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Flash> Flashman > anti-hero> hero > Horatio Hornblower > Horn blower > Roland Kirk - Three for the festival cheers mick

Yesterday after lunch I sat down in a sunny room to listen to this SACD, enjoyed the opening brass and the solo violin response - and re-entered consciousness with the loud final section. I usually last longer than that! cheers mick

Cool water: Jack Scott cheers mick

Blame it on the rain > I wish it would rain > Temptations > Temptation > Diana Krall> Twins > Arnie and Danny de Vito > Danny boy: Conway Twitty cheers mick

Quincy Jones: Comin' home baby (hope y'all noticed the subtle Seattle connection ) cheers mick

Two of the finest early guitarists - I dug out my original vinyl copy (purchased in 1963!). Carl Kress has a magic way with chords, and George Barnes was the first person to record an amplified (non- steel) guitar, before Charlie Christian even - he went on to be a session muso for a bunch of Bobbies (Darin, Dylan etc), as well as a whole lot of other 50's and 60's pop/rock stars - As one reviewer said, you don't know it, but you've heard him hundreds of times if you listened to radio in the 50s or 60s. Cheers mick

Smiley Lewis: I hear you knocking cheers mick

dress up in my frock and yeller I'll look swell but you'll look sweller (apologies to Hank Williams) and here's a more respectful portrait cheers mick

I don't know the street names, but there used to be some wonderful avenues of these near the UQ campus. cheers mick

electioneering > campaign shouting like a southern diplomat > Nadine > Chuck Berry > Memphis > Rockabilly > Johny Burnette: settin the woods on fire cheers mick

Seven Nation Army > Salvation Army> Salvation Jane > Paterson's curse > the curse of the drinking class > work > Work Song, Georgie Fame cheers mick

Jethro Tull: Nothing is easy cheers mick

Electric Prunes: Ain't it hard cheers mick

Van Morrison: Beside You cheers mick

Stavey Kent: it's too darned hot cheers mick