“You can learn more from a three minute record than you ever could in school."

That may not be entirely true . . . but it’s easy to believe when Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are rocking Glastonbury. Never in doubt that they would be a success playing this festival for the first time. Anyone who has seen them play over the last thirty plus years will not be surprised at the plaudits now being heaped upon them . . .but wonder where these people have been! After two and half hours at Glasto they will be doing it all again in Hyde Park . . . and Bruce is nearly as old as me!

Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash . . . it’s certainly a young man’s game!

Reported in a French newspaper this week that Ben Harper has a very large following in France – another favourite of mine, I will be looking out for any local gigs.

Last Sunday, 21^st June, was the Fête de la Musique across the whole of France. It has been held since 1982 and has now spread to over 100 other countries. Anything goes and every city, town and village has bands, orchestras, singers, musicians playing in bars, parks, street corners . . . anywhere there is room to set up instruments.

In Lavelanet we walked past three bars with quite different kinds of music . . . stopping at the third for a beer and to listen to some rock music from a very young band.

 

The sun is here and the temperature is rising but we’ll try to dig out some blues to keep cool!