Today's the birthday of Roy Harper, aka Speedy/Arsenal.

(Art by Maurice Del Bourgo, Rich Buckler, Nick Cardy, and Dave Bullock.)

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84-year-old #FolkLegend #RoyHarper on stage last night at #birminghamsymphonyhall with his insanely talented son #NickHarper.

'How does it feel?' Sublime, emotional, poignant. And they moved me to tears.

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Recorded #OnThisDay 47 years ago:

Roy Harper - Peel Session 1978

The complete session recorded by Roy Harper on 7 August 1978 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 21 August 1978.

Tracklist:

1. Forget Me Not (0:43)
2. The Same Old Rock (4:07)
3. I Hate The White Man (17:10)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016/07/roy-harper-peel-session-1978.html

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Roy Harper - "Folkjokeopus" (1969)

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m62n5lK3Ul8g2I3ox4yGcokXCuxoB44Ck&si=rSeQry7rU0C1xCep

It Don't Bother Me is the second album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in November 1965.

It Don't Bother Me Review by Richie Unterberger

Basically an extension of his 1965 debut, Bert Jansch's second album is perhaps a bit lighter in mood and doesn't boast quite as strong material, although it's nearly in the same league. Includes one of his most explicitly political songs ("Anti-Apartheid"), his first recording with John Renbourn ("Lucky Thirteen," a Renbourn original), and his first use of banjo on record ("900 Miles").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABW1X6kkjg0

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#RoyHarper has announced more tour dates, with #NickHarper, for autumn 2025:

https://www.royharper.co.uk/news.html

“Six years had gone by. I’d written poems and chopped wood, but I was restless. I needed to be back on a stage. I made a few calls, got the team together again, including my son Nick Harper. Nick and I will be on the road together for three shows this autumn. It’s been far too long since we’ve played together. I’m looking forward to it and to seeing you all again.”

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The album that kickstarted a lifelong love.

An absolute, gold plated national treasure.

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Today’s listening is ‘Whatever Happened To…..Jugula?’, the 1984 album by Roy Harper and Jimmy Page.

“An ordinary man writing songs for ordinary people”..I’m not so sure about that, Roy!

This is definitely an album of 2 sides!


Side 1 is great, with the Harper classics ‘Nineteen Forty-Eightish’ and ‘Hangman’, plus you can tell that the music for the track ‘Hope’ was written by David Gilmour.

Side 2, however, is less than great, although ‘Elizabeth’ has it’s moments.

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