Michael Snow Apr. 2, 2007

NEWS REPORT.

Michael has been sidelined since mid - January, after a fall in Liverpool at Lime Street station .
He suffered compound fractures of the ulna and radius of his left forearm, which required surgery at Royal Liverpool University Hospital, four visits to the O.R., and a week of in-patient care. Since returning to the States, he’s been undergoing rehabilitation therapy at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.

As there was some nerve and tissue damage, the restoration of full playing capability in his left hand is going to take some time and a lot of effort, but he’s working hard at it !

Oct. 18, 2006

Just back from a swing through the Isles.......

Ports of Call: Dublin, Carlow, Waterford, Dungarvan, Lismore, Cappoquin, Youghal, then over to the U.K. .... Northampton, Richmond, Aberdeen (a performance with Brian Willoughby and the Riverdance troupe, livecast on Scottish T.V. at the Northern Star Awards show), then to Brentford, Shepperton, (writing and recording with Brian), Towcester, and out.

Joined in at a trad Singers Night in Carlow, courtesy of my dear pal, Bernard Jennings, the host with the most Wonderful "Sean Nos" singing;... cool bodhran player in Dungarvan ...did an after-hours piano & vocal bit at our hotel, Lawlor's. Good Craic. Got a song and track started with Brian in Shepperton ... two acoustic guitars, bass, and a string quartet. Going to build on that here at Ceolta Central.

As usual, great sightseeing ... ventured into the Gaeltacht of An Rinn and Helvick Head, lunched at the "Moby Dick" a.k.a..Linehan's in Youghal, where John Huston filmed the epic, and where the cast stayed. Fabulous b/w 8 x 10's of cast in costume, autographed by the actors, on every wall ... and as it was a brisk and squally day the pub's soup of the day hit the spot.

We took our favourite ferry , Passage East to Ballyhack, and wandered all the way down the Hook Peninsula to the Hook Head Lighthouse, the oldest active light house in the world, then to Tintern Abbey, in it's secluded valley.

Aberdeen was odd. A twelve hundred mile, twenty-four hour round trip, albeit by air, to do one song ... But it's all about the "step 'n' lep," so our guitars and vocal interlude was basically fill-in for the costume changes. But, with the travel figured in, it wasn't necessarily the easiest buck

At Shepperton Brian treated me to a listen of the just released (web only) Mary Hopkin Festival Hall farewell concert in 1972, on which he played with Danny Thompson, Tony Visconti, and a fine string quartet. Highly recommended, folks.

So, that's the brief .... soon.

Michael.

HOT CONCERT PIX!

Michael gets bassic behind the exciting Rose Knight

as Reckless Rose hit the stage at Ga Dang!

Nashville, August 10, '06

 

Stirling Snow played his homecoming gig

with Reckless Rose after 10 years in Austin

and the Bay Area...

 

.....taking the drum chair in the engine room, alongside the Old Man and

Reckless Johnny...nailing and impaling!

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

RECKLESS ROSE!

There goes the hat! (Later, kindly returned by the gal who caught it.)

WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour featured a special performance by Michael Snow with Ollie O'Shea (multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire). Visit the Woodsongs website to listen and or watch the simulcast. (go to Woodsongs Archives - show #302) www.woodsongs.com
NEW RELEASE: Back...lets say some 30 years ago, Michael Snow was a session man for the legendary Jimmy Campbell, when Campbell asked Snow and fellow sessioneer Billy Kinsley (Merseybeats) to participate in some recordings that went on to become legendary in the post-Beatlesque era. Those were the " Rocking Horse" sessions and the rare re-mastered vinyl will soon be re-released on CD. Those Rocking Horse sessions are - to this day - thought of as the dawn of the "power pop" era. Read more below - as well as purchase a copy at www.revola.co.uk. Rockin' Horse"Yes It Is"CRREV70 Available for the Very First Time on May 24th Audio CD (May 24, 2004) Number of Discs:1 Label:Rev-Ola ASIN: B00020QX90 Catalogue Number: CRREV70 A bona-fide amazing cult British album brought back to life! Not often that happens! By the early 1970's....Liverpool was no longer the "Beat City" of legend....it was rather down, the hangover of those days made worse by the early '70's drabness we all remember so well...... Jimmy Campbell, poet laureate of Liverpool, had already made a major left turn....from the melancholy psychedelia of The 23rd Turnoff to the even more downbeat, tell-it-like-it-is, stark acoustic sound of his solo debut Son Of Anastasia....but he was about to make another, more significant turn...one which would nowadays be applauded as a stroke of genius, but which then was greeted like something akin to Dylan going electric by a press averse to nostalgic power pop of the Badfinger variety.... Teaming up with lifelong mate and ex-Merseybeat Billy Kinsley, Jimmy formed Rockin' Horse...the intention being, if the lyrical concerns were becoming increasingly bleak and inward-looking, they would be framed by the sounds of LIVE Merseybeat...pre-record deals, pre-everything!....The sound of pals playing the Mersey R&B/girl group repertoire in someone's mum's back room....amps on HP, bottles of Double Diamond on the sideboard and harmonies aiming for Phil Everly... Did they make it?....um, maybe...but that's not the point! Recorded almost live in the studio, the album succeeded so well in it's aim that today it sounds like the soundtrack to some forgotten Mike Leigh-esque movie classic...*then* it utterly baffled the UK media, who considered it some sort of perverse throwback....well, today we all know better.....today we might finally be ready for Jimmy Campbell and Billy Kinsley's crowning glory....ROCKIN' HORSE! **The full album plus attendant singles, b-sides and tracks rescued from long-forgotten samplers...for the first time, the COMPLETE Rockin' Horse project! **Never before released on CD anywhere in the world! **Lavish sleeve with many unpublished photos, full notes and a new interview with Billy Kinsley! **Contains their first single "Biggest Gossip In Town", often cited as the first and best power pop record ever! **A must for fans of Jimmy Campbell and Billy Kinsley, obviously!....but also for all lovers of great pop and thoughtful lyrics...great songwriting and great playing.....fans of Liverpool beat and all it implies will NOT be disappointed....and Beatles fans may well find themselves raving about Rockin' Horse!
(left to right) Patti, Michael, Bob Saporiti, Kacey Jones Celebration! Michael and his wife Patti throw a listening/release party for "Never Say No to a Jar"
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