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Eight Albums @eightalbums @stevenkedie

by Graeme Cumming | Feb 25, 2022 | Blogging, Interviews, Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 2 comments

I’m a regular reader of the Five on Friday feature on Jill’s Book Cafe. The format offers an interesting insight to your favourite authors – and introduces you to new ones as well. One such author was Steven Kedie, and you can read his Five on Friday...

The Gigging Years: Merry Christmas, Everybody #It’s Christmas!

by Graeme Cumming | Dec 22, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 0 comments

A few months ago, I wrote about gigs at Loughborough Students Union, and one of the acts I mentioned was Slade. I did see them more than once, and felt there was more to add. When I saw them, it was the early 1980s, some years after their heyday as, allegedly, part of...

The Gigging Years: The Voice

by Graeme Cumming | Dec 7, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 6 comments

Some time back, I wrote about the first time I saw Thin Lizzy when the original headliners were supposed to be Ultravox. It was a year later, 1982, before I finally got to see the band I was supposed to. In 1981, their biggest hit, Vienna, was cheated of a number one...

The Gigging Years: Tom Robinson

by Graeme Cumming | Nov 1, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 2 comments

A few weeks ago, I wrote about gigs at Loughborough Students Union, but one act in particular warrants more background. Some of the singers and bands I’ve written about have been very high profile – The Rolling Stones, Queen, The Police – and others less so. Tom...

The Gigging Years: Students Union

by Graeme Cumming | Sep 16, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 12 comments

If you’re a regular concert-goer these days, the chances are you attend mainly large venues – arenas and football stadiums. For lesser artists – usually those who had their heyday twenty to forty years ago – you might catch them at concert halls. A place you almost...

The Gigging Years: Monsters of Rock

by Graeme Cumming | Jul 3, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 7 comments

Some time back, I wrote about going to see Status Quo for the first time. The year was 1982, and you can read my account here – it’s worth it if only for the videos! That took place in May. In August, they topped the bill at Monsters of Rock held at Donington Park,...
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