Midsummer Night, 21st June, in a small village in Powys, Wales a select audience was treated to a wonderful evening of music from the “Master of the Sky Guitar”, the one and only Uli Jon Roth. The venue, the church of St Silin in Llansilin, although a small building dating back to 13th century, is still a prominent landmark looming…
A sold out Assembly, Leamington Spa, UK… second night of UFO’s “Last Orders Tour”, celebrating 50 years of the band, and Phil Mogg’s imminent retirement. As one of the final times I would see them, I made the effort to grab a front row place for the night with my eldest daughter (for whom it was the first and last…
Thought it time to have an update on my flirtation with cycling, my last post was still a little speculative and brimming with enthusiasm and hope, so was it justified? Well since then I’ve had a total hip replacement, and lengthy recovery period, which meant 6 months or so without venturing out at all. That got me to early spring…
Revisiting the awesome Scorpions live album of 1978, both the original and revisited recorded live at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Japan. The latter with Nathan James on vocals. A great live accompaniment to the Scorpions Revisited album, also by Uli Jon Roth released in 2015. Line-up mostly the usual suspects: Uli Jon Roth (guitar) Nathan James (vocals) Jamie Little…
