Listen to Al Stewart performing his cover of the Yardbirds’ ‘Turn Into Earth’:
Born in Scotland but brought up in Dorset, Al Stewart started his career in local bands, buying his first guitar from Andy Summers (Zoot Money, the Police) and taking guitar lessons from Robert Fripp (King Crimson). Inspired by Bob Dylan, he moved down [...]
There were two sorts of clubs: the rock clubs that the public went to and the night-clubs that all the stars went to. The nice thing was the bands all lived in London then - they would have moved down from Liverpool or Manchester or Cardiff or Newcastle. Usually in the evenings, the last thing [...]
Listen to Zoot Money and the Big Roll Band perform ‘Big Time Operator’ here:
Bournemouth-based Zoot Money and the Big Roll Band moved up to London in the early Sixties when Zoot became one of the many talented artists who were initially discovered and encouraged by the late, great Alexis Korner. Zoot and the Big [...]