Here’s one more MPC featuring a Fairport Convention alumni for you.
I mentioned in my Richard Thompson post the day a friend of mine who used my Thompson shtick to impress people. My buddy was a drummer, and as much as he liked Thompson, he loved Dave Mattacks, who was Fairport’s drummer at the time.
Mattacks was also much in demand as a session player and this is from one of my favorite gigs of his, XTC’s Nonsuch. “The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead” is the album’s opener and if you play this on a decent stereo with a little grunt, Mattacks’ initial burst will make you jump in your seat.
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Love me some XTC, always.
Heard the new AP-penned Monkees songs? I understand the whole thing is great
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I got the download, so I don’t know who wrote what, and the album is really a lot better than I’d expected. I see that it’s even hit #23 on the Billboard album chart. “Whoda thunk it”, as the Beaver would have asked?
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Love at First Sight and This is Pop are two solid hits of theirs. I’ve always liked XTC though none of my other friends have ever heard of them.
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I still listen to XTC fairly regularly. Like y’all, most of my friends had no clue though the album art for Drums and Wires always made an impression on them.
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