Baxie welcomes back Robyn Hitchcock to the podcast! In a career that has spanned well over 45 years (starting with The Soft Boys and more than 30 albums to his credit) Robyn Hitchcock would have been within his right to publish a memoir that told his entire life story. But in typical Robyn fashion he chose to do something totally different. Instead, he chose to tell the story of himself at the age of 14. The name of the book is called "1967: How I Got There and How I Never Left". Robyn takes a detailed account of the most pivotal year of his life. This is a year where he was sent to boarding school, cannonballed into puberty, and discovered the music that would set the course for his entire career. On top of the book, Robyn has also released a companion album titled, "1967: Vacations in the Past". This is not merely a record of cover-tunes from that year. This is the soundtrack of Robyn's life. The record includes songs from The Kinks, Traffic, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Procol Harem, The Beatles, and many others. Just amazing! Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Rock102.com, and on the Rock102 app!

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(Ep. #206) Robyn Hitchcock Returns/Interview

This is a new remake of one of my older singer/songwrtiter tracks I did in 2021. The original was a smooth melodic arrangement that had some latin feel, ambience, chill and west coast vibes. This version has a pop, rock and new age vibe. Think the 90's/2000's meet the Kinks. The song brings levity to romance...

When You Were Mine

Spud's apologetic tribute to one of his favorite rock satire songwriters, Ray Davies. And he's really sorry about the lifetime spent mispronouncing Ray's last name but, think of this as a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ;)

Ray Davies

Every Stroke, A Story Told (British 70s)

It's Alright is a powerfully provocative song about life when things just don't go your way. Sometimes It isn't alright despite what we think. It has a great catchy melody in the chorus and has great soundscapes as well as a melodic guitar solo to finish the song. Enjoy!

Its Alright

This song is from the point of view of a loner who has become obsessed with another who won't return their affection and has taken to stalking them! It has a haunting melodic verse and chorus with lush keys as a backdrop.

Shiver

Around The World On The Radio

Make Me A Free Man

Shake 'em 14.01.25

A touching, powerful piano ballad about meeting someone for the first time, feeling awkward, then realising you can be yourself around them.

Stranger Than Fiction (Piano, pop, ballad)

Something that rhymes with love (prod. Stoic Beats)

Written in 1985 - Recorded In 2012 
This A Fab Sounding Extremely Early 
Version Of The Final Track 
The Dirty-Sounding Electric Guitars Are A Gibson SG 
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I Worked On This Track For A Few Months 
However 
The Bass & Drums & 2 Guitar Tracks & Reference Vocal
Took About An Hour To Record
This Is That Mix
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The Song Was An Easy One
It Passed Through Like A Storrm
A 'Minor-Chord' Verse To A 'Major-Chord' Chorus

LIEBCHEN

Our Love Ran Deeper Than The Valley, Dear
Our Kisses Could Not Be Compared
We Lived Outside The Laws Of Harmony 
You & Me
Under The Circumstances Rendezvous
Hop in & Hop Rght Out Of Love
So Irresistible I Didn’t Try 
And You Know Why
Liebchen
Nobody Hurries You
You Make The Stars Fall To The Sea
And When I Cry For Liebchen
I Know My Liebchen Cries For Me

Our Love Ran Deeper Than The Valley, Dear
Our Kisses Could Not Be Compared
We Lived Outside The Laws Of Harmony 
You & Me
Liebchen
Nobody Hurries You
You Make The Stars Fall To The Sea
And When I Cry For Liebchen
I Know My Liebchen She Cries For Me

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LIEBCHEN

A Van Halen-ised attempt at the Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night".

All Day and All of the Night

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the knack - my sharona dub 2

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kinks - all day dub

What happens when one guitar god pays tribute to another… and it backfires?

In this episode, we dive deep into the surprising fallout between Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton — two of rock’s most legendary players. It all started with a jam session in 1983, featured on Brian May’s Star Fleet Project, where Eddie and Brian recorded a slow blues track called “Blues Breaker” — dedicated to Clapton himself.

But Clapton hated it.
He called it “horrible.”
He said Eddie and Brian “can’t play” the blues.
And he delivered a scathing verdict:

“If he was that tuned into me and missed that point… then he missed the whole point.”

This video explores the tension between technical brilliance and emotional expression, the strict “rules” of blues as Clapton saw them, and how a friendship built on admiration ended with hurt feelings, harsh words, and never speaking again.

