged with: fripp and eno | king crimson | robert fripp |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1995/king-crimson-in-retrospect-a-childs-guide-to-early-days-in-the-kingdom/

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

...types were John Lennon, the Who’s Pete Townshend, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts in... ...a kind of pastoral English rock which frontman Peter Gabriel combined with eccentric stage costumes... ...is no doubt Lamb Lies Down succeeds because of Peter Gabriel’s allusive lyrics (he was a...

Tagged with: eric clapton | genesis | peter gabriel |

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/1675/genesis-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway-1974/

OCEAN COLOUR SCENE INTERVIEWED (1996): Take it to the top

...in the Sixties, the Faces of the Seventies and Pete Townshend’s windmill-style guitar playing... ...stuff indeed”) and Time Out's Peter Paphides offering, “I can’t think... ...on the BBC, an old Fleetwood Mac session with Peter Green [the legendary addled recluse]. Really... ...a great track record, Jimmy Miller then Peter Green . . . and Lord Lucan for the third! Great...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/3138/ocean-colour-scene-interviewed-1996-take-it-to-the-top/

THE BEATLES IN AMERICA 1964: Songs of innocence -- and experience (DVD reviewed, 2004)

...New York DJ Murray the K, or the dumped drummer Pete Best. Then we heard about their Hamburg days and... ...Cilla Black's Step Inside Love and the only hits Peter and Gordon had. Lennon wrote Bad to Me and gave...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/461/the-beatles-in-america-1964-songs-of-innocence-and-experience-dvd-reviewed-2004/

ASTRID KIRCHHERR, BEATLES PHOTOGRAPHER, INTERVIEWED (1994): Young, free and wild.

...McCartney, George Harrison, pre-Ringo drummer Pete Best and -- closest of all -- Stuart Sutcliffe....

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/505/astrid-kirchherr-beatles-photographer-interviewed-1994-young-free-and-wild/

BACKBEAT, ASTRID KIRCHHERR AND THE YOUNG BEATLES ON FILM (1994): The Birth of the Beat

...Sutcliffe could play rudimentary bass and Pete Best was on the drum stool. But Sutcliffe was...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/506/backbeat-astrid-kirchherr-and-the-young-beatles-on-film-1994-the-birth-of-the-beat/

JEFF BECK INTERVIEWED AND REVIEWED (2008): If truth be known

...1966 movie Blowup . . . although the Who’s Pete Townshend says his band was dropped in favour of...

Tagged with: jeff beck | miles davis |

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/2142/jeff-beck-interviewed-and-reviewed-2008-if-truth-be-known/

DAVID BOWIE INTERVIEWED (1993): Black tie, white noise and the duke bounces back

...has brought in another Bowie, renegade jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie, whose career has included oompah... ...of the Cream writing team of Jack Bruce and Pete Brown (“the sheer power of their musical...

Tagged with: david bowie | lester bowie | philip glass |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1878/david-bowie-interviewed-1993-black-tie-white-noise-and-the-duke-bounces-back/

MUSIC IS MY MADNESS: Ego, drugs and minor chords, musicians who lost the plot

...follow Elvis, Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty into that netherworld of self-delusion,... ...by Paul McCartney) made the charts. Their trumpeter/singer Vivian Stanshall was a rare combination...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1880/music-is-my-madness-ego-drugs-and-minor-chords-musicians-who-lost-the-plot/

JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter

...reaching out through another character like a puppeteer. I couldn’t mention that without...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/382/jimmy-webb-interviewed-2005-the-songwriters-songwriter/

Shadow in the Glass: A short story

...where the boys’ toilets had been. Michael Peters pissing over the wall. The bike shed. Warren...

Tagged with: short stories | the power of speech |

Something Elsewhere: > somethingelsewhere/355/shadow-in-the-glass-a-short-story/

1812: NAPOLEON'S FATAL MARCH ON MOSCOW by ADAM ZAMOYSKI (2006) reviewed

...then pulls back to strategists and (often incompetent) commanders well away from the grapeshot and...

