Gonzo Magazine #179
Osibisa, Gregg Kofi Brown. Prince, Record Store Day, Harper Lee, Beatles,
George Harrison, Ken Campbell, Robert Anton Wilson, Discordianism, Mr Biffo, Roy
Weard, Dogwatch, That Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, and Yes fans had better
look out!
After what has been a long and peculiar week, this issue - dedicated to the
memory of Poppy McGregor - features an interview with Osibisa star Gregg Kofi
Brown, who also says
goodbye to Prince, a long chat about George Harrison and
Beatles minutiae with author John Blaney, Doug goes to see Steve Hackett, John talks about Record Store Day and Hawkwind, Alan muses on Harper Lee, and we visit a
festival of Discordianism, and there are radio shows from Strange Fruit and Mack Maloney, as well as the return
of Friday Night Progressive, the latest installment of the saga of Xtul, and
columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the
irrepressible Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views,
interviews and pademelons ouyside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials
who have escaped from captivity, but I got carried away with things that rhymed
with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY
FREE!!!
This issue features:
Prince, Paul McCartney, Ve, Brian May, Brian Johnson, Allen Toussaint, Tony
Hawk, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Dave Bainbridge, Sally Minnear, Strange Fruit,
Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Floyd August "Gib"
Guilbeau, Pete Zorn, Lonnie McIntosh “Lonnie Mack”, Phil Sayer, Gareth Daniel
Thomas, Victoria Wood CBE, Captain Beefheart, Brand X, Osibisa, Pink Fairies,
Gram Parson's The International Submarine Band, Gib Guilbeau, Sneaky Pete
Kleinow, Sons of Fred, Percy Jones, Norman Wisdom featuring Rick Wakeman,Gregg
Kofi Brown, John Blaney, Steve Hackett, Alan Dearling, Harper Lee, Ken Campbell,
Roy Weard, Record Store Day, John Brodie-Good, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind, Jill Calvert,
Dierks Bentley, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Runaways, Neil Nixon, Tim Buckley,
Dvalin
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 177 (David Gilmour)
Issue 176 (Joey Molland and The Raz Band)
Issue 175 (Larry Sanders)
Issue 174 (Keith Emerson)
Issue 173 (Pink Fairies action figures)
Issue 172 (4th Eden)
Issue 171 (Keith Levene)
Issue 170 (Wildman Fischer)
Issue 169 (Wildman Fischer)
Issue 168 (Wakeman/Bowie)
Issue 167 (Paul Kantner)
Issue 166 (Spirits Burning)
Issue 165 (David Bowie)
Issue 164 (Free Festivals)
Issue 163 (Lemmy)
Issue 161-2 (The Christmas Double Feature)
Issue 160 (Frank Zappa)
Issue 159 (Jon Anderson and Matt Malley)
Issue 158 (Billy Sherwood)
Issue 157 (Drones for Daevid)
Issue 156 (Rick and Emmie)
Issue 155 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 154 (Steve Ignorant)
Issue 153 (Martin Barre)
Issue 152 (4th Eden)
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