Music

The Beatles on October 3rd, 1964, recording a TV show in front of an adoring audience. British edition of US music TV show Shindig! At the Granville Studio in London. The look on John Lennon's face when George Harrison does his guitar solo is priceless

Legendary performance by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on the Lulu show @ the BBC in 1969. The band Cream had just broken up, and Jimi roared into "Sunshine of Your Love" at the end, which caused chaos as the 6 pm News slot had to wait for him to finish. The JHE was banned from the BBC after that. The BBC wiped their old 2-inch videotapes, and by chance, one of the BBC staff found this amongst a lot of motor racing footage and saved it for the World to see.

A tune of a Bob Dylan song I always enjoyed listening to. I was in Soho this morning, and all of a sudden, Mitch Mitchel sprang into my mind as I passed a pub I used to have a few drinks with him and a good chat. He told me some great stories about his time on the road with Jimi and the Experience. I just wish I had taped him talking, but all that is long gone now!

Cancer, or the big "C" word, will affect all of us in one way or another during our lifetimes. It is heartening to see many people going out on the Cancer Research UK - London Winter Run 10K for this cause and raise money for such a notable charity. Even better, Cancer Research UK put on an after-party with entertainers, including Planet ABBA in Trafalgar Square. Apologies for the sound quality, but this was great fun, and a moderately large audience thronged Trafalgar Square to jump around and have fun in the cold. So, respect to all the runners and families raising money for charity and for all those cancer sufferers out there, we are with you and think about you.

Some old footage of Grand Funk at its best. Mark Farner was a great performer and a very competent guitarist, and it is a shame the band fell out with each other. David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine once said, "You cannot talk about rock in the 1970s without talking about Grand Funk Railroad!" Rolling Stone magazine of those days was worth listening to.

Recorded many years ago. An oldie but a goldie some great voice work

Legendary band Canned Heat performing at Woodstock. I was lucky enough to see them several times live with the original line-up over here in the UK. They really knew how to get an audience going with a great deal of energy led by Al "blind owl Wilson" and Bob "the bear Hite. Echoes from a very distant but pleasant past still resonating in my brain.

You have to take your hat off to this guy he was a great performer but liked to play in whatever key he felt like at the time. Looked like everyone was having a great time there up in Toronto and when you consider this was a "pick up' band he played with for this festival they did a pretty good job.

Earl Hooker Earl was the blues-guitarist's guitarist, a commanding presence on the Chicago scene, captivating countless listeners, but remained an enigma. His instrumental performances rival those of Freddie King’s ditties, and he affected players across the spectrum – the shortlist includes George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and anyone else purveying standard-tuned slide guitar. Sadly he died in 1970, way before his time, at the age of 40 from Tuberculosis.

Legendary band and if you never heard of them you don't know what you missed. Paul Butterfield is a blues legend and was best mates with Mike Bloomfield. This outstanding performance at Woodstock, starting at 06 am in the morning, nearly went unnoticed but, in my opinion, is one of the best performances and was unmissable. Sit back and enjoy, and turn up the volume

Iconic blues man Belton Sutherland doing what he does best playing his guitar and singing.

This a short tribute to some folks I really like.

Released by my good friend Tony Owens (RIP) owner of Seven Leaves Records