Max Webster! Not heard from them for a long time 
Fellow Canadians as I recall, supported Rush on their Hemisphere’s tour?
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You knew Royalty
I wonder how well known he (and his advocacy of alternative music of one form or another) is known in USA?
Royalty, indeed! But I do not know the answer to your question. Have to see if you get a response.
Just the soft, dulcet tone of John and the mellifluous voice of whispering Bob, I knew they were worthy of prolonged listening….and they played cracking music!
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They did indeed!
I was a big Lindisfarne follower back in the day and I have all their albums. I’ve also been to Lindisfarne – Holy Island!
They’re one of those bands that’s gone through several band members and change to lineup over the years. The heart and soul of the band was the late Alan Hull, when he left the band they weren’t as creative. He left to form a band ‘Jack The Lad’ which was short lived.
Ray Jackson played mandolin and he played mandolin on all of Rod Stewarts early solo albums, he threatened legal action against Rod for not crediting him with his input on “Maggie May”, he’s still going on about it to this day.
Sadly, Allan Hull died at age 50. The best Lindisfarne album after Alan Hull’s death in 95 was when all the surviving members reunited in 98, bringing in ‘Jack The Lad’s’ frontman Billy Mitchell on “Here comes The Neighbourhood” album.
The original Lindisfarne members were definitely one of my favourite bands…
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Qobuz. HR. Rameau as he is meant to sound.! I posted this at the beginning of last year. Excellent musicians and good sound. He is not one of my favourite composers but this was an enjoyable album.
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I loved the early Lindisfarne, and heard them live at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. “We can swing together” was the show-stopper, complete with flashing blue light. I also visited Lindisfarne itself over 60 years ago. A grey day and, at that age, rather dull 
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Hi Bret,
Its always refreshing to look at the world from a different aspect. This is quite the collective music braintrust.
Vern
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You are correct Sir ! God’s of Southern Ontario, Canada Rock Music. Could not have one without the other.
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A very nice story Dirk.
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I knew of John Peel and heard an occasional interview of him, always interesting. I do not think he was well known in the States.
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As far as I know he never made it to the mountains of Upper East TN
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Verneri Pohjola "The Dead Don’t Dream 
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Such a great album from Los Lobos. One of those rarities where every track is really solid. My original vinyl copy sounds outrageously great too.
Saw these guys in a small venue in my original home town a couple years ago and was blown away. David Hidalgo’s guitar playing and voice still killed it!
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Wide range of tunes this AM. Love this guy partly because I played trombone in junior high and high school and partly because of his voice. This collection of songs is timeless.
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Yes - I know the feeling, as a youngster it is a burden to be dragged around historical places when you have no interest.
Tend to take all our great history and historical buildings around us for granted. The Cathedral of St. Andrews is a ruined cathedral that was built 1158 but it was only a few years ago I researched it in depth and I’ve walked past it all my life, barely looking at the large area that it stands in.
One my aunties, mum’s sister, got married and moved to West Horsley then moved to Leatherhead (it might have been the other way around), just a young lad when we visited the family in England and I was bored rigid after the long train journey down south. This was back in the good old days of steam, I wish it was now and I would thoroughly enjoy the journey, but back then as a young lad one hour was like a lifetimes wait and a train journey from Waverley in Edinburgh to London (not sure if it was Kings Cross) but, back then, the train journey including the connection to Horsley took about 12 hours - it felt more like a year. Do you live close to the Guildford area.? You mention the Fairfield Halls in Croydon.
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