Menu

Crotchety Man

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Posts
  • Photos
  • Scores
  • Summaries
    • 2015
    • 2016
    • 2017
    • 2018
    • 2019
    • 2020
    • 2021

Crotchety Man

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Posts
  • Photos
  • Scores
  • Summaries
    • 2015
    • 2016
    • 2017
    • 2018
    • 2019
    • 2020
    • 2021

Gig

28th April 2019 Album, Gig 1 Comment 2010sAlbum of the MonthGigorchestral beats

Hidden Orchestra – Live

Sometimes the Fates deal us a difficult hand. Just recently it has not been enough for Crotchety Man to paddle his own canoe; he has been asked to paddle other people's canoes as well. That, of course, is flattering but this naturally nervous gentleman was never cut out to lead the paddlers' flotilla. Do I…Read more Hidden Orchestra – Live

25th November 201812th January 2019 Gig, Track 6 Comments 1970sGiginstrumental rockprogressive rockTrack of the Week

Sylvia

Six of us went to see Focus at The Flowerpot in Derby last night. We arrived about 8:50 pm, gathered around the stage and waited patiently for the band. At around 9:30 pm a very fat and impossibly old man appeared. He had long white sideburns and was wearing a fisherman's cap. It was as…Read more Sylvia

21st November 201812th January 2019 Gig, Track 6 Comments 2010sfolkGigrockTrack of the Week

Whiskey In The Jar

"Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I'm late!", moaned the fluffy white bunny shaking his long furry ears in shame and humiliation. And he was. Very late. Crotchety Man had outsourced his next Track of the Week to White Rabbit Publications because he was going to be otherwise engaged at the weekend. There was a final band…Read more Whiskey In The Jar

28th May 201812th January 2019 Gig, Track 2 Comments folkGigTrack of the Weektraditionalworld

Cwlwm

When the Crotchety Kid was just nine or ten years old one of his teachers was a woman not so young in years but with all the best attributes of youth in her manner. There was a timeless beauty in her face and the fresh warmth of her personality has never been matched in all the…Read more Cwlwm

26th November 2016 Gig 10 Comments 2010sGigjazzrock

Soft Machine – Gig

Last night Soft Machine played a gig at The Flowerpot in Derby. The band has appeared in these pages twice before but, for anyone unfamiliar with them, there's an excellent biography (if a band can have a biography) on Spotify. Suffice it to say that the current Soft Machine line-up includes three guys who joined…Read more Soft Machine – Gig

Follow Crotchety Man on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 134 other subscribers

Browse this Blog

More Great Music Blogs

  • Cirdecsongs
  • Good Music Speaks
  • The Fortnightly Playlist
  • The Progressve Aspect
  • Vinyl Connection
  • Zum Poems
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Crotchety Man
    • Join 134 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Crotchety Man
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...