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on: Today at 06:08:10 PM
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| Started by quodlibet (Ian) - Last post by Adam | ||
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Very sad news, and wishing him and his family all the best. I (like many others here) have had the pleasure of seeing Ashley play in various iterations of the Albion Band over the years. Will give the guv’nor discs a spin tonight.
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on: Today at 02:46:03 PM
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| Started by quodlibet (Ian) - Last post by Dan O. | ||
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Sad news - fingers crossed for his recovery.
Very fortunate (with a few other members of this parish) to have seen Ashley's epic 80th Birthday concert in Birmingham last year, and to have caught him one last time in a duo gig with Blair at King's Place, London, in June. The gig at King's Place was more of a Q&A than a gig, the guys played some traditional material, some Dylan, some Leonard Cohen, some of Blair's originals and regaled the audience with tales of Jimi Hendrix jamming with Fairport at the Speakeasy club, also revealing that the poet Philip Larkin considered Fairport Convention the only rock group worth listening to... |
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on: Today at 12:19:44 PM
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| Started by quodlibet (Ian) - Last post by Will S | ||
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Sad news indeed. The 80th birthday do was a good celebration (anyone heard any more about the possible release of it?), and we also saw him with Blair on a mini-tour, but it was already clear it wasn't going to be playing much in the future. Hope he is able to make a good recovery though.
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on: Today at 11:05:18 AM
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| Started by quodlibet (Ian) - Last post by Jules Gray | ||
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Sad news. All love and strength to Ashley and the Hutchings clan.
Jules |
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on: Today at 10:25:37 AM
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| Started by Will S - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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The BOC 16 disc Columbia Albums box set. £25 from Vinted. Chuffed with that...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Columbia-Albums-Collection-Blue-Oyster/dp/B008S80OU2 |
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on: Today at 10:23:50 AM
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| Started by quodlibet (Ian) - Last post by davidmjs | ||
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This is desperately sad news. I do hope Ashley manages to regain some health and is able to enjoy his remaining days. If that eventually involves making some music then all the better.
I feel so privileged to have gone (on a very generous freebie) to his 80th birthday bash last year which was awesome. |
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on: Today at 10:17:28 AM
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| Started by quodlibet (Ian) - Last post by Nick Reg | ||
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Message from Blair on FB "Health update regarding Ashley: Unfortunately, Ashley has suffered a stroke. It occurred a few weeks ago, and he has since been looked after at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, on the Eastwood Ward. They've been absolutely brilliant, we can't thank them enough. While it's impossible to get a completely accurate prognosis, given the complex nature of strokes and how they affect people in different ways, we can say that Ashley will be withdrawing from public life for the foreseeable future. He does, however, remain in good spirits, and alarmingly positive about England's chances at the World Cup... Given the circumstances, Ashley won't be appearing at Sidmouth Folk Festival next month, or with the Albion Xmas Band in December. Once again, we would like to thank the staff at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, they are true heroes. Much love to you all, from me and Dad, Blair x" |
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on: Today at 09:38:04 AM
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| Started by Dan O. - Last post by Dan O. | ||
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Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm : Scattering The Roots with Dan Ogus...two hours of the finest folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc...
I've rifled through my vaults to bring you some excellent music both new and vintage every Wednesday evening... This week's show features the following artists : McDermott's Two Hours, Trad Arrr, Boo Hewerdine, Lisbee Stainton, Van Morrison, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Traffic, Fotheringay, Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Nic Jones, Yes, Paul Rodgers (feat. David Gilmour), Sally Barker, Amythyst Kiah, Walter Trout... Listen tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm on Portsmouth's Express FM, on DAB and online here : https://www.expressfm.com/programmes/scattering-the-roots/ |
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on: Today at 08:42:44 AM
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| Started by quodlibet (Ian) - Last post by quodlibet (Ian) | ||
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Message from Blair on FB "Health update regarding Ashley: Unfortunately, Ashley has suffered a stroke. It occurred a few weeks ago, and he has since been looked after at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, on the Eastwood Ward. They've been absolutely brilliant, we can't thank them enough. While it's impossible to get a completely accurate prognosis, given the complex nature of strokes and how they affect people in different ways, we can say that Ashley will be withdrawing from public life for the foreseeable future. He does, however, remain in good spirits, and alarmingly positive about England's chances at the World Cup... Given the circumstances, Ashley won't be appearing at Sidmouth Folk Festival next month, or with the Albion Xmas Band in December. Once again, we would like to thank the staff at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, they are true heroes. Much love to you all, from me and Dad, Blair x" |
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on: Yesterday at 08:25:04 PM
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| Started by Will S - Last post by Shane (Skirky) | ||
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No, it took me two minutes from when I logged in. So is it ‘crooning’ or is it ‘Christmas’? 😅
And from Paste Magazine… “Is Knocked Out Loaded the greatest terrible album of all time? The 11-minute epic “Brownsville Girl,” co-written by Sam Shepard, certainly makes a good case for it. If you take that track out of the equation, Knocked Out Loaded could very well be the undoubted, undisputed pick for “worst album made by a great musician”—because, let’s be honest here, there is nothing going on on the other seven songs. It’s a trainwreck, an unsavable disaster. Not even Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers playing on this album could give it enough legs.” Not my words… 🙄 |
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