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For a limited period only, pop on over to my joint to hear 5 covers recently recorded as a session for the ace MARK WHITBY'S DANDELION RADIO SHOW. Yes, they're all covers and yes they all have 'CITY' in the title hence 'TALES FROM THE CITY'. These are they : SUFFRAGETTE CITY - MR BOWIE NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - IKE AND TINA TURNER THE TRAIN FROM KANSAS CITY - THE SHANGRI LAS SIN CITY - AC/DC WE BUILT THIS CITY - JEFFERSON STARSHIP Four of those tunes have been treated with the respect they deserve and one of those cities has been visited by the wrecking ball, come find out which one..... NUMB
The wonderful month of September gets off to a spiffing start with an exclusive LORD NUMB session on MARK WHITBY'S SEPTEMBER DANDELION RADIO SHOW. The session has a Name - 'LORD NUMB'S TALES FROM THE CITY' and is made up of covers, can you guess what the link is? They are thus : NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - IKE AND TINA TURNER SIN CITY - AC/DC THE TRAIN FROM KANSAS CITY - SHANGRI LAS SUFFRAGETTE CITY - DAVID BOWIE WE BUILT THIS CITY - JEFFERSON STARSHIP (this one ain't strictly a cover, more of a 're-imagining' if you will). These tunes are 100% exclusive for MARK W and can't be heard anywhere else so if you want to hear a proper mangling of WE BUILT THIS CITY, your search is over - tune in : -) www.dandelionradio.com
Over and out, NUMB Ps: The wondrous Pete Jackson also has NUMB tune BRAIN STEM in his show this month as well as an eye watering session from THE CHASM'S.