Follow the 70s Music blog: Fifty years ago, October 11th 1971, I attended my first proper gig, at Glasgow’s Green’s Playhouse.  Oddly, as I am not really a prog rock fan, it was in the court of prog royalty – King Crimson. Half a century on, I still retain a soft spot for the band ..read more

Follow the 70s Music blog: Leaf Hound were one of those bands who seemed to morph naturally from the Blues and R&B boom of the late Sixties into a heavier rock centred band of the early Seventies. The band’s origins lie in the blues rock of South London band, Black Cat Bones, which at one ..read more

Follow the 70s Music blog: I bought Glencoe‘s debut album shortly after its release in 1972 and could never understand why, despite some high profile support slots with likes of Deep Purple, Argent and Wishbone Ash, they never seemed to receive the public acclaim they so deserved. Why they never broke into a theatre-filling headline ..read more

Follow the 70s Music blog: It was the early 70s and I must have been about 15 and already a hardened Progressive Rock devotee. My Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant and JethroTull albums were already crowding out my brother’s collection of  Beatles and Fleetwood Mac LPs and the half dozen classical and British comedy recordings of ..read more

Follow the 70s Music blog: This is about a British band formed 60 years ago, who are still performing today and who aren’t The Stones or The Who. It’s about musicians that have flown under the radar for most of their career but who have also produced moments of real quality and cultural significance along ..read more