Hi Piotr! I had to travel to Warwick yesterday and returned to Portsmouth this evening. My chosen CDs for the journey were Visionary, Perilous Journey, Fear of the Dark and Ravens and Lullabies :D Visionary, PJ and FoTD are all remarkable albums in my opinion and stand shoulder to shoulder with anyt...

Hi Tom - you're in good company then! William Shakespeare was born and died on the 23rd, while my Dad (90 this year) and his last surviving brother also have their Birthdays on this date! On a sad note note the 23rd is the anniversary of the passing of Ian Nelson (Red Noise), brother of the great Bi...

Well said Andrew and of course we'd like to echo your sentiments

Roger & Em x

PS Looking forward to catching up with you and Anna next year!

Andrew,

Yes it was very kind of Gordon to give us a mention, particularly as he had quite a few family members there. All in all it was a great weekend which will stay in my memory for a long time

Roger

One for the guitar players this!

There is currently a thread on Bill's forum listing his guitars:

http://www.billnelson.com/html/park/inn.php, then William's World, then "A list of Bill's Guitars", dated Mon 23 Nov - enjoy!!!

While it's great that the BBC audio from the concerts is still available, it's such a crying shame that the TV footage no longer exists :( :cry: It's probably the same for the FOD videos - I remember watching Gordon with his SG2000 on of all places "Tiswas", which was the start of my admir...

Andrew,

We were at that Dorchester gig and a great one it was too!

Roger

Piotr, What a fantastic story about Wojtek and of course your timing has been spot on to help us remember and honour our relatives who lived and fought during WW II - my Uncle was in the RAF and was sadly killed during active service in Singapore (the irony was that he survived the Battle of Britain...

Forgive me for being a bit smug, but then I think this has turned out to be a great thread :D The fact that we all love different versions of Dodo speaks volumes of what it's all about :D Bob - yes you are the lucky one! Steve - we saw Gordon perform Sallie's Song at Fareham a few years ago on the J...

Saw one of these yesterday in a charity shop for £5. We've got loads of other things going on at the moment so I didn't buy it, but then did a little bit of research when we got home. Apparently they are made by Egmond and one or two have gone on ebay for quite a bit more than this. Also it appears ...

Hi Andrew Thanks for that my friend :D My shoulder is a lot better these days and I'm enjoying playing both the Vintage and my "project" tele. At some stage I'll get around to having a p/u put on the Vintage so that I can use a few effects! If you PM me with an e-mail address we can make s...

Hi G

I just have a very simple statement to make and that is that the world is a much better place because of your music. Nuff said I think.

Roger & Em x

Hi John! Thanks for the information :D Most of the music that I enjoy is guitar-based, or ambient such as Brian Eno or Tomas Dvorak. By accident I came across Halsall playing a piece of music on Radio 3 - just him on trumpet (not normally my favourite instrument!) and someone (Taz Modi?) on piano. I...

Is anyone familiar with the music of the Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader Matthew Halsall? I've read that he's one of the rising stars of the UK jazz scene and I can believe it after listening to his new album, "Into Forever" - well worth a listen :D PS I came...

Hi Gordon, Well two years on and I'm still very happy with my JHS Vintage travel guitar - thanks again for advising me to buy one :D Since I've had the guitar I've tried several string gauges and found it to be very versatile. I now have Martin 10s fitted and the question is how high due you think I...