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Music has always been an important part of my life even though I don’t play any instrument myself. You can read all about how I became a groupie (… there’s more of a story to those posts than you might guess from the title!) Music has also enabled me to meet the most wonderful people and make some great friends… and music has been an inspiration too!
Gene Pitney certainly had ‘something’. I was lucky enough to see him live, many years ago; he not only had a great voice, he had great stage presence. He was always very popular in Britain, and sadly he died here in Cardiff in 2006. Gene Pitney rerecorded ‘Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart’ with Marc […]
MoreI’ve booked a ticket to see the Icelandic singer Ásgeir in November.. It’s a whole different experience to hear someone singing live as opposed to the carefully crafted product of a recording studio. Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson is only twenty-two… but gosh, what talent! He is known by his first name and although he is so young he […]
MoreThe TV was on and it was a rerun of ‘Top of the Pops’ and there was Gerry Rafferty singing, ‘Stuck in the Middle With You’ with his band Stealers Wheel. I have heard him singing that song so often, and even more often ‘Baker Street’ with that amazing saxophone riff, but I have never […]
MoreDublin Manchester Glasgow Birmingham Bristol Road trip to see the Mavericks February – March 2015!
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Lois Elsden 