The Analogues

If you are a Beatles fan, you may well have heard of the group The Analogues. They are a Dutch/Irish group of musicians who specialise in doing something The Beatles never did – play their later works live. ‘Later’ really means from Sgt Pepper onwards.

The Analogues don’t try to look like the lads. There’s no fake accents, no silly wigs or uniforms, just a group of musicians who take pride in performing with as much authenticity as possible some of the greatest pop music ever written.

https://youtu.be/msYTb-F1jlI

An Analogues concert always has a great atmosphere. The band has supplementary musicians, brass and strings plus percussion and guest singers.

So, they are on tour again. Some UK dates and many mainland Europe. We will miss them this year, but you should try to catch them if you can.

Twelve British Songs… VI

…that defined the 60s and are not The Beatles.

The Alan Price Set

Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear

1967

The Animals have some of the best known songs of the sixties. Lead singer Eric Burdon went to the USA to become famous, bassist Chas Chandler moved into management (Slade, Jimi Hendrix) and keyboardist/singer Alan Price did various things including composing and appearing in films, working with Georgie Fame and having his own hits.

This is one of the best. Price’s voice is distinctive.

The song was written by Randy Newman.