Holly P - Side Quest

Andy Partridge's daughter...

https://youtu.be/KIW9-JXLHqE

What do we think?

Something old, new, borrowed and bluegrass on this week's show. Tune in at 8pm to hear...

Sandie Shaw, Gogol Bordello, Anais Mitchell, Barluath, Boys of the Lough, Dick Gaughan, Tommy Emmanuel & Richard Smith, Francesco Buzzurro & Richard Smith, The Beatles, James J Turner, Paddy Garrigan & The Stroller Priests, Kathryn Priddy, Broken Boat, Oka Vanga, Del McCoury Band, Down Hill Strugglers and Gillian Welch

https://www.internet-radio.com/station/gingerfeatherfm/

Rush sold out four(!) shows in Fort Worth in June, meaning all the available tickets are obscenely expensive resale tickets.

I don't know of any other artist not named Taylor Swift who could accomplish this feat. I had no idea the demand was so pent up, but I'm gratified for Alex and Geddy.

Regardless, I had to spend my entire budget on Bruno Mars in San Antonio this fall, to make my granddaughter's wish come true!

Rather to my surprise, I also seem to have bought myself a ticket to the O2 on the Thursday.  Likewise, it will be the first time I will have seen them since the NEC in 1988 for one of the shows that was recorded for A Show of Hands.

Rush!
Son and I shall be heading for O2 Arena on the Tuesday  
I last saw them at the gig in Birmingham that became one of their live albums (A Show of Hands?) Time before that was the Signals tour, and the time before that was the Exit Stage Left tour - the first proper gig I ever went to.

I am very much looking forward to this!

I was somewhat distressed to be told there have been 10 albums since the last one I listened to (Signals).... Gulp

Good for you David, it will be a bit different from last tome you saw them, but I am sure you will love it.

There's an interview Geddy & Alex did with Planet Rock this week on YouTube, well worth a watch and gives away a few secrets about what to expect. Also, did you see that the Who's keyboard player / backing vocalist is joining them so that Geddy can concentrate on bass and vocals.

Makes me think of that John Peel quote...

“Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don’t have any surface noise. I said, ‘Listen, mate, *life* has surface noise”

 

It's sad isn't it.
Luckily shiny CD gems are still made. Folk it ain't but I laid my hands on a few Thin Lizzy box sets which are fantastic - as items, and in sound. However I wonder how many they make. These go for collector rates within months of release. Yet, they feel like last of the Mohicans.
At my Roots aan de Zaan gigs whenever I book an act also selling vinyl at their merch table, the LP's are the things that sell. It never fails to puzzle me 😂

Somewhat appalled at myself, but I appear to actually be going to see Rush after all.  The Sunday at the Co-op.  As far away from the stage as it is practically possible to be.  £112.  Utterly ridiculous, but what the hell...I can pretend to be 16 again (my age the last time I saw them)...