Category:Rock
The Witching Hour Sessions – Mott The Hoople
The Witching Hour Sessions – 22/01/2018 Mott The Hoople Mott The Hoople were an English rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid-1970s. They are best known for the song ‘All the Young Dudes’, written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – MTV Unplugged
The Witching Hour Sessions – 18/01/2018 MTV Unplugged MTV Unplugged was an acoustic television show that I loved during the tail end of the last century. It aired regularly on MTV. Many of the artists who appeared on the show, released their sessions as albums and some were commercial and critical hits. Eric Clapton’s ‘Unplugged’ …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Roy Orbison
The Witching Hour Sessions – 17/01/2018 Roy Orbison Roy Orbison (1936 – 1988) was an American singer-songwriter known for his distinctive, impassioned voice and dark emotional ballads. The combination led many critics to describe his music as operatic, nicknaming him the “Caruso of Rock” and “the Big O”. While most male rock-and-roll performers in the …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Willie Nile
The Witching Hour Sessions – 14/01/2018 Willie Nile Willie Nile (born 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, who released his self-titled debut album in 1980. His grandfather ran an orchestra in Buffalo and was a vaudeville pianist who played with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Eddie Cantor. Following his debut album, ‘Willie Nile’, he joined The Who’s …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
The Witching Hour Sessions – 13/01/2018 Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were formed in Glasgow in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK. After breaking up in 1989, Cole embarked on a solo career but the band …
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Witching Hour Sessions – Alice In Chains
The Witching Hours Session – 05/12/2017. Alice In Chains. Alice in Chains are an American rock band formed in Seattlle in 1987 by Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, who then recruited Mike Starr and Layne Staley. Mike Starr was replaced in 1993 by Mike Inez. Although widely associated with grunge music, the band’s sound incorporates …
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