Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Let's Pub Rock Again Like We Did Last Summer: Part III (Special "What the Hell Kind of Name is Brinsley Anyway?" Edition)

And speaking as we have been (all this week) of that fabulous new 3-CD set Surrender to the Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene of the Seventies...

...please enjoy the great Brinsley Schwarz (featuring some guy named Nick Lowe on lead vocals) with the title song from said anthology.

That song originally appeared on the Brinsley's 1972 LP Nervous on the Road, which definitely behooves behearing in its entirety. I should also add that the organ playing on that -- by the American member of the band, the should be a household word Bob Andrews -- is among the most gloriously lyrical Hammond B-3 work ever committed to magnetic tape.

And because I love you all more than food, here's an absolutely glorious live performance (from long running Brit TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test)...

...in case you're one of those unfortunates who has problems with the audio links I post using the Box.

4 comments:

edward said...

Nick Lowe proving he can sing, play guitar and chew gum at the same time.

MJConroy said...

Posted a link to this on Bob Andrew's Facebook page, and Martin Belmont responded: "Bob lives in the USA but is British born and bred!"

steve simels said...

I regret the error.

pete said...

Brinsley Schwarz, done in by a record company promotion! I was in England when they chartered a plane to fly every rock critic in the country and a few contest-winners to New York to see them play at the Fillmore East, opening for Van Morrison if memory serves.