As the song by Boston went. Well, there's been holidays and gigs and pubs and gigs and beer. Anyway, what prompted me back was that my mate is off to York for the meeting on Friday, so I thought I'd give him some rockin' tips! All of my choices are in the 3.40 - don't know if they'll all run though.
First up is Bungle in the Jungle, a great song by the wonderfully eccentric Jethro Tull, led by possibly the only flute-playing salmon farm-owning bearded scotsman in the world, Ian Anderson.
Next is Slade Power. If you've never heard a Slade song, then you're either deaf, or you have never been in the UK during Xmas for the last 40 years.
Finally, we have Spirit Quartz, which evokes memories of two bands from the 70s - Spirit, and, er, Quartz. Spirit were American and boasted the wonderfully named guitarist Randy California. Brummies Quartz used to be called Bandy Legs, but sensibly changed their name. My mate saw them once, and went into the record shop the next day and asked the women behind the counter 'Have you got Bandy Legs?'. Didn't go down well. Quartz released a great version of Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride, and their first album was produced by Mr Heavy Metal himself, Tony Iommi.
Best of luck!
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