"Romeo said to the graveyard keeper, something must be done..." A somewhat belated tribute to Doll By Doll foreman Jackie Leven, Scottish gypsy with a heart of gold, who left us to play that great gig in the sky last November. Touching obit here . Doll By Doll - The Palace Of Love
Everybody knows that Ringo Starr left Rory Storm and The Hurricanes to replace Pete Best in The Beatles. This month, Ringo's replacement in the Hurricanes passed on at the age of 67. As a bandleader, Keef Hartley later played at Woodstock. He died on November 27. It is not very well known that boxing legend Joe Frazier , my favourite fighter of all time, was also a bit of a soul singer. Some of his stuff cashed in on his boxing background; the song featured here is a straight soul number, and it's pretty good. [...]
I used the sad news of the passing of Jackie Leven as an excuse to go crate digging in my own basement. I knew I had at least one album by Leven's band Doll by Doll in my dank subterranean storage space. The sticker on the album's Jem Imports sleeve indicates that I picked up Doll By Doll's Gypsy Blood at Kief's in Lawrence for 99 cents. I'm too lazy to load it up on my USB turntable and none of the streaming services I use has the album. At least Rdio [...]
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Simon Murphy Scottish singer-songwriter Jackie Leven died Nov. 14 at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer. Although his death was not officially announced on his site , a short note recently posted indicated that he was in failing health. "It is with a heavy heart, therefore, that I have to relate the sad news that the great Scottish singer-songwriter Jackie Leven is gravely ill, suffering [...]
De 61-jarige Schot Jackie Leven kan met recht een volhouder genoemd worden. Tussen 1979 en 1982 brengt hij met de groep Doll By Doll vier albums uit die een mix van punk, folk en blues bevatten. Na het stoppen van...
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Edinburgh's Mike Scott remains one of the true legends of Scottish music and his new Waterboys show "An Appointment with Mr Yeats" has been a massive success. Mike Scott spoke to Dear Scotland this week about the new show, his favourite Waterboys videos and what he really thinks when he hears certain U2 songs. Full [...]
About time I resurrected the blog, eh? I went to see Jackie Leven at the Kirkcaldy Polish Club (HEY!) last night and he was superb. I just had to post this track by his good friend Sir Vincent Lone - as Jackie said in his intro last night, "the first line is brilliant". [See post to listen to audio] Find out more about Jackie and Vincent here , and buy Troubadour Heart here .
SOFT LOWLAND TONGUES: A VALENTINE'S DAY INTERLUDE. For Modern Lovers everywhere. I recall first hearing Jackie Leven when he was frontman for Doll By Doll on the LP "Remember" in 1978. I bought the 45 from it, "The Palace of Love", but to my eternal annoyance decided to forgo laying down the readies for the album. I'm unsure whether it's been reissued on CD, but for a long time it was sadly out of print. Jackie [...]
- It needs to be said that playing Jackie Leven songs can totally fuck with your head. It's a cold, midnight, scary noises in the back lane kind of fear. It's the same fear you get when meeting someone new. Could be a woman, might be a man (no, don't stop me...). You are nervous, wanting to impress. But not send out the wrong messages. I like you, quite a lot, but I'm not planning on moving in with you in a week's time. Eye contact is difficult, the floor gets in the way. You want it to. Ill-chosen words [...]
Toad ignorance abounded at this particular show - I basically came because I love The Willard Grant Conspiracy, Robert Fisher's group, but I know very little either of Scottish folk legend Jackie Leven, nor of Michael Weston King, one time lead singer of English alt-folk act The Good Sons. Still, music in the round like this [...]
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