Art Wood brother of Birds guitarist Ron Wood started out as a member of Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated. Art would eventually front his own band, The Art Woods Combo until his groove ridden Red Bludd’s Bluesicians which evolved into Artwoods in 1963. The final Artwoods compliment comprised ex Bludd’s Bluesicians guitarist Derek Griffiths, vocalist Art […] Continue reading →

Area Code 615 -Bounty Hunters Area Code 615 ( telephone code for Nashville) was a formation of session musicians purely assembled after being inspired by Dylan’s Nashville Skyline. Area Code 615, previously The Escorts was predominantly an instrumental group featuring Mac Gayden (guitar), Bobby Thompson (banjo), Buddy Spicher (fiddle), Norbert Putman (bass), Kenneth Buttrey (drums)& […] Continue reading →

Long hair in 1965, the Outsiders was hassle free and rodents of the fuzz fiasco. Ronnie Splinter could play them axe so like the Birds  across the water. The bassist Apple Rammers was no slouch also while singer composer Wally Tex caught attention from the likes of the Rolling Stones. In hindsight the Outsiders could […] Continue reading →

Big Three tighter than Fab Four Tighter than a clam in labour the Big Three plundered Liverpool while the ‘Fab Four’ were bopping the chopsticks at the ‘Cavern’. The first rumblings of the Big Three charged out of Cass & the Casanovas as early as 1959 as a foursome headed by Brian Casser who started […] Continue reading →

The Sons of Adam were an underrated freakbeat group from California headed by a blistering guitarist called Randy Holden. Randy Holden’s roots started with the Surfguitar band Fender IV comprising Randy on lead , Joe Kooken rhythm , Mike Port bass & drums Bruce Miller that put out the Dick Dale styled “Mar Gaya”/”You Better […] Continue reading →

True road tales from an activist warrior wanderer — The author, Doug “Ten” Rose, spent 35 or more years homeless and staying alive by working at hostels, doing odd jobs, and raising funds for activist groups to help the environment, for famine relief, and to help orphans, along with paying his dues in Bardo-like lands […] Continue reading →

Radio Caroline had reached Haight Ashbury spaces and decided to promote O’Rahilly’s new concept of “LA” (Loving Awareness), a far-eastern inspired philosophy of love and peace. Many stations were embarrassed at the idea of promoting love and peace on air, but Deejay Tony Allan developed a cult following among listeners as he also combined his […] Continue reading →

Band of Joy were largely an elusive group due to the fact that they never released any albums or singles yet their notoriety was due to future Zeppelin Robert Plant and John Bonham being members. The idea of forming Band Of Joy was to play at live venues , the first formation being ex Tennessee […] Continue reading →

The Gothic drone of Bournemouth band Bram Stoker is singularly England’s most ignored Prog entity. The fundamental core of Bram Stoker was organist Tony Bronsdon who started out with Renaissance Fare in 1968 later fusing with ex Feel guitarist Pete Ballam and ex Feel drummer Rob Haines freshly defected from Freedom Village. A remarkable bassist […] Continue reading →

The elusive Jimmie Spheeris, a Greek poet started out in a traveling carnival called the Majick Empire that would strongly influence songsmith poems like “Lost in the Midway” and “Decatur Street”. Spheeris later moved to New York in the late 1960’s to further his songwriting career. Discovered by Richie Havens, Spheeris was introduced to ‘Columbia’ […] Continue reading →