Updated 27 May 2016 Remembering AC/DC’s London concert at Wembley last July. Angus Young in action at Wembley last year. Jim Dyson/Getty Images Two of my most popular posts when I wrote this article last year were about veteran Australian-British band AC/DC. (This was as rated by Google Blogger, but I am now at paulmerryblues.com, which doesn’t have…

Updated 28 May 2016 Posters advertising Maison Close. It’s about the girl on the left who’s trapped in a Paris brothel                        A couple of years ago, we were at home in London watching a particularly entertaining French TV series about the saucy goings-on in…

Updated 28 May 2016 On the very day I heard about Van Morrison being knighted in 2015’s Queen’s Birthday Honours, I read an interesting piece in the London Times about a Sex Pistols credit card being issued by Virgin Money. “Put a bit of rebellion in your wallet”, went the merchandising. If you remember, it was Virgin founder…

Rolling Stones’ founder Brian Jones died aged 27 Updated May 30 2016 You might have read on these pages recently about the so-called 27 Club being a bit of a myth. This was mentioned at the tail end of my recent post, Musicians Living Fast and Dying Young. Here’s the link to that story, if you’re interested. https://paulmerryblues.com/2015/04/living-fast-and-dying-young.html The post was…

Updated 30 May 2016 Apart from being a member of the original Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman was a terrific blues bass player as proved on 1971’s ‘London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions’ album, alongside Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart (the Stones’ unsung pianist),  Stevie Winwood and, of course, Howlin’ Wolf himself. The Howlin’ Wolf Sessions LP. A bit blurry…