My pleasure,jb 126.That part was of interest to me too along with the whole story. I's heard KR's description of how he used the Philips portable recorder before but that article goes into much more detail.

A great read on "Street Fighting Man" and the way it came to be:http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303497804579238550068715652?KEYWORDS=keith+richards

The British press have done it again. David Warner was referring to Trott's batting stint as weak and poor. Warner also said the English team had scared eyes on the lead up to the Brisbane match. And sledging,we give as good as we get.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/england-collapse-a-relief-say-fans-2013112281361

I'm listening to the Ashes on ABC radio with commentators such as Kerry O'Keefe,Alan Border and Jonathon Agnew but luckily without the friggin' nut job Boycott.

Nice job.

That's pretty cool,Slave.

atonypro,thankyou for those touching photos which give a refreshing insight into John Bonham's memory.

Sorry to keep you waiting,Slave but I've no idea where the younger pics of me are,or if any still exist? Maybe it's better that way..

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimi-hendrix-fire-song-premiere/

^ Looking good,Slave.^

Excerpt from Vintage Rock interview courtesy of Bonzo Bash @ FB: You also recently hosted the Bonzo Bash shows in New York, Long Island and New Jersey at the end of May. And they surprised you with a Legend Award. Yeah, they did, that was definitely a big surprise. I heard they were going to give one to Peter Criss, but Peter couldn’t make it, so I guess they thought, “We better give one to somebody who could make it.” So I was there. You were friends with John Bonham and obviously saw him play many times, and I saw him a few times myself. Today he’s considered one of rock’s greatest drummers. Is that an assessment you agree with? Yeah, he was a great drummer and had a great drum sound. Everybody thinks he was like a real hard-hitting heavy-hitter. He wasn’t really a heavy hitter, you know. I mean, he was a heavy hitter for the day, just like I was. Guys today, they overrate what the hitting should be, if you know what I’m talking about. They’re hitting so hard today, volume-wise. I had two rotator cuffs tear recently, left and right arm. Everybody’s gonna be getting them if they keep it up. Because they’re hitting way harder than I hit, even at my prime, you know. I listened to a great solo I did with BBA in 1973, you know, it was a great solo but it wasn’t heavy hard-hitting like they do now. Now they’re at one volume — just loud. Me and Bonzo, there was dynamics there. If you look at any of the Bonzo videos, he’s playing hard but not really that hard, you know. Wasn’t that through the way his drums were miked and maybe the size of his drums? I Yeah, I mean, the record-to-drum sound was basically Jimmy Page from the get-go. That was Jimmy Page as a producer. You have to learn how to tune your drums somewhat, which most drummers do that make it, you know. Some don’t, but most do. And then you play and you keep the same miking going live. It’s only a trio, and in their records and their live shows, the drums was the loudest thing. So he always sounded great. And on the record, he sounded superb, and then the band got so big, naturally he became one of the most popular rock drummers. He’s a great player. I consider back in the 67, 68 era, was the guys that actually set the precedent was Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, Keith Moon and myself — I was the only American guy, the rest of the guys were English. Between the four of us, we set the precedent of rock drummers were going to be. I created the power drumming. Mitch Mitchell and those guys created the more technical kind of stuff that was more light and jazz. And Ginger and Keith Moon were just off-the-wall crazy. And the next generation was Ian Paice and John Bonham; that was the next level. Ian Paice, John Bonham, Bill Bruford — that was the next generation, the next wave. I hosted those things because I was playing gigs in the area. I wasn’t supposed to play according to the contract. And also, you know, these guys all play John Bonham’s stuff because they love John Bonham so much. When they were growing up, that was it for them. They would be like sitting down with the records and learning every beat he ever did. I never did that, you know. He was my friend. You know, I might still listen to Zeppelin for enjoyment, not to sit down and learn every beat that John did, because I pretty much knew everything he did. I already knew what he was doing. Wasn’t like I had to learn it. Even the triplet thing which I thought was his, he said he got from me. I never knew that until he pointed it out on the record that I did. He just took it and did it his way, and upped the level of it, you know. So I never was that kind of guy, where I would sit down and, you know, like Brian Tichy, where I would sit down and put the record on and listen to every note Bonzo played and learn it. I never did that. So it’s different for me. I play a John Bonham song, I just play it for fun. I don’t play it like him. I play it like I’d play it, you know. And maybe a couple of parts he did I would play because they’re part of the song. Like when I did “Black Dog” once, I did it my way. I used a couple of drum patterns that make the song that have to go in the song to make it right, you know. But the fills and everything else were mine. In the end, I do whatever I do. If you go on YouTube, you see complaints from these idiots who write comments how I went off and didn’t play what was on the record. I wasn’t trying to be John Bonham. Well, yeah, why would you? I’m trying to be Carmine, playing a John Bonham song.

Cool,no worries.

The Crossroads legend says,you go to the crossroads at midnight,hand your guitar to the man (Devil) there,he tunes it and hands it back and if you take it you'll play blues guitar like no-one on earth.But your soul belongs to the devil for the deal. In this case the devil's handing back bagpipes. If it was in the first instance,It's not funny now.

Think "Crossroads".

XFM talks with Keith Richards about Glastonbury,Hyde Park,Mick Taylor and The Stones. https://soundcloud.com/xfm/xfm-meets-keith-richards

^ Here's some real Kev:

Glasto setlist and some info on the gig. http://www.rollingstones.com/2013/06/30/glastonbury-festival-setlist-29th-june-2013/

I did,but I can't take the kudos for it because it came from FB. Good one,if we're not careful Abbott might just pull a Bradbury. He's a religious twit but he's no angel.And I dislike his contrived gunfighter walk which I think could be caused by lycra rash.

Knit us a pair of socks will ya Kev!

Meet the new boss..he used to be the old boss..