Album Notes: Personnel: Phil Alvin (vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, marksophone, piano); Fayard Nicholas, Eddie Baytos (vocals, percussion); Mary Franklin, Top Jimmy (vocals); Dave Myers (guitar, bass); Jerome Bowman (guitar, background vocals); Robert Lily, Gary Masi (guitar); John Bambridge (reeds); Elliot Caine, Ike "Diz" Williams (trumpet); Jim Maihack (trombone, tuba); Bob Ringwald (piano); Travis Dickerson (organ); Phil Thomas, Ken Sara (drums); The Blasters, Billy Boy Arnold, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Cesar Rosas. Engineers include: Bruce Witkin, Ed Cody, Cesar Rosas. Brothers Phil and Dave Alvin were the heart of California roots-rockers the Blasters. After songwriter/guitarist Dave's departure for a solo career, Phil kept the group alive, but mostly on a local performance level, not as a recording unit. He released his first solo album in 1986, but it took him eight years to make another. Like its predecessor, COUNTY FAIR finds Phil Alvin backed by a shifting cast of characters, exploring an eclectic batch of American roots styles, from blues to country to R&B and rockabilly. On several songs, he's backed by the '90s version of the Blasters, but Alvin goes further afield in collaborations with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and singer Mary Franklin. The solo efforts of each brother underline what the other brought to the Blasters; Dave's singing has never been described as mellifluous and songwriting is not really Phil's forte. The strongest cuts on COUNTY FAIR are those where Phil draws on his encyclopedic knowledge of American musical history by covering obscure blues and R&B gems; the most effective moments are those where he accompanies himself on guitar and breathes new life into such Americana relics as "That Thing" and "Callin' Corrine."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Country Fair - Blasters
2.: Wreck Your V8 Ford - Alvin, Phil & Billy Boy Arnold
3.: Blue Line - Blasters
4.: That Thing
5.: Turnin' Blues Into Gold - Alvin, Phil & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
6.: Starlight
7.: Keep In Touch - Blasters & Jerome Bowman
8.: What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You - Alvin, Phil & Mary Franklin
9.: She Loves So Good
10.: Callin' Corrine
11.: Terror - Faultline Syncopators
12.: Oh Doctor - Gauda La Habrians
13.: Mr Satelite Man - Blasters
14.: Low Down Rhythm - Alvin, Phil & Friends
15.: Danny Boy's Mourning Sunset - Alvin, Phil & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Advantages: Clean family fun Disadvantages: Slightly irritating voices
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Advantages: Friendly, Efficient, Very Clean Disadvantages: None, apart from waiting time
...I am at present resting at home after an operation on my left shoulder, made necessary after a clumsy fall that compressed the shoulder joint.
After a regimen of physiotherapy and steroids it was deemed that an operation called a subacromial decompression was arranged and took place at the orthopaedic unit of the Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester, Dorset.
I was given a choice of three hospitals, in line with the government's policy of offering a choice and I feel that I made the correct decision.
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Advantages: Simple concepts, well desrcribed, inexpensive to purchase Disadvantages: Not for the more advanced investor
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Some of you might have heard of Alvin, no not Stardust and he isn't one of the chip monks, but a personal finance guru, known for being pretty hard line in his views. I hadn't actually read any of his books up to this point, but had seen him on plenty of chat shows and radio interviews. The book is called 'What not to spend' and has a picture on the front of Alvin grinning manically whilst clutching several high end shopping bags to his chest.
The front cover promises ' Priceless ways to manage your money' and describes Alvin Hall as 'The Mr Motivator of the money...
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