steve colley
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Rory Gallagher
Onstage, Rory Gallagher moved like a cat and played his guitar like a lion. He had a way of speaking between numbers which was natural. He hoped we were enjoying the concert. He thought we might like to hear something from the new album. Nothing was forced. He gave us gold from the end of the Rainbow.
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Songsmith Steve Marriott exploring tenderness with Humble Pie
I only had one Humble Pie record in my collection. It was the single "Black Coffee", which I'd seen them perform on The Old Grey Whistle Test. The singer, Steve Marriott, was in great voice. Then I did something which happens so rarely now : I flipped it over to see what they put on the B-side. I was expecting another soulful rock tune and I got "Say No More", a song which stopped me in my tracks with its tenderness and desperation. This song opens the Songsmiths series about tunes which continue to play on our inner juke box.
