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Johnny's Garden - Manassas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz74uyx7B-E Back in 1972, I and two friends had a lost weekend in the Outer Hebrides, on Harris to be...

Leftover Wine - Melanie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcWmXM_9N0 The quieter side of Melanie in her prime. Just one person and a guitar, one tiny person with...

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaiT8gATzxc This deserves to be played LOUD. In 1968 a Californian gospel choir recorded an album to...

My Sweet Lord - Billy Preston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mabaEff0s-E Question: Who recorded the first version of George Harrison's "My Sweet lord"? Answer: Yup it...

I Wonder Why - Billy Preston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W80MbPez0LE Around about the time he recorded this, Billy Preston fell out with Sly Stone when he...

Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Uzikag7Xo Sometimes my kids run up to me in the garden and and ask me questions like: "Daddy, Daddy,...

People Everyday - Arrested Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR63UlpHUeM I know this is two Arrested Developments in a row and I know this is their most famous song in the UK, but sometimes tracks are so important you just can't miss them out. Back in 1991 I was part of the Islington Council Arts team that put on "Black to the Future" a film season at the Holloway Odeon that showcased the work of black filmmakers. Programme Director Stephen Philip eschewed the normal approach for those days - worthy fi