Virtual Headbang - 8 Nov 24

Insufficient numbers available to go and disturb Dave's house meant a return to lockdown days with an all-virtual Headbang last night. Andy, Steve and Malcolm sent their apologies but 9 others logged in to Teams OK - albeit CK was either camera-shy or technically challenged:

A gentle 2-track starter theme - TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:

Bonnie Raitt was the popular choice here.

SEPTUAGENARIANS were next. First we played brief excerpts from 5 "mentionables" but not "notables":

Then fuller tracks from the "notables" with voting in play:

The Squeeze video was the winner here.

Others who recently achieved the biblical three score years and ten - un-notable and unmentionable:

 The next theme was AUTUMN:

Led Zep's brief re-formation at the O2 in 2007 was the clear winner here.

Now for the OCTOGENARIANS +. The plus sign indicates the presence of Nonogenarians and even a Centenarian, but first, brief excerpts from the mentionable but un-notable Octogenarians:

Definitely notable were:

A narrow victory for Jimmy Cliff's performance at Glastonbury in 2003 but good to see a few votes for Ketty Lester's wonderful Love Letters.

The Centenarian was Barbara Parritt from The Toys - remember Lover's Concerto?

A brief 4 track featuring the HAMMOND ORGAN:

It was commented how vital the role of the Hammond Organ was in Bob Marley's classic.

OBITUARIES next - and there were a few. First off, brief excerpts again for:

Then the more prominent ones who recently passed:

The vote here is for the "Most Missed" so it was pretty inevitable that John Mayall would win.

Others who had left us recently were noted:

There were 8 nominations for the JUKEBOX this time and some of the tracks were pretty long so I decided to split it into 2 sections:

Rob D's nomination from Edinburgh Blues Club clearly won the first section but it was a tie between David Byrne and local loon Calum  Bowie in the second section, so all 3 played off in the final vote which was again tied - this time between Rob D's and my selection.

That led to the final theme - the second time for PASSED MASTERS. To qualify for this, the acts have to have been born over 100 years ago and now long gone. Brief excerpts again:

The legend that is Willie Dixon had a landslide victory here.