by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 11, 2021 | Reviews, Take One
The portentous Jamaican adage, ‘Short cut, draw blood’ warns that taking the easy way out can offer dire consequence. It also says that the even quickest strike can also cause injury. Both of these eventualities carry substantial thematic weight on Jim Capaldi’s...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 9, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is a newly circulating (I believe) audience recording from the final ‘Traffic’ tour in 1974. This recording hails from the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texasand is a brisk and groovy listen with all instruments...
by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 29, 2012 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Sitting in the dimmed “rock room”, a solitary candle burning well after midnight, a moody thirty eight year old audience recording crackles into life. The recording starts with the MC announcing the band, and a noisy crowd apprehensive for...
