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Alan Ashworth

Alan Ashworth
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Alan Ashworth is a former national newspaper journalist now retreated to the Ribble Valley, where he grows cacti and tramps the fells with the family dog Bingo. He and his wife Margaret run a website, A-M Records , which includes their collected TCW columns plus extra features including Tracks of the Day. Requests, queries and comments can be sent to alanj126@yahoo.co.uk
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Randy Newman, master craftsman (continued)

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NOT so long ago the great British musician Nick Lowe was asked at a public question-and-answer session who he thought were the...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Traffic Report, Part 2

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LAST week we left Traffic in a jam after Steve Winwood decided to break up the band in 1969. He joined forces...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Traffic Report

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WHEN Steve Winwood first played piano in pubs and clubs, his bandmates made sure he faced away from the audience at all...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: The glory of Rory

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ACCORDING to music legend, Jimi Hendrix was once asked on TV what it was like to be the greatest rock guitarist in...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Rickie Lee Jones, Duchess of Coolsville

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THIS week’s subject featured recently in the Times Saturday Review column My Culture Fix. Rickie Lee Jones was asked who, in her opinion, was...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: In praise of Bryn Haworth

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DURING my early years in journalism, I was lucky enough to interview a number of musicians. I have already described my meeting with the...
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St Greta joins the beetles

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HOT news from the insect community: A new species of beetle has been discovered and named after junior world leader Greta Thunberg. Nelloptodes gretae...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Hot Rats’ Golden Jubilee

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THIS month marked the 50th anniversary of an LP release which was to prove a landmark in modern music. Hot Rats, by Frank Zappa,...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Leo the lion

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AT a recent reunion lunch for Fleet Street hacks, I was reminded of a boast I made in the late 1970s – ‘I’ve got...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Just Say Yes, part 2

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LAST week we left Yes basking in the success of their breakthrough third LP, The Yes Album, which went platinum in America. They were,...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: Just say Yes

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FOLLOWING my recent column about Genesis, I have received thousands of requests (well, a good few) to look at another giant of the British...
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Good old Diane. If she didn’t exist, we’d have to make her up

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AFTER 32 years in Parliament, Labour veteran Diane Abbott had the honour today of becoming the first black MP to represent his or her...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: After Blue – what Joni Mitchell did next

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IN a previous column, we left Joni Mitchell feeling battered and bruised after being ditched by James Taylor, consoled little by the success of...
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Off the Beaten Tracks: The forever innocent Jonathan Richman

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WHEN I first heard Jonathan Richman I thought he was simply playing a character – a naïve childlike figure who saw beauty in ordinary...
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Roll up, roll up for Crazy Cathedral Capers

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A BONKERS bishop delivers his sermon at Norwich Cathedral from half way up a helter skelter. The Rt Rev Jonathan Meyrick tells his flock...
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We’re in the money!

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SOME of us, I guess, were just born lucky. This morning I received the following email: Dear Sir/ Madam, Please forgive me if my request is...
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