#thealarm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Frank Allen (The Searchers), Jane Birkin, Dave Brubeck Quartet’s 1952 TIME OUT album, Patty Duke, Felix the Cat, Spike Jones, Abbe Lane, John Lurie, Jackie McAuley (Them), Natascha McElhone, Nostradamus, Christopher Parkening, Cecil Payne, Lee Remick, Respighi’s “Pines of Rome,” Charlie Rich, Joaquin Zamacois Soler, Maria Szymanowska, choreographer June Taylor, Clark Terry, Peter “Spider” Tracy, guitar hero Dick Wagner, Viola Wells, Leo Wright, and singer-songwriter/frontman for The Waterboys, Mike Scott. The band got their name from a Lou Reed song, and they’re obviously inspired by Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Celtic music. I discovered The Waterboys in the early 80s wave of music that gave us The Alarm and U2, as they have similar literary and spiritual themes. I’ve performed Scott’s “Whole of the Moon” solo acoustic, and here’s a band demo we did of his song “Spirit.” We took it into a Talking Heads retro-pop style, with me playing a funky Vox teardrop electric 12-string guitar. HB Mike.

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/spirit-waterboys-cover

Antes llamados Seventeen, los chicos de Mike Peters pasaron luego a llamarse The Alarm.

The Alarm – Declaration Sixty Eight Guns I.R.S. Records - 1984

A veces A.O.R., a veces Neil Young, a veces The Clash.

GOING OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY Setting your sights for the sky. They can offer you anything at all But your dreams must not be sold.

I didn’t even know the Rebellion Festival existed until last year. A chance look on a forthcoming concert website for a band, I can’t even remember who, said they were playing at the Rebellion Festival so I checked it out. Wow, that’s a spot to me, I thought and I resolved that I go this year. MNy wife and I are booked into a hotel. I have four days of tickets, she has none.  I can get her…