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/1844/1812-napoleons-fatal-march-on-moscow-by-adam-zamoyski-2006-reviewed/

COLIN McCAHON IN MELBOURNE: Context is everything (2001)

...of Time where Melburnian Michael Fitzgerald trumpeted McCahon as "an artistic prophet."But... ...Peter Timms, in an insightfully interpretative... ...placed. McCahon takes his text from poet Peter Hooper:Poetry isn't in my words/It's in the...

Cultural Elsewhere: > culturalelsewhere/1783/colin-mccahon-in-melbourne-context-is-everything-2001/

THE WORLD OF TINTIN. The timeless boy (2004)

...is a timeless boy, never ageing, but -- unlike Peter Pan -- he has work to do in this wicked world....

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/384/the-world-of-tintin-the-timeless-boy-2004/

SCOTT WALKER INTERVIEWED (2006). Loneliness is a cloak you wear

...his latest The Drift in May 2006, film director Peter Jackson delivered The Frighteners, his Lord of... ...path, albeit a very twisted one"), REM's Peter Buck, and avant-garde saxophonist Evan Parker.... ...do the business it should have done I was carpeted by the record company and was told we had to do...

Tagged with: david bowie | jacques brel | scott walker |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/392/scott-walker-interviewed-2006-loneliness-is-a-cloak-you-wear/

St Peter's tomb

...base of Bernini's baldacchino (canopy) over St Peter's tomb in the Vatican. Was author H V Morton...

Images from Elsewhere: > myphoto/italy/

THE ROLLING STONES LIVE IN CHICAGO (2002): Men of Stone

...then Richards' association with Gram Parsons and Peter Tosh took them into country and reggae...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/402/the-rolling-stones-live-in-chicago-2002-men-of-stone/

JOAN BAEZ; HOW SWEET THE SOUND a documentary by MARY WHARTON (2009)

Time to flip all the cards and say that until recently I was never as smitten with Joan Baez as so many people were. Certainly the purity of her voice was striking and when I started discovering Dylan

Film in Elsewhere: > film/3178/joan-baez-how-sweet-the-sound-a-documentary-by-mary-wharton-2009/

EUR, Italy: The facades of fascism

...leading from near Ponte San Angelo to St Peter's, effectively destroying the drama of suddenly... ...of colonnades then seeing the awe-inspiring St Peter's. (A tip to any first time visitor to St... ...if you have seen the sun set behind St Peter's from Pincio Hill -- a romantic if familiar...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/297/eur-italy-the-facades-of-fascism/

Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia: Art in the hills

...Senberg's malevolently brooding Port Yard; and Peter Booth's scary image of helpless abandonment and...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/298/yarra-valley-victoria-australia-art-in-the-hills/

TOWNES VAN ZANDT INTERVIEWED (1988): Say hello and wave goodbye

You hate to say lt, but Townes Van Zandt has probably already written his own obituary - many times. Try this as a sample of his cut-to-the-bone, white knuckle lyrics: “There ain’t much I

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/3187/townes-van-zandt-interviewed-1988-say-hello-and-wave-goodbye/

RECORD PRODUCER JOHN SNYDER INTERVIEWED: Ethics, soul and a conscience . . . in the music industry?

...gave him Tales of Captain Black and the late trumpeter Chet Baker’s Once Upon A Summertime was a... ...its freelance work. For A&M he recorded trumpeter Don Cherry alongside saxophonist James Clay...

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Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/1813/record-producer-john-snyder-interviewed-ethics-soul-and-a-conscience-in-the-music-industry/

THE MONTY PYTHON AUTOBIOGRAPHY by THE PYTHONS(2003)

...British comics and satirists, including Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, David Frost, Dick Emery,...

Tagged with: books and authors | christopher guest | george harrison | paul mccartney |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/228/the-monty-python-autobiography-by-the-pythons2003/

AN ESSAY ON THE INEVITABLE: The Art of Dying

...with leukaemia New Zealand media personality Peter Sinclair wrote a series of columns for this... ...realisation of the generality of death -- only Peter Pan or those in serious denial would pretend...

Tagged with: george harrison | pablo picasso |

Cultural Elsewhere: > culturalelsewhere/247/an-essay-on-the-inevitable-the-art-of-dying/