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A good attendance for a late summer show, and a good time was had.  I had to cry off with very little notice due to a mixup in arrangements for my son’s birthday, which had been rearranged as an evening meal instead of the lunchtime/afternoon pub meal and etc that I had expected.  Malaclypse and Root Beer held the fort magnificently.

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Cream

This week we’ll have a look at the group of three that was the first to be called a “supergroup.” While their career started out sweet, they whipped up lots of fan favour and got their audiences cooking, though in the end, it all went clotted.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

233 Santana, 1977 – 88

The second of our review of the history of Santana, the band and the musician, covering the late Seventies and the bulk of the Eighties.  A certain amount of generic Eighties sound inevitably crept in, but Carlos’ guitar was always distinctive.

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Santana, Part 2

This week, we will continue our look into the career of the phenomenon called Carlos Santana, covering the years 1977 through 1988.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

Rarities and What-Ifs, part 5

This week, we’ll present another collection of bits you rarely, if ever, hear on FM radio, as well as tracks with a bit of background to them, as in, “What if you ignored your record company’s order to stick to shorter, more radio-friendly songs?”—which question will be answered right at the beginning of the show.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

232 Faces, Small and large

A show inspired by a live set recorded for the BBC by the Faces saw us look into their precursors the Small Faces and the way some of the big names went before and after being in the band.  Hence the large faces reference in the show title.

Some really good music from folk like Rod Stewart and Ron Wood “before they were famous” so to speak.

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The (Small) Faces

This week’s show will have a look at The Small Faces, The Faces, The reunited Small Faces, and what they all did afterwards.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

Bill Bruford, part 2

This week we are going into the second part of Bruford’s career, which included his own band Earthworks, a lot of collaborations, as well as reunions of King Crimson and Yes.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse