Music Fairy
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AOTD 344: Gerry Rafferty, City to City, 1978.
Gerry made 11 solo albums, this being his 2nd. Born in ’47 in Paisley, Scotland, his father and grandfather were both coal miners. His Irish father died when Gerry was 16. Both his parents influenced him by singing traditional songs. He worked in regular jobs but played in a group that included Joe Egan singing […]
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AOTD 341: Queen, News of the World, 1977
Queen made 15 albums in their original form and this was the 6th. They were formed by Brian May (born Hampton Hill ’47, lived in Hanworth) who had graduated with a BSc degree in Physics in ’68 but opted to continue with his band Smile. Roger Meadows Taylor (born Kings Lynn) was also in Smile. […]
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AOTD 342: Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf, 2002
This is the 3rd of 8 albums. Homme (born ’73) was originally from Palm Springs CA where he fronted a band called Kyuss from ’87-’95 that had a good local following and released 3 albums. After they split Homme went to Seattle to study business at Uni but fell back into music joining The Screaming […]
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