Monday, February 05, 2007

Cover Me: Arnold Layne

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock and Heavy Friends take on Arnold Layne, the Pink Floyd classic written by Syd Barrett. Recorded live at the Medecins Sans Frontieres Benefit Show, 3 Kings Pub, Clerkenwell, London, UK - December 17th 2006. They played the complete The Piper At The Gates of Dawn that night. The complete show can be found at the archive.org.

MP3: Robyn Hitchcock and Heavy Friends - Arnold Layne

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(photo: The Poor Mouth)

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Words about music (146): Roger Waters

Roger Waters
Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

Roger Waters

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Brian Wilson: "That Lucky Old Sun (a Narrative)" in London

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson will be playing new stuff in London in september:

For Six Nights Only in September 2007 at The Royal Festival Hall

Having called London's Royal Festival Hall his "spiritual home away from home," Brian Wilson, legendary writer, producer, arranger and performer of some of the most unforgettable and inspirational music in rock history, returns in September 2007 for six nights with a concert repertoire highlighted by the world premiere of a brand-new work. Commissioned by Southbank Centre as part of its opening season, Wilson reveals that the piece "is called That Lucky Old Sun (a Narrative), and as he describes it, "will consist of four ‘rounds’, with interspersed spoken word."

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