Former Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell at the age of 64.

Mikkey Dee posted on FB saying, "We got the news this morning and it's so extremely sad about the sudden passing of my brother and dear friend Phil Campbell."

I'm giving the "Better Motorhead Than Dead Live at Hammersmith" album a blast.

I was sorry to have missed them last year when they played locally, but I was away at the time.  Hopefully they might come back again.

Thanks for the reminder Nick, I earmarked them in my diary as they’re in Colchester soon.

At a local craft ale bar (capacity 80) The Guilty Men, 5 piece, featuring Clive Gregson, Paul Burgess on drums, and two long time members of John Lees' Barclay James Harvest, didnt know the other guitarist, Neil Cossar , but he was very good. Fantastic gig, two and a half hours, great songs , only one of which wasnt recent and the musicianship goes without saying. 4 singers too. Catch them if you can . They are headlining a small local fund raising festival in August so I will be.

Oh my gosh!! What a fabulous evening 2005. This amazing global band xame to OXFORDSHIRE..  hard
 To believe ....but absutely  brilliant ! We will never see the like again .
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A bit of the Black Crowes newbie.  Not an original note in there, but very enjoyable imho...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNWqTEUKnyo

Grauniad review:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/12/the-black-crowes-a-pound-of-feathers-review

My own feeling is that it's unfortunate that CJ&TF are known, if at all, in wider culture for *that* chant and song at Woodstock, fun and powerful as it is.  They were many things and that was only a small part.  I'm surprised their recorded output, especially the early stuff isn't much more lauded.  Electric Music was effectively the first truly psychedelic (i.e. produced on and about the LSD experience) rock album released.

I also saw him at this time. The local university used to stage an all day annual summer free festival in their refectory and he played an acoustic set on the second stage on a Saturday afternoon and he was hypnotising. I was maybe about twelve at time and I'm not sure I knew who he was or anything about his Woodstock reputation but to remember this 40+years later it made an impression. RIP Joe.

Certainly was . We had already seen them a few months earlier in Manchester and were also very impressed by the support, a young Manchester band called The Children. We went to the merch stand at the break to chat to them and buy a CD . Joe was also very impressed and came over and joined in the chat and also bought a CD. Great guy.
I also saw him solo in about 1972 when he had had only just arrived in the country. Towards the end of the set he asked for requests. One wag shouted "Blue is The Colour" (football songs were the thing at the time) , he played it all the way through with a straight face.

Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm : Scattering The Roots with Dan Ogus...two hours of the finest folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc...

I've been sifting through my cavernous vaults to bring you some excellent music both new and vintage every Wednesday evening from 9pm 'til 11pm.

The next show goes out tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm (after Express FM Country), featuring the following artists :

All About Eve, The Albion Band, The Levellers, Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Dyble Longdon, Chris Cornell, Steeleye Span, Martin Simpson, Hedy West, kd lang, Heather Nova, Kris Delmhorst, Karen Dalton, The Beatles, The Pogues, Fairport Convention...

Listen tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm on Portsmouth's Express FM, on DAB and online here :

https://www.expressfm.com/programmes/scattering-the-roots/