Tag Archives: rock music
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Rock guitarists are not all the same!
7Wednesday 07 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Think of the great rock guitarists… What ‘s the image? Pretty sure most of conjure up pictures of long hair, …
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Long drives in the rain…
9Friday 14 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This 1971 iconic track by The Doors one takes me back to the mid 90s when I would commute weekly …
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My beard never grew like theirs
9Friday 24 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
ZZ TOP They were part of my youth; a time that spanned that last bit of compulsory schooling, the start …
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Jump…and I did
10Friday 19 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is a song I still play regularly in the old car. It’s the amazing Van Halen and their anthemic …
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Heart of Gold
5Friday 29 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Back in the early 80s a certain Mr Young, his guitar, unique recognisable voice, and of course the harmonica was …
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Private Investigations
9Friday 15 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Dark and moody: that’s how this one sounds to me. It’s Dire Straits enigmatic “Private Investigations”, from the ‘Love Over …
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Quatro rather than Quattro
6Friday 08 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In todays look at those Tunes I Love, I return to one of my common themes, you might say, that of …
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How I ‘nearly’ joined the British Army
8Friday 03 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Many young boys wanna grow up to be firemen, or soldiers. For a time, I wanted to be in the …
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Dreadlock Holiday
9Friday 27 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here’s another of the Tunes I Love for your entertainment and perhaps a memory-jogger for some of the ever greying mob, such as yours truly, who …
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A Canadian Rush
10Tuesday 14 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Back in 1968, one of the great rock bands of my generation was formed in Canada. That band goes by …
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Mike & Maggie
9Tuesday 07 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is another of my Tunes That I Love 🙂 Back in May 1983, the English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield brought out a single …
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The Quo
4Tuesday 30 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Let me introduce you to a real part of my youth…. Status Quo. With a mop of my own long …
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Rock n Roll & Ms Jett
5Friday 12 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Here’s the next instalment in my review of Tunes I Love…. It’s another 80s classic, featuring Miss Attitude herself, the …
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KISS ~ Heaven’s On Fire
11Wednesday 30 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Time for another of my ‘Tunes I Love’, and another from the 80’s. Try this for size; a bit of …
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Only Sixteen – Just About Remember That…
7Wednesday 16 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So today’s Daily Prompt is called ‘Only Sixteen‘; challenging us bloggers to remember back to those days (as in me), …
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