Toothsome hors d’ouvres, mains and ‘items from the trolley’ on the rock and roll menu this week include …

… Bowie’s Pin-Ups v Ferry’s These Foolish Things: who won?

… the worst band name in history and why.

… the fan who hired a plane to fly a message past Morrissey’s record label.

… the Stones’ Hackney Diamonds: best album since Black And Blue or tedious riff-less dirge?

… why only solo acts can tell stories onstage.  

… why the Dutch love the Byrds.

… things we never imagined 50 years ago.

… Spanky McFarlane, Gloria Salt … country music siren or twinkle-eyed PG Wodehouse dame?

… the two main topics the Stones write songs about.

… how modern fandom is expressed.

… who ever thought they’d hear Dylan say the word ‘Wikipedia’ onstage? 

… and has anyone got a copy of ‘Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamtown’ on Mick Hucknall’s Blood And Fire label? And who remembers the ‘Hard-Up Heroes’ album?

Plus cycling with an umbrella, Barbra Streisand’s autocue and birthday guest Cathal Chu on the best and worst onstage banter.

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