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/

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"

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… 🙄

It took you 8 hours to come up with that?! I don't think 2 minutes from Bobs catalogue is enough to base an opinion on!!a

Where would you put ‘Wiggle Wiggle’ in the pantheon of rock greats?

I was at Blackbush, walked from Fleet Hants. Didn't get to see much of Dylan as I mistakenly took too many of my prescribed anti depressant tablets, and also lost contact with a group of friends I knew. Vaguely recall him get on stage as I started walking back to Fleet to get a lift home.  Likely hadn't hydrated enough which didn't help my mental state at the time.

I have the digital version of the expanded reissue and I really enjoyed listening to it.

Jules

Crooning and Christmas apart, the worst of Bob is better than the best of most other people

Rather unfair. I realise now that it was probably the start of Dylan trying out radical reinterpretations of songs. Some work, some don’t and on occasion they sound a bit easy listening. I doubt if it would be the first live album of choice for most. For me, it has always been a fond souvenir of seeing him ar Blackbushe.

When I was out with my pocket money as a callow teen it was a choice between this and Eric Clapton’s Just One Night (also a double album recorded live at The Budokan). I went with the Clapton, which I still have and play to this day. The Dylan album, on the other hand, according to Wikipedia “Jimmy Guterman named it one of the worst albums ever released in the history of rock.”