Friends

Radio 68 would like to say a special Thank You! to:

PROMOTORS, MANAGERS, DISTRIBUTORS, LABELS & RECORD COMPANIES
Blind Raccoon * V2 Records Belgium * Alligator Records International * Continental Record Services CRS, Holland * Angel Air records, UK * Starman Records, Belgium *  Bongo Boy Records, New Jersey, US * Airplay Direct, US * Mary4Music, US * Orange Home Records, Italy * Mega Dodo Records, UK * Touch The Moon Records, UK * Sunhouse Records, UK * Note Records, UK *
Dave Hill * Darren Weale * Dave Burland * Gilly and GTA Music Agency * the late Philip Guy-Davis, promotor, manager, owner of the “145” record label and soul of the The Famous Monday Blues club in Oxford *

VENUES, CLUBS
Gina and Warren at the Eel Pie blues club for giving me room to move as a writer and a photographer.* Blake Powell, Pete Feenstra and everyone organizing the Back to the Flamingo and Stormy Monday events at The Bull’s  Head, Barnes * Barnes Home Guard club (London) for hospitality ** Blues and Roots club Missy Sippy, Gent, Belgium **

THE PARIS CONNCECTION
Jacqueline Taieb * Dany Boy * Annie Philippe * Tony Marlow * Super Wagner (Grégoire Garrigues) * Willy des “Lionceaux” * Pussy Cat  * The guys in “Guitar Express” * Jacques Leblanc, rédacteur-en-chef de Juke Box magazine, Paris *
 
A VERY SPECIAL ‘THANKS’ TO THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS & BANDS

JOHN FIDDER (Medicine Head, Box of Frogs, etc.) ** Brian Brockie (David Garrick’s band) ** Pete Emery for recordings, invitations & beer and company ** Rod Lynton (Rupert’s People, etc.) for intriguing stories and company ** Big Joe Louis for invitations, recordings, espresso and company.
Gary Fletcher (Blues Band, Gary Fletcher Band, Afton Satellites, and simply Gary Fletcher) for shared time & vision and special recordings:  www.garyfletchermusic.net ** John O’Leary for the records and the link on www.johnolearyb.com ** Alan Glen for continuous support: cds, introductions, and so forth * ** Steve