Thursday, 24 June 2010

Frank & Larry

Monday was a bugger for deaths. Frank Sidebottom and Larry Jon Wilson.

I've been a fan of both of them for many years, and had the great privilege of seeing them both perform, in Frank's case on a number of occasions. Here's a photo I took of him at the Cricketers back in the late 1980s or early 1990s - his Elvis period.

Many of Larry's best moments were vignettes of small town life in the Southern US, while Frank very occasionally mentioned one particular small town in the North of England. They were both one-offs and will be greatly missed. Here are couple of songs from each of them.

"Sapelo" - Larry Jon Wilson

"New Beginnings (Russian River Rainbow)" - Larry Jon Wilson

"Timperley Blues" - Frank Sidebottom

"The Robins Aren't Bobbins" - Frank Sidebottom


1 comment:

  1. Help get the The Ace Fantastic Top Semi Professional Showbiz Entertainer...Frank Sidebottom in the charts this Sunday. Buy his brilliant digital download single ‘Guess Who’s Been On Match Of The Day’ today!!!

    Here is the iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/guess-whos-been-on-match-day/id380182595

    Here is the Amazon MP3 link for those who don't own an ipod:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fantastic-Professional-Showbiz-Entertainer-Frank-Sidebottom/dp/B003UHAGRC/ref=dm_ap_alb2

    We thank you!

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