366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 183 Number 184 The Walker Brothers

And here we are, halfway through the year, and halfway through my countdown.

There was a time during the 60s when their fan club had more members than the official Beatles one. Allegedly.

Oh, and they weren't actually brothers, in case you were wondering...

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366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 182 Number 185 The Darkness

366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 181 Number 186 The Rutles

Do The Rutles count as an artist?

Shit yeah.

Here are nine great reasons why...

Amusingly, 'Shangri-La' begins with the opening chords from 'How Sweet To Be An Idiot'. 

Whatever...

366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 180 Number 187 Alan Parsons Project

366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 179 Number 188 ABC

Here is some footage I took of Martin and the boys late last year in Melbourne...

366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 178 Number 189 Take That

True story: In the early 90s, when I was working in the disco business in London, I was called out to supply an emergency PA system for the Hammersmith Palais.
We set up radio mics and a rather basic amplifier and waited for the act to come on.
I was decidedly under-whelmed at the sight of these five young lads cavorting across the stage.
Indeed, I turned to my friend and said, 'Pah! One hit wonders. They'll never make it...'
Now ask me what I said when I first heard the Spice Girls...

                                           

366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 177 Number 190 Big Star Alex Chilton

366 Artists In 366 Days : Day 176 Number 191 Gladys Knight & The Pips

The Sesame Street theme...

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