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Author: Sam Kemp

Steely Dan

Who is Rikki from Steely Dan song ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’?

A chance meeting.

Sam Kemp
May 15, 2026
Jimi Hendrix Copenhagen, 1967 - by Bent Rej

The one guitarist Jimi Hendrix crowned the “best in the universe”

High praise indeed.

Sam Kemp
May 15, 2026
Blur - Damon Albarn - Far Out Magazine

The two Blur albums Damon Albarn will always regret: “I’ve made hundreds of mistakes”

“Messy.”

Sam Kemp
May 12, 2026
Tom Waits

The 1992 album that left Tom Waits in awe: “His last major work”

“Frank reigns and rules with the strangest tools.”

Sam Kemp
May 11, 2026
George Harrison - Musician - 1967 - The Beatles

George Harrison’s favourite covers of his 1969 Beatles hit

“It’s a killer!”

Sam Kemp
May 8, 2026
David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away - Sukita - 2025 Press Image

The surreal kids TV show that inspired David Bowie’s an otherworldly song in 2002

“I just loved that show.”

Sam Kemp
May 6, 2026
Paul McCartney - John Lennon - The Beatles - 1964

The 1963 Beatles song that changed how Paul McCartney wrote music

Lessons in songcraft.

Sam Kemp
May 5, 2026
Robert Plant performing with Led Zeppelin in the US c. 1975

How a 1970 voyage to Iceland inspired a Led Zeppelin classic: “We weren’t being pompous”

Hammer of the Gods.

Sam Kemp
May 3, 2026
Franz Liszt - 1870 - Far Out Magazine

The radical 1843 concert that made Franz Liszt the world’s first true rock star

Mad, bad and dangerous to know.

Sam Kemp
Apr 28, 2026
Bob Dylan - Musician - Piano - 1960s

Why did Bob Dylan hate being a “prophet” of the 1960s?

“They must not have heard the songs.”

Sam Kemp
Apr 25, 2026
George Martin - The Beatles

The 1969 Beatles song George Martin couldn’t stand: “A sly dig at the business arrangements”

Nothing if not honest.

Sam Kemp
Apr 25, 2026
George Harrison - Ringo Starr - Paul McCartney - John Lennon - 1967 - Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

The Beatles song from 1966 that Paul McCartney was too angry to play on

“Oh, fuck you!”

Sam Kemp
Apr 24, 2026

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