strawbs

is Dave Cousins the most unexpectedly horny vocalist of all time? I mean this is like...progressive folk or something, pretty much no sensual qualities whatsoever, not to mention the band itself doesn't exactly exude an ounce of sex appeal. and yet they'll have songs called "The Flight of the White Dove" which will feature lines like "We never made love/but I oft dreamt of masturbating on her ample breasts"

Richie Unterberger, reviewing his memoirs, Exorcising Ghosts: Strawbs & Other Lives, notes "there are more saucy rockers-on-the-road stories than you’d expect given the Strawbs’ somber image". I saw him give a reading from that book in the afternoon before a concert to a couple of dozen people, one of whom was a middle-aged "rocker chick". Afterwards, she approached him and I overheard, "Hey Dave... remember me... at the Windsor Arms in '77?"

john ford turns in yet another killer set at the port washington public library. maybe it's one of the few places he plays? the previous show listed on his fb page is was in 2019. the library guy was videotaping it; i'll post the link if they put it up. for me it was the first indoor show i've seen since covid. it's a library; what could go wrong?

i should search this out myself really -- i thought it was on marcello c's blog somewhere but if it is i haven't located it -- but anyway i read a while back that wakeman's beloved arrangements on hunky dory were basically written up and dropped in by someone else bcz RW was hors de combat 🍻

stylistically this wd make sense: not only are they good not bad and RW is reliably the opposite (SITO) but also it just isn't the kind of shapes he makes even when his imagination is spurred (never)

however i also possibly dremt this bcz i hate him so

john ford turns in yet another killer set at the port washington public library.

and yet another one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGLCX_3ik00