Refreshed

The last couple of nights i have slept really well. Change of scenery and good fresh air. Another big day ahead as i do those mystery shops in Portslade Hove Brighton and Lewes. I look forward to Lewes for the excellent book shops in the town.

I feel so refreshed and stress free at the moment. Weather looks good too. What more do you want?

Hang On To A Dream

Here is a classic song from the sixties which The Nice covered. Hang On A Dream is by Tim Hardin and Keith Emerson's version was on the Nice album from 1969.

And to compare and contrast it with the Nice version.

Enjoy.

Brighton and Hove Visits

Well that  was a strange day weather wise. Started nice and sunny, then extremely windy, a quick burst of showers ,, back to warm sunshine, then windier and cooler as the day drew to a close.

I managed to complete all the visits except for Lewes which i shall do tomorrow now on my journey back to Kent.

In Hove i popped into Fine Records but Julian was not around. However at the Martletts charity shop picked up six blues CD's for fifty pence each.



Not far from the Marletts chazzer there is an Oxfam charity shop and they had a wonderful Dr.Who window display that looked so inviting.

The CD's are -

Buddy Guy - A Man And The Blues (Vanguard)
The Port Of Harlem Jazzmen - Blue Note Presents.. (Blue Note)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' And Howlin' (Chess)
Champion Jack Dupree - New Orleans Barrelhouse Boogie (Columbia Legacy)
Blind Willie McTell - 1927-1935 (Yazoo)
Jesse Fuller - Jesse Fullers Favorites (Prestige)
 These were an unexpected find as some of them are worth at least a fiver each or more on Discogs.

Some of the visits today took longer than expected and i had to phone my brother to check the location of one of them but when he mentioned the wine merchant shop i knew roughly where it was. I usually know my directions by names of pubs, off licencees or wine merchants. By the time i completed the last Sonos speaker system visit it was too late to trek to Lewes, so i had a thoroughly deserved pint at the Evening Star.



It looks like the whole of Surrey Street where the pub is is being pedestrianized. I had to take this picture of the overhanging branch near the pub.

So now i am listening to some top notch blues grooves on a pair of superb, i repeat absolutely superb Grado headphones.

Dem Blues

Some blues grooves for you this evening, and to kick off the jams is a track by Blind Willie McTell and Scary Day Blues.

Next up Howlin' Wolf and Evil

and finally , Buddy Guy with Sweet Little Angel

Enjoy.