7^th Oct 2016

Big Boy Blue by Bobby Blue Bland with Barking Bob Parks

Bob Parks returns, riding high on the crest of fame as a result of a BBC4 documentary about him, screened recently and still available on iPlayer. Bob attempts a three way skype with two old friends who were at Leicester Art School in 1969 but in the event we achieve a two way skype with Derek Fye and a telephone connection with John Cassady Carpenter + myself and Sarah in the studio. It wasn’t clear who could hear who and conversation was mediated through Bob. Fragmented memories of Leicester (mostly the Art School, not much about the town) occasionally superimposed over tracks chosen by each participant. The tracks include Elvis Presley in his Las Vegas phase, Buddy Holly, Bobby Bland, Son House and Gerry Mulligan. My own choice of Henry Flynt towards the end. Sarah was hung over. Ed Baxter entered half way through with the phone number of John Carpenter who had been waiting patiently for his time to participate.