Hearing the news earlier today of the passing of founding member Chris Drejam I thought I would re-run this post from 2015 as tribute to a legendary artist and an iconic band. Chris Dreja: 1945-2025. One of the legendary bands of the original British Invasion of the early 1960s. The
– Roy Harper -Live at Golders Green Hippodrome – 1974 – BBC Radio 1 – Although Roy Harper is widely recognized as one of the most unique and individual singer-songwriters to come along in many years, and his associations with everyone from Kate Bush to Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd
– Jeff Buckley – Live At Glastonbury 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Jeff Buckley in concert this morning. One of those brilliant lights that streaked across the horizon, but was extinguished all too soon. Buckley had the gift – he had the voice and he had the presence. The
The Yardbirds – In Session at The BBC – Feb-May, 1966 – BBC Radio 1 – You’d be hard pressed to name a band which had as many legendary guitarists passing through its ranks as this one. Okay, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. But The Yardbirds boasted Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and
– The Yardbirds – live at Stadhall Offenbach (Beat Beat Beat program) – March 15, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Yardbirds, recorded at Stadhall, Offenbach in Germany on March 15, 1967. This is the version of the band that would probably be the last before resurrecting into
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East of Eden, in session for Top Gear with John Peel – April 6, 1970. East of Eden tonight. A band most people on this side of the Atlantic hadn’t heard of. I don’t even recall them being played via underground FM in the early 70s. They did score one
The Cult – live in London, 1994 and recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their weekly In Concert Series. Originally know as Southern Death Cult, the band dissolved initially in 1983, but resurrected as The Death Cult a few months later, but in 1984, they dropped Death, opting just
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Royal Blood – Live at Debaser Medis, Stockholm – March 23, 2015 – Sveriges Radio P3 I was wondering when we were going to get around to doing an homage to the power trios of the early
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Deep Purple In Concert for John Peel – February 22, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 I think the last time I posted any Deep Purple it was by way of a tribute to the passing of the
