horsemouth has done the meeting of the communal endeavour (the game of thrones edition). what was the line in lock,stock and two smoking barrels?
'it's been emotional'
he also did a webinar to show willing (but it's all recorded and online anyway - so whomsoever could always revisit it if they wished).
horsemouth was just listening to wishbone ash live dates volume two. horsemouth would have bought it when it came out in 1980 from the record shop round the back of hereford market he thinks.
he saw wishbone ash on the number the brave tour and then down the marquee a number of times and over at polytechnic of central london once he''d moved to the wen. all these were with the andy powell, laurie wisefield, trevor boulder, steve upton lineup. he never saw the martin turner line up, still less the original martin turner, ted turner line up.
he was somewhat spoiled - the first album he bought was argus (widely considered to be their best). the first three are generally considered the classics, the fourth a bit of a (transitional) dud and then you are into the laurie wisefield (rather than ted turner era). they move to the states and become slicker and softer.
and then peer-group pressure was applied and horsemouth was cured.
he loved the live gigs though and he even loved the laurie wisefield era. they were craftily built songs with clever guitar lines, meaty baselines and great drumming.
it's yet another beautiful morning. horsemouth has just been out to feed the chickens and let them out. in a little while he'll go out and do his expanded watering (expanded to include the potential potatoes).
he's also trying to clear around the fruit bushes (the gooseberry harvest looks very good). this means cutting down loads of buttercups (which is a shame really). he should try and get some carrots in as well. (and get in the remainder of the potatoes).
today it is sun ra day. hail the genius from saturn. hail the musicians who keep his memory alive.
tonight bell-ringing. at the weekend a gig.
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