May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
musicradar in association with Rhythm magazine have put out their nominations for the Drum awards 2017, and Cherisse is up for the nod for best live session drummer. There has been an incredible wealth of drumming talent I’ve seen this year, from Paul Draper’s drummer Jon Barnett, The Stranglers’ stand-in for Jet Black – Jim…
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Jim has decided to slick his hair back in this, making for an interesting barnet. It’s a curious choice to play live, esp. on tellybox. One can only assume they did PYAM on the show too? Pretty sure this is the very same show in which Jim pretends to whack Peter “f**king” Powell on the…
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And it feels timely and prudent…. At around the 3 minute 30 second mark. God, I hope he’s right!
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The Lexington is becoming a new favourite venue. Wonderfully intimate, good acoustics. My now two shows seen there, one of them was definitely a highlight of the year. But onto last night’s show of Mr Flür and his supports. First up was Nik Dagger and The Grip. Nik says he’s from Europa, one of the…
Read full post “Wolfgang Flür – The Lexington, Nov. 10th, 2017” »
A Sunday evening gig. OH MY FLIPPING GOD – THEY WALK ON TO KANT KINO!!! Could have better sound quality…a better quality recording exists, by all accounts. This version is obviously a tape of a tape of a tape and running a little fast…Jim’s voice is almost chipmunk-esque at times, though he usually has a…
Read full post “Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – The Lyceum, London, Oct 26th, 1980” »
It really was one of the best and worst days…
….Is packed too. Ready to fly all the way to Oz
True…on so many levels…