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“We’re all sitting around waiting. Finally, Jeff strolls in. Mickie says, ‘Jeff – where's your guitar?’ He’s like, ‘Oh, it's in the van on its way to Leeds!’”: When a classic track was created out of chaos by Donovan, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Wood and friends

“We knew that people were gonna go crazy listening to this amazing thing”

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“My producer Mickie Most said, ‘We can’t let a wild boy like Hendrix in there. We have to control the song, Don’”: ’60s icon Donovan tells the story of the “heavy metal folk” song that connects him to Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles

But was Hurdy Gurdy Man really the template for Stairway To Heaven?

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'I would be screaming' - Celtic hero reacts to surprise team news vs Braga

'I would be screaming' - Celtic hero Stiliyan Petrov reacts to surprise team news vs Braga

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Zeppelin and Floyd hoped his magic would rub off on them. The Happy Mondays just wanted to kidnap him. Donovan just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever

After all, why reply with a short response when you can weave a long tale involving Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and more instead?

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Wall Street will be ruled by ‘rumor and pseudo-drama’ if government shutdown goes ahead, warns UBS

Wall Street braces for a U.S. government shutdown as payroll data stalls, leaving the Fed and investors flying blind on key economic signals.

Fortune

“Pentangle sold out the Royal Albert Hall and the next night I was playing in a jazz quartet for 40 quid”: From gigging in strip clubs to recording with John Martyn and Kate Bush, Danny Thompson walked a singular path in bass playing

Beginning with his early days amid London’s jazz and blues boom in the ’50s, to his famed partnership with singer-songwriter John Martyn, the late Danny Thompson excelled at everything he touched

Guitar World

“A force of nature. A player who served the song and who enriched the lives of every single person he met”: Danny Thompson, innovative bassist who played with Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, Pentangle, and countless others, dies at 86

Though he grew up with a love of jazz, it wasn't long before Thompson branched out stylistically, and embarked on a career of extraordinary musical breadth

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Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson has died, aged 86

Danny Thompson was a founding member of Pentangle and worked with John Martyn, Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Peter Gabriel, Talk Talk and more

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"Being the lone guy at the front was a huge challenge. It was really nerve-wracking." Robert Plant recalls his anxiety during the early days of Led Zeppelin, and admits the band had their off days

"It wasn’t sent down from the gods every day"

Louder

Born in N.Y., Lived in U.S. for Nearly 70 Years, Subscribed Oath of Allegiance 5 Times—But, It Turns Out, He Isn't a U.S. Citizen

Was the father a consul or an attaché? It is on such matters that the law sometimes turns.

Reason

All Ultra Class Trainer Locations in Rogueblox

If you've mastered your Super Class in Rogueblox and now want to achieve its Ultra Class, you can do that by visiting the respective Ultra Class Trainer

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Pep Guardiola parties with Gallagher family at Oasis homecoming gig

Manchester City manager pictured backstage with children of Liam and Noel Gallagher at Heaton Park show

The Guardian - UK

Gallagher children watch Oasis homecoming gig with Pep Guardiola

Liam’s two sons Lennon and Gene and Noel’s three children Anais, Donovan and Sonny, were with Pep Guardiola for the first of Oasis’s homecoming gigs.

Evening Standard

“If you’re a Zep fan and really want to go see Zeppelin, you might as well go and see one of the better tribute bands”: The epic life and career of John Paul Jones, the heartbeat of Led Zeppelin and so much more

Crack session musician, in-demand producer, one quarter of the world’s biggest rock band – ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has done it all

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Liam Gallagher details 'biblical' Easter reunion with Noel’s sons ahead of Oasis reunion tour

Over the Easter weekend, Liam, 52, revealed that he caught up with Noel and his teenage nephews Donovan, 18, and Sonny, 14

Guitar World

“I said, ‘Let’s get Hendrix to play on it.’ His manager said, ‘Jimi’s playing shows back-to-back.’ So we got Jimmy Page”: The hit ’60s single that was supposed to feature Jimi Hendrix… but ended up with Jimmy Page

Donovan tried to recruit Hendrix when he went in the studio in the late 1960s, but ended up working with the soon-to-be Led Zeppelin guitar great

The Guardian - AU

‘I’d love Keanu to read it’: Ione Skye on bisexuality, infidelity and her wild tell-all memoir

The actor’s aptly named memoir Say Everything has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny

Louder

“I tried to write songs with Paul McCartney, but it was impossible, because every idea I had sparked him off and every idea he had sparked me off”: Donovan’s transcendental tales of The Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix and David Lynch

Folkd rock pioneer Donovan on jamming with Macca and Dylan, butting heads with John Paul Jones and meditating with David Lynch

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Strange Fruit: The forgotten British psychedelic bands whose records might help pay off your mortgage

Britain's Swinging 60s gave birth to a deluge of bands lost to the mists of time – but today their releases are worth a small fortune

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“If you don’t like Bringing It All Back Home, you don’t like music. You should hand your ears back.” Bob Dylan’s game-changing album is 60 today and still astonishing

Yeah, I said it.

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“I don’t think he ever got over being fired from King Crimson… but he went on to bigger, more financially successful things”: Peter Sinfield, the prog poet who gave voices to ELP, Roxy Music and many others

Lyricist, art director, producer and all-round creative who aimed to enlighten, provoke or stir died in November 2024 without being fully aware of what he’d achieved

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Netflix's Seasonal Suspense Series 'Missing You' Captivates Viewers

Netflix's 'Missing You' miniseries, based on Harlan Coben's novel, offers a thrilling mystery with unexpected twists and a talented cast in the north of En...

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“We’ve always been a rock group, The Beatles”: How the White Album sowed the seeds for music’s entire future

By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album

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“She Then Called The Secret Service”: 30 Of The Worst Neighbor Experiences People Have Ever Had

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Now a mother, Carla Esparza says retirement at UFC 307 is definitive: ‘I don’t want to leave this sport in a wheelchair’

After more than 15 years in MMA, former UFC champ Carla Esparza knows when it's time to get out. And that time is Saturday at UFC 307.

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