The New Hovering Dog by B.J. Cole, released on United Artists in 1972.

Paul Sexton wrote for Louder Than Sound:

BJ Cole is a true Zelig character among British sidemen, his steel guitar work flavouring dozens of records we all know across the pop and rock gamut. The New Hovering Dog, worth it for this cover photo of an eponymously levitating pooch, is ..a relatively rare moment where his name features above the title...

As BJ’s own present-day notes explain, the album saw him sailing away from his country rock moorings and dropping anchor at a far more experimental berth, with arrangements by Robert (Nick Drake) Kirby. Fellow voyagers included Danny Thompson on double bass, Crimson’s Mike Giles on drums and Curved Air’s Francis Monkman, whose harpsichord embellishments are among some stimulating sonic juxtapositions.

https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/bj-cole-the-new-hovering-dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05xX-skwCbo

#BJCole #RobertKirby #DannyThompson #FrancisMonkman #PedalSteel #Prog #Music

Happy Birthday–February 1

#NP: #NowPlaying:

Richard Barbieri - 'Stranger Inside' (2008)

This #RichardBarbieri solo album is a bit more rhythmic and accessible, but also full of experimental, proggy, electronic, atmospheric and dark instrumentals. Features #DannyThompson and #GavinHarrison. Intruiging. #Japanthon

John Martyn & Danny Thompson – Couldn’t Love You More

https://wgom.org/2025/11/30/john-martyn-danny-thompson-couldnt-love-you-more/

Sweet Child is a 1968 double album by the British folk-rock band Pentangle: Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson.

One disk of the double album was recorded at Pentangle's live concert in the Royal Festival Hall, which took place on 29 June 1968; the other was recorded in the studio. The material is the most wide-ranging of Pentangle's albums, including folk songs, jazz classics, blues, early music and Pentangle's own compositions. The album cover was designed by Peter Blake, better-known for his design of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

In his retrospective review for Allmusic, Matthew Greenwald called the album, "probably the most representative of their work... In all, Sweet Child is an awesome and delightful collection, and probably their finest hour." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7wiiUDg4k&list=PL659Ne511y7CPrNxN_Jqh2ZOoOZkiiGkS&index=1

#Pentangle #TerryCox #BertJansch, #JacquiMcShee #JohnRenbourn #DannyThompson #PeterBlake #folkrock #folk #jazz #music