In The Palace Of The King - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Breaking into the Blues....

Advantages: Some great guitar work from Peter Green, introduced to a new genre of music
Disadvantages: The odd weak track, some over generic sounds.

I was recently set a challenge. You see plod951 had complained to me, that while my music good, he never knows any of the bands I review. So, I took it upon myself to do a review that he would be able to read and know what I was talking about, and thought the best way to do this, was to get him to suggest who I need to review. His suggestion was John Mayall?s Bluesbreakers. Next, I had the difficult decision to decide what album I should review, a quick search around lastfm.com, I discovered ?A Hard Road?, which was their third album, released in 1967. I haven?t listened to any of them properly yet, but thought, I need to pick and album and stick to it. The Band Not knowing anything about the band, I decide that it would be prudent to research them, so a journey to Wikipedia was scheduled. Simply put, they say: ?John ...

obscuredbykep 10.04.2009 · Read full review
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John Mayall still Britain's Best Blues performer

Advantages: Great night for British Blues fans....
Disadvantages: An expectation of vintage guitar work, somewhat lacking in conviction

Billed as the return of the 'Big 2', the series of live concerts featuring the Peter Green Splinter Group and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, arrived at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on November 13th. This is an excellent venue for the devotee to actually hear the music of their heroes, so I settled in to re-live the music of 2 great acts. First to take the stage was the Peter Green group and to much acclaim a confident set began to form. There was an immediate feeling that although fronting the band, Peter Green was not actually leading by example, and throughout played more of a supportive role to the excellent Nigel Watson. There were signs through the occasional riff that Peter Green was still a guitar master, but you felt that there was never going to be the energy shown from his earlier work with John Mayall and with Fleetwood ...

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Food Fit For A KIng At The Shimla Palace

Advantages: Brilliant food, good service
Disadvantages: Desserts not brilliant

I decided to visit the Shimla Palace in Cowdenbeath after hearing a colleague rave about it and it has since become one of my favourite places for a relaxed place to eat out. It is an Indian buffet restaurant which offers meals for a fixed price ranging from £4.99 at lunchtime to £9.95 at the weekend. On arriving at the restaurant I was not impressed by the exterior. I parked in the small rectangular car park and, avoiding the huge potholes, made my way to the shabby looking whitewashed building which looked far from palatial. We made our way inside, and a smartly dressed waiter took us to a table and took our drinks orders. While waiting for our drinks to arrive. I took a look around and was impressed with the modern décor. There were around 20 tables downstairs set on lovely wooden floors with a further seating area upstairs ...

wigglylittleworm 08.10.2009 · Read full review
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