What are you listening to?

I’m starting my listening session today with this album from an artist that I have never heard of, but perhaps some of our Scottish members may be familiar with. 🤔🙂

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QuarryHunslet said:
Did you have to look them up, or did you already know of them? :unsure:
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Well aware of them from Billy Connolly’s emergence as a stand up comedian, the LPs of his early performances, umpteen appearances on Michael Parkinson’s chat show, countless DVDs and videos of his worldwide appearances, film roles etc etc.
And Gerry Rafferty - who hasn’t heard Baker Street from his City to City album? And the band Stealers Wheel that he was one of the main members of, with their Stuck in the Middle With You? A brilliant artist gone too soon due to his alcoholism. Well worth checking out all his albums.

So yeah, pretty well known not just to their compatriots but worldwide I’d say :)
 
Burnside said:
Well aware of them from Billy Connolly’s emergence as a stand up comedian, the LPs of his early performances, umpteen appearances on Michael Parkinson’s chat show, countless DVDs and videos of his worldwide appearances, film roles etc etc.
And Gerry Rafferty - who hasn’t heard Baker Street from his City to City album? And the band Stealers Wheel that he was one of the main members of, with their Stuck in the Middle With You? A brilliant artist gone too soon due to his alcoholism. Well worth checking out all his albums.

So yeah, pretty well known not just to their compatriots but worldwide I’d say :)
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Perhaps I didn't word it correctly, but I meant had you heard of The Humblebums as a group?
 
QuarryHunslet said:
Perhaps I didn't word it correctly, but I meant had you heard of The Humblebums as a group?
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Indeed, but probably after Connolly’s emergence as a comedian and Rafferty’s early music career. I wouldn’t say I had listened to any of their stuff but was aware of them.
 
Burnside said:
Indeed, but probably after Connolly’s emergence as a comedian and Rafferty’s early music career. I wouldn’t say I had listened to any of their stuff but was aware of them.
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It's actually quite good and worthy of a listen, I only discovered them when I was going to play an album from Gerry Rafferty, and saw it mentioned about him and Connolly being in the Humblebums, so I looked it up and am listening now. :)
 
QuarryHunslet said:
It's actually quite good and worthy of a listen, I only discovered them when I was going to play an album from Gerry Rafferty, and saw it mentioned about him and Connolly being in the Humblebums, so I looked it up and am listening now. :)
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I might have to do that now too - I think there might be a few tracks I’ll recognise. Sorry for the crossed wires…
 
Burnside said:
I might have to do that now too - I think there might be a few tracks I’ll recognise. Sorry for the crossed wires…
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As you may have guessed, my recent listening sessions have started with one artist, and then moved onto what Qobuz, or Tidal consider to be a similar artist, and have gone on to hear music from artists that I haven't previously heard of, and probably never would have discovered.
Some of these have been very good, and I am finding it interesting to see where it takes me.
 
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