Saturday was the Cup Final at Wembley, but what a dull event that turned out to be. However, the evening was graced with the opening programme in the new BBC series “7 Ages of Rock” and what a cracking programme it was too. Two of my daughters watched with me and we had some nibbles to keep us going; puris, samosas, popadums, mint yoghurt dip and onion salad. Lovely!
Basically, it charted the progress of music from 1963-1970 through the career of Jimi Hendrix, with references to John Mayall's Bluebreakers, Cream, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Who and Bob Dylan. An excellent start to, what looks like, a fascinating and informative series. Well done Aunty Beeb!
Sunday I had to answer a plea for more beer and ended up the Old White Swan again (not the Roman Bath because we don’t do funk.) There was a band playing, we never found out their name although they might have been called The Beatniks. They did some of their own music, notably “Behind the Lights”, but mostly played covers from such diverse artists as; Pulp, Shed Seven, Fleetwood Mac, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Coral, Scissor Sisters, Boy George, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. The vocals were too ambitous but the guitar work (both lead and bass) were excellent, and the keyboards and drums were OK. I’ve have to keep an eye open for them again.
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