Any Roy Harper fans here? (1 Viewer)

[Denny Oubidoux]

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Incredible gig in Clonakilty the other night. When he starts singing things like Hallucinating Light that well theres few things that can come close.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Incredible gig in Clonakilty the other night. When he starts singing things like Hallucinating Light that well theres few things that can come close.

Hey Shaney - he's on Jools Holland right now singing Another Day. Probably on BBC Player if you miss it...

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Saw it!
Nice to see him get a bit of exposure although he's a bit wasted on that kinda tv.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Saw it!
Nice to see him get a bit of exposure although he's a bit wasted on that kinda tv.

Ha! Yeah. Followed by Snow Patrol!

 

[GO]

Just gonna take an hour off and listen to some Roy whilst reading this thisng I just came accrosshttp://recordproduction.com/blog/2011/12/eccentric-on-his-days-working-with-roy-harper/

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Can't wait to read that tomorrow when I'm sober. Roy Harper is the closest thing I have to a hero - lives life on his own terms and sums up the important bits in the most beautiful songs anyone has ever written. At least thats what I take away from listening to his albums anyway. I've seen him live 14 times.

 

[pavlos]

http://bellaunion.com/2013/07/roy-harper-to-release-man-and-myth-on-bella-union/

 

[GO]

Saw Roy posted this on Facebake today...rightly fucking stoked is he.

Looking forward to hearing it.

All the hipsters'll be saying they grew their beards cos'a Roy this time next year

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I'm going to see him in Clonakilty next month - I'm very excited about it, naturally. Pete Townshend is on the new album apparently. I'm glad it's not too weighed down with guest appearances.

Pete Townshend has added lead guitar to "Cloud Cuckooland".

Other musicians who appear on Man And Myth include Jake Blanton (bass), Richard Chard (drums), Omar Valesco (clavinet and melatron) and Jason Crosby (keyboards) on "The Enemy", "Time Is Temporary", "The Stranger" and "Cloud Cuckooland".

On "The Stranger", "Heaven Is Here" and "The Exile", Harper is joined by John Fitzgerald (bouzouki, engineering), Tony Franklin (bass), Bill Shanley (guitar) and Neil Morgan (percussion).

Read more at http://www.uncut.co.uk/roy-harper-confirms-new-album-details-news#mIQxuB1hpMtXfJXw.99

 

[GO]

Whats the Cork date Shaney?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Sunday 11th august, de barras in clonaklity

http://www.tickets.ie/event.aspx/roy-harper-de-barras-11-august-2013/5k2sv

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Not sure what I think of this tune

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[Denny Oubidoux]

Big day tomorrow

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[Denny Oubidoux]

Vinyl is €50 in tower - fuck that, the pressure would be out weighed by bitterness.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Vinyl is €50 in tower - fuck that, the pressure would be out weighed by bitterness.

Tower have saved me a ton of money in the past year or two by making all vinyl unaffordable.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I meant to say pleasure, not pressure.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I went and bought it, couldn't face going home without it. Good music is priceless anyway so what's €50? I'll have my money's worth by 3pm. It's been a good week and it's just about to get better!

Gotta get a few beers first though...

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY
ON SKY ARTS 1 HD
:: Wednesday 25 September 9pm ::

Preview clip of TV documentary here

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Huge feature in current issue of
MOJO Magazine


'Man & Myth', Roy’s first studio album in 13 years. In 2011, Harper performed a special show at the Royal Festival Hall in celebration of his 70th birthday, where those who joined on stage included Joanna Newsom, Jonathan Wilson and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, who once penned a tribute called ‘Hats Off To Harper’. David Gilmour not only played on record and stage for Harper, but Pink Floyd engaged him to sing ‘Have A Cigar’ on the band’s landmark album Wish You Were Here. Fellow collaborator Kate Bush has called Harper “one of the greatest English songwriters” while the late John Peel declared, on his death, that cricket obsessive Harper’s “When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease” be played at his funeral. Johnny Marr, meanwhile, has stated that Harper’s 1971 opus Stormcock was “intense and beautiful and clever.”

Having moved to County Cork in Ireland in the late ‘80s, four of the seven tracks that constitute 'Man & Myth' were recorded with Jonathan Wilson at his studio in Laurel Canyon. The recently discovered keeper of the West Coast rock flame had been assembling a Harper tribute album and the two struck up a friendship after meeting backstage at Wilson’s show – Bella Union boss Simon Raymonde was also present – at London’s Borderline in 2012. ‘Heaven Is Here’ and ’The Exile’, the album’s epic closing tracks, and ‘January Man” were subsequently recorded back in County Cork. 'Man & Myth' is incontrovertible proof to everyone of Roy Harper’s persisting brilliance, with many hallmarks of what has singled him out since his first album 47 heady years ago.

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

http://wearenoise.com/index.php/2013/08/review-roy-harper-debarras-clonakilty-11-08-13/