Derry Brownson was the co-founder and keyboard player of EMF, who had a huge hit all over the world with indie-dance anthem Unbelievable in 1991.

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The Teardrop Explodes were one of my favourite bands in the late Seventies. I bought all their records and saw them several times.

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William Orbit was one of that elite echelon of music producers with an identifiable “sound” that can be recognised almost as soon as you hear it. (more…)

John Douglas was a founder member of The Trashcan Sinatras, playing guitar and singing harmonies with the Glasgow band since 1986.

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Such sad news about the far too premature death of musician and actor Glen Hansard in a motorcycle crash in his hometown of Dublin.

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THE DAY GARRY SOBERS SCORED A CENTURY WITH A HANGOVER

I was 15 when I saw the great Garry Sobers play for the first and last time at Lord’s. It was memorable in many ways, not least for being a colossal innings defeat for England, greeted with a massive pitch invasion by West Indies fans. It was even more memorable for witnessing Sobers’ last ever century – completed in three parts, the biggest one with a raging hangover.

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The legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins dipped his toe in the waters of rock’n’roll when he agreed to record with The Rolling Stones.

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Dennis Locorriere was the singer of Dr Hook’s hit singles Sylvia’s Mother, Sexy Eyes and When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman. But he was not the one with the eye patch and cowboy hat.

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David Allan Coe was an asshole; about that there can be little disagreement. A self-mythologising braggart, he was never slow to trade on his troubled past, even if much of it was in his imagination.

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