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"Roly Pin"

“Roly Pin”: Slide Guitar & Synth Instrumental

Did this slide-guitar-and-synth instrumental B-side enjoy much UK radio play when it was released in 1978? Likely not, I suspect – but who knows: “Roly Pin“ Roly Roly is a side project by Rob “Roly” Davis and Ray Stiles of UK glam rockers, Mud. Released on Logo. This discography of

April 20, 2015 No Comments

"Goin' Up the Country"

“Goin’ Up the Country”: The Duck & The Bear – and Duane

Interesting to learn that Canned Heat‘s big 1968 hit “Goin’ Up the Country” is basically a re-write of 1929’s “Bull Doze Blues” by Henry Thomas, down to the flute part (listen here). Vocalion (Jan. 1929) The next year, 1969, saw the single release of a spirited cover version by The

December 3, 2013 No Comments