Mountain & great music... Ho-hum..

Hi again everybody.....

I was just looking at my 'Stats' page - and I see I have a reader over in Russia again !! If you're the same reader, who has logged in before - I thank you for coming back again....... of course, if you're a new reader, I thank you for finding my words & taking the time, to read them.

Right - it's another Friday, here in England..... I didn't think it was too warm, earlier, when B took me down to the Dr's surgery - but, as I type, she is outside, washing the car & hoovering out the inside !!

I really wish, that we had a drive in, big, garage..... not the small one, that we have now. It's only big enough for a small car........ if, a big if, we had a bigger garage, B could do all of the 'car cleaning' stuff, in the warm !! Oh well...

She is outside & I'm indoors, writing these words to you. To be honest, after coming back from the Dr's, I went straight back to bed. Not sooooo much because I was tired - but, mainly because of the pain problems !!

There is only so much morphine I can take..... so, by going back to sleep, that means I get a couple of hours sleep. Sleep is probably the best pain relief I can give to myself. It really means that I get thru' an hour or 2, with out going "ouch" !!

As it's a Friday, I had to go down to the local surgery, for another dressings changed. It still hurts, everytime the nurses do their thing.... but, as we said today - after 2 years & X number of months, I'm getting very used to it all...... possibly too used to it all !!

As the nurse said, today... after the next surgery, she hopes that will fix everything & stop my visits !! Bless her & the rest of them, they've really worked hard, to try & keep the wound up to standard, or whatever you want to call it ?! It's not been easy for them - but.... !!

B has now back in the house, eating a salad thingy for her lunch.... Me, I've decided to skip solid food... for a day or 2 at least. Hopefully, it might help - besides, I don't feel too hungry, at the moment.

Going over to the music of the moment... Well - I'm playing a copy of Mama's Boys Knebworth 1985 concert. The whole day was brilliant, even tho' I wasn't actually there. The BBC did the whole thing (almost) on the radio.... sooooo - I managed to record everything they broadcast !!

Mama's Boys 'One Last Chance' is playing as I type.... complete with extended guitar solo. I'm not sure if it has ever been released officially - if it has, try & find yourself a copy.

I mentioned, that the BBC 'almost' did the whole thing, on the radio.... well, for reasons best known to themselves, the Scorpions refused to let their set be broadcast - or so I believe. It was a shame really. The headliners, Deep Purple, did let most of their concert get broadcast.... except for one track, I think. Oh well - happy days... kind of !!

The Cr has moved along now - with the mighty Mountain, blasting away their opening number. I've always loved them... a great band, you have to check out their albums !! I have several of their 'Official Bootlegs' - they're all not of the greatest quality, recording wise...... but !!

The Woodstock set, is not the greatest thing, to listen to - but, it's Woodstock.... one of the concerts, that brought them to everybody's attention. It's really good - especially, if you put it alongside, the official stuff !!

The one I want to write the tracks to, is the 'Canadian Festival Express' concert, from Toronto on June 28th 1970. Those tracks are:

1) Blood Of The Sun
2) Silver Paper
3) Hellhound On My Train
4) Guitar Solo - Dreams Of Milk & Honey
5) Stormy Monday
6) Mississippi Queen

I was playing The Festival Express DVD yesterday - unfortunately, Mountain were not on, doing anything on stage .... but it's still a great film !! If nothing else - give a listen to their live version of 'Stormy Monday' which you can find on either 'Over The Top' 2 Cd best of... or apparently... on their 'The Road Goes Ever On' live set. Unfortunately, my copy doesn't have it !! I think mine is straight off the Lp. Nevermind - give it a listen, if you can !!

Right - I must go.... things to do & to listen to !! Lots of music & stuff like that..... sooooo - I must thank you all, for logging in & reading my words. It's good to know you're there.... until next time...

Bye Bye