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Fine as a Bee’s wing
Beeswing is song by Richard Thompson, said to be about, or at least inspired by Anne Briggs. Here is what the man himself says about it: “RICHARD THOMPSON: I wrote the song Beeswing kind of about her. There was a … Continue reading
A Sailor’s Life
A Sailor’s Life was recorded by Fairport Convention in 1968 and marks the transition of the group from a pale copy of the American West Coast sound to an original and innovative re-interpreter of British folk songs. At the time … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sailor's Life, Dave Swarbrick, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Sheila Chandra, Unhalfbricking
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Seeing through Mingus eyes
At the top of Bob Phillips’ Blog home page is a quote from Charles Mingus, the great jazz bassist, band leader and composer: “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” If Bob hadn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Computing - general, Newton
Tagged Charles Mingus, Complexity, Richard Thompson, Simplicity
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