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Panning for gold in the murky waters of this week’s news, we found the following …

 

… is Sabrina Carpenter’s aunt the voice of Bart Simpson?

 

… is punk now just a small room in the giant apartment block of Goth?

 

… why band life was different for Ringo, Kathy Valentine and Clem Burke

 

… Barack Obama’s songs that define America and how you can’t do the same for Britain

 

… what you notice about the Who’s ‘Tommy’ 47 years later

 

… the night Tom Fogerty’s widow brought his ashes to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

 

… Hurrrggggh! Aah-haaaa!: the vocal trademarks of Clarence Carter, Bob Wills, James Brown and Bobby Bland

 

… did Select magazine REALLY once give away a giant inflatable Jarvis? (spoiler: yes)

 

… plus Shleep and Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt and Sam Cooke humming.

 

Sam Cooke humming:

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&channel=entpr&q=sam+cooke+thumming+youtube+#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7e9fec7d,vid:ZYd8DFI5CJg,st:0


Order copies of David Hepworth's new paperback 'Hope I Get Old Before I Die' here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hope-Get-Old-Before-Die/dp/1804991996


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