We also revisit Dave Davies of The Kinks and his own complicated feelings about being imitated — including a jab at Eddie Van Halen’s version of “You Really Got Me.”

From tribute to tension, from respect to rivalry — this is the untold story behind one of rock’s coldest guitar feuds.

🎸 Featuring:
• Brian May’s Star Fleet Project
• “Blues Breaker” tribute
• Clapton's 1986 Musician interview
• Eddie’s 1995 Guitar Player interview
• Dave Davies on Van Halen’s Kinks covers
• Clapton’s philosophy on blues

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Happy Days is not a very happy song at all.  It's actually a song of despair that for years suffered from my vocals.  Well it's finally received the vocal treatment that it deserved and it's here now for your listening pleasure.  It's a guitar driven song that we hope you enjoy.  If so, please hit the like button so others can have a listen.  As always, thanks for stopping by.  Cheers.

Happy Days (Sterling)

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Baxie talks to music legends, up and coming artists, producers, authors, record executives, and more! Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, and on Rock102.com!

Tell the world a little bit about yourself. The shorter the better!

Hi, I’m Dan! Living here in England, I’ve been writing music all my life. My biggest influences are The Beatles, The Kinks and a wide array of 60’s/70’s artists.

I’ve always admired music with a good melody and lots of creativity and strive to be inventive when it comes to my own songs. I have lots of colourful ideas lined up and I look forward to putting them out there :)

I'm a French composer. I like rock music, blues and movie soundtracks!

I make music. Part of The Groovy Times and Oceans of Stars.

Bio - Artist - Will Francis
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtIXxv_jbADyOEx1q9NzRiw?view_as=subscriber

Will Francis is a music artist from Raleigh, NC USA. He does original rock, singer/songwriter,  hip hop  and death metal music. Currently, he is releasing singles, building a catalog and rehearsing a live set that includes original and some cover material. His latest releases have been a series of death metal tracks for an album “Generation Expendable” that is set for release 09/2025.
His music has been receiving regular rotation on radio and social media. Furthermore,, he's been getting feedback and critique from curators, influencers, labels and sync supervisors for promotion and placements. Will's music has been featured on radio, blogs, playlists and TV. His music is available worldwide. Will tries to focus on quality and creativity His music is real, straight up, loud, smooth, energetic and composed.

At some point, Will began to evolve as a composer with emphasis on lyric writing and song structure. This was the beginning of his journey or process of becoming a songwriter and finding his true voice. He discovered that the craft of songwriting, producing and engineering is ongoing. Furthermore, he believes that music has a way of re-inventing itself.
Will Francis has been writing and performing rmusic for about 11 years in North Carolina.  His musical influences are quite eclectic from the world’s of hard rock, hip hop, singer/songwriter and death metal…Napalm Death, Slayer, Pantera, Sepultura and Cannibal Corpse. 
What makes Will’s music unique and interesting, is his musical themes, deep voice, lyrical composition and song structure.

Thanks For Listening
I've Been Writing & Recording Songs 
Since 1964 - When I Was 14  
I Couldn't Read Or Write Music
So In Order To Remember It 
I Had To Record It 
By The Late '70s, I Realized 
I Had To Be My Own Favorite Artist  
And Keep Track Of The Songs I'd Written 
To Keep Me Company In My Old Age
So - I Did & This SoundCloud Collection 
Is A 'Musical Diary' Of My Life 
For The Last 60 Years
By Clicking "Playlists" 
You Can Follow My 'Progressions'
By The Decades

Singer/ Songwriter/ Composer/ Musician/ Beer Aficionado and Co-creator of the Fun-Rock band, Leaders In The Clubhouse

Over a 40 year span, I have written a countless number of songs, alone or in collaboration with others.  Here, you will find the product of those efforts with many songs recently re-recorded.  Frequently, earlier versions live here as well. All songs were written by me (RC Sterling) unless otherwise noted.  While several singers contribute to what you hear, the most common element across the material is a commitment to crafting catchy pop/rock/alternative tunes. In some instances AI programs have been used to isolate older vocal tracks when the original audio files could not be found.  All tracks have been auto tuned and pitch corrected as needed. Unfortunately, nothing could help those demos that featured my lead vocals. 😁

New tracks tagged #The Kinks