The Gonzo Daily: Sunday
YER EDITOR SEZ:
I know how Schrödinger's cat must have felt. My whole household (except for
Mama who is blissfully unaware of it all) is in a state of indeterminacy,
waiting to hear from the hospital or GP. The two case conferences were on
Tuesday and Friday last week, and so I am expecting to hear this week either by
letter or telephone call. But as Shoshannah (who will be here later today)
points out sagely, this is an assumption rather than a presumption.
Corinna is in mild discomfort but not in pain and is dealing with this all
magnificently. But I always knew that I married a magnificent woman.
But let's change the subject.
If there was such a thing as popular music ‘royalty’, the Womack Dynasty
would certainly be there right at the top! Songwriting giant Bobby Womack, who
died in 2014 at the age of 70, had a stellar career as a solo artist, and – back
in the 60s – as a member of The Valentinos, provided the Rolling Stones with
their first great signature song, ‘It’s All Over Now’ in June 1964. Then there
was Cecil Womack; a few years younger than Bobby, he not only made some
wonderful solo records, but formed a magical duo, ‘Womack & Womack’ with his
wife, Linda, who – being Sam Cooke’s daughter – is soul music royalty in her own
right. They had made international hits before travelling to Nigeria and
embracing their ancestral African heritage. Sadly, he died in Johannesburg in
2013.
They say that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and in the case of
the Womack family, this is certainly true. Because, there is a new apple on the
Womack tree; his name is Binky! A few years back, he released a magical album
called ‘Womack Style’ and now he is back. The album is called, ‘Next of Kin’,
which is entirely appropriate, considering that this album is 100% true Womack,
through and through. The bluesy guitar riffing reminds one of the Valentinos,
whereas the gorgeous, sultry, sexy sound of the vocals could not have been
produced by a musician from any other family. This record is pure, Womack,
bliss!
I’m in love with it already, and it’s not even out yet!
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AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:
Gonzo Weekly #297
THE REMEMBER WILKO ISSUE
In this strange and rather poignant issue, Richard Stellar discovers the
incomparable Shir Ordo, Jon talks about Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson, Corinna
has been in hospital, Alan revisits the The Grunwick dispute and strike action
and associated street art, Phil goes to see Roger Waters, John goes to see
Canned Heat, Graham looks at what we know about the forthcoming Hawkwind album,
and Jon writes about Evelyn Waugh. REDEFINING ECLECTIC eh?
#Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, AND Friday
Night Progressive, AND there are columns from all sorts of folk including Kev
Rowlands, Neil Nixon, C J Stone, but the irrepressible Corinna, Mr Biffo and Roy
Weard are on hiatus. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views,
interviews and red kangaroos who've lost their shoes (OK, nothing to do with the
largest extant macropods who are in a quandry with regards their footwear, 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:
Roger Daltrey, Nick Cave, Wilko Johnson, Shir Ordo, paul McCartney, Led
Zeppelin, Morrissey, Yoko Ono, David Bowie, Billy Gibbons, Z Z Top, Patrick
Williams, Lucy Ferry, June Jacobs, Elbert Howard, Rick Wakeman, Michael Bruce,
Natural Gas, Roger Waters, Canned Heat, UPF, Universe Infinity, Unruly Child,
Vantomime, Vespero, Zero for Conduct, Abjection Ritual, Aborted Fetus, C J
Stone, Hawkwind, Evelyn Waugh, The George Garabedian Players and the Awful
Trumpet of Harry Arms.
And the last few issues are:
Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)
Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)
Issue 293 (Stonehenge)
Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)
Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)
Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)
Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)
Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)
Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)
Issue 286 (Monty Python)
Issue 285 (ELP)
Issue 284 (Straqngelove)
Issue 283 (Record Store Day)
Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)
Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)
Issue 280 (Steve Andrews)
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