tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post111928444897546401..comments2024-03-28T14:13:23.835-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: The Rain in SpainNeddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1120534798717051852005-07-04T23:39:00.000-04:002005-07-04T23:39:00.000-04:00Catching up on your postings Neddie, and two thing...Catching up on your postings Neddie, and two things come together. London, '63; I was there. My friend Paul and I snuck out of our houses one night when we heard the Beatles were recording and cycled down to Abbey Road. We waited all night, it seemed. Nobody showed. We did this every night for, I think, a week. I can remember barely being able to manage my paper round, let alone be awake in school. But eventually we got Ringo and John to sign autograph books.<BR/><BR/>And at school was one R. Thompson, who used to annoy us all by noodling away on his guitar during lunch and generally being a tit. A talented tit, but a tit nevertheless. I think it was '64 that saw the Yardbirds open for the Beatles at the Beatles Hammersmith Odeon Christmas Show (I was there, but I don't remember the year). And of course Richard was neither Eric nor John. But he was good.<BR/><BR/>Unhalfbricking came out when I was in the sixth form, and I think it remains one of my favourite albums. Evenings listening to Alex Campbell at the Enterprise in Chalk Farm. Etc. Etc.<BR/><BR/>Who cares whether Thompson is the World's Greatest Living Guitarist? He's one of the World's Greatest Living Song-writers, that's for darn sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1119295397039320102005-06-20T15:23:00.000-04:002005-06-20T15:23:00.000-04:00Because of his outstanding facility on both electr...Because of his outstanding facility on both electric and acoustic, I'm inclined to agree with you. And in tribute, I've decided I'm going to do my watered-down version of "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" at open mic tonight at the Baja Bean in Charlottesville. Wish me luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1119292937149938762005-06-20T14:42:00.000-04:002005-06-20T14:42:00.000-04:00I can only marvel at the chain of events leading t...I can only marvel at the chain of events leading to the crossing of these particular paths.<BR/><BR/>God, what a world!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the head's up on RT's diary, which I'd basically lost track of...<BR/><BR/>BTW, he <I>is</I> the greatest living guitarist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1119291750318277502005-06-20T14:22:00.000-04:002005-06-20T14:22:00.000-04:00Ha ha ha ha ha! "Decomposition related incident!"...Ha ha ha ha ha! "Decomposition related incident!" "El Muertito". AAAH HA HA HA!Bobby Lightfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671706326620424357noreply@blogger.com