Phantasmagoria

MO :  Broulee | Dreams | Freewheelin' | Parliament | Prose 2001-4 | Phantasmagoria | Prose 2021+ | Red&Black | Roma | Seabird | Songs 1972-4, 2021-3 | St. Pauls | Uncle Jack | Phantasmagoria, n., a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream . Contents Magical Rain/e Tutorials Covers References ------------------- 1. Magical One of the present writer's favourite songs is the exquisite Phantasmagoria in Two by Tim Buckley (1947-75). It is for a number of reasons, but primarily because of the impact of a live version from 1968 upon first hearing back in October 2001 .... but we will come to that later. The song was written by the American singer songwriter in early 1967 and a studio recording made in June of that year. It presented the listener with a poignant love song, traditional in its lyrics and full of statements of loss and parting. They went as follows: Phantasmagoria in Two If a fiddler played you...

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Back in 1976,  as a pimply 19 year old from    Illawarra's northern suburbs, I attended one of my most memorable concerts ever - rock band Chariot at Wollongong Town Hall. I was amazed by the lead guitarist Dennis Wilson and especially the band's epic song More which, unfortunately, never made it into or out of a recording studio, or live release. I thereafter saw Wilson as nothing less than Australia's version of Eric Clapton, such was his talent, technique and sound, especially when expressed through his famous 1960 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty guitar hooked into a wah pedal and a Marshall stack. Chariot led me to Wilson's previous band, and their one and only LP Wide Open from 1971, which I was fortunate enough to score a copy of shortly thereafter. The prior band was Kahvas Jute , a Sydney-based progressive rock group which performed in Australia and the UK between 1970-73. Upon disbanding it re-emerged as Chariot from 1974-77. There were subsequently two Kah...