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In a BBC radio documentary about “Dirty Old Town”, Professor Ben Harker (author of Class Act: The Cultural and Political Life of Ewan MacColl, 2007, Pluto Press) explains that although MacColl later claimed the song was written as an interlude "to cover an awkward scene change", studying the script of the play Landscape with Chimneys ...
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is the debut solo studio album by Rod Stewart. First released in the United States in November 1969 as The Rod Stewart Album, the album peaked at No. 139 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. It was later released in the United Kingdom with the modified title in February 1970. [4]
It established the template for his solo sound: a heartfelt mixture of folk, rock, and country blues, inclusive of a British working-class sensibility, with both original material ("Cindy's Lament" and the title song) and cover versions (Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town" and Mike d'Abo's "Handbags and Gladrags").
—Martha Rafferty on emphasizing the vocals on her father's cover of "Dirty Old Town" for Rest in Blue. [ 1 ] Rest in Blue is a 2021 album from Scottish soft rock musician Gerry Rafferty , compiled from recordings made shortly before his death.
Their version of the Ewan MacColl song, "Dirty Old Town", was included in the Terence Davies' 2008 memoir/documentary of Liverpool, Of Time and the City. A biography of the group Fried Bread and Brandy-O (the title of their signature tune) was written by Liverpool journalist David Stuckey (with a foreword by Pete Seeger and an introduction from ...
A review of the album in Sing Out! includes a lengthy description of the album's sound: "Brown and Ramsey do themselves proud with the laid back production, mostly guitars, bass, soft drums and percussion and the occasional harmonica that never obscure the lyrics and keep the action moving forward. You'll hear every detail of Brown's voice ...
Lyrics on "Liquid Days" and "Open the Kingdom" 1988 Tom Tom Club: Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom: Vocals on "Femme Fatale" "Femme Fatale" (Marshall Jefferson remix) Vocals 1990 Margareth Menezes: Elegibô: Vocals and production on "Canto pra Subir" and "Abra a Boca" Bernie Worrell: Funk of Ages: Co-writing and vocals on "Sing" 1992 Richard Thompson ...
Although there is agreement among the band that "Fairytale of New York" was first written in 1985, the origins of the song are disputed. MacGowan insisted that it arose as a result of a wager made by the Pogues' producer at the time, Elvis Costello, that the band would not be able to write a Christmas hit single, while the Pogues' manager Frank Murray has stated that it was originally his idea ...