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Dukes of Earle, 6 April 2009

Steve Earle - Live At The BBC finds the roots rocker at one of his favorite U.K. venues, the Town & Country Club in London, on November 29, 1988. In front of an enthusiastic audience, Earle performed several tracks from Copperhead Road a month before the album's release, including the title track, "Snake Oil," "Even When I'm Blue," "Devil's Right Hand" and "Johnny Come Lately," about an American soldier in wartime London. From his first two albums are "San Antonio Girl," "My Old Friend The Blues," "Someday," "Down The Road" and "Little Rock N Roller." Along with a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers," rarities are the traditional Brit-folk "When Will We Be Married?" and Earle's own… Read more

A snap shot of SLF doing what they did best !, 23 Jun 2008

This album is worth buying for the live version of Johnny Was" alone ! A song recorded by Bob Marley ("Rastaman Vibrations")and regardless of what Jake says it was written by Rita Marley not Robert Marley (sic) ! If I had a pound for everytime I've fell asleep listening to this album, I would be living next door to Bill Gates ! I am on my second copy of the cd and i wore out a few copies since it was released !

This is a snapshot of how good the SLF live shows were in their heyday !
You sit me down behind a drum kit and I will go into automatic mode and start to bang out " Johnny Was" I can never and never will decide what my fav song of all time is. It's either… Read more

This for me is the first album by the real Stiff Little Fingers., 23 Jun 2008

I mean no disrespect, to Brian Falloon. When you put 4 guys in a room/hall or a on a stage sometimes it just clicks and they feed off each other. The energy and music they create is like a tidal wave picking you up and carrying you along with it. By this stage in the life of SLF. the band had left Rough Trade and moved to a major record company (Chrysalis) The pressure was on SLF to produce an album to match the cricical acclaim of the first album. " Nobody's Heroes" not only matched the first album, I think it blew the thing out the water. Jim Reilly's drumming was the final piece of the jigsaw SLF needed to complete the picture. with Ali and Jim providing the foundations for Henry… Read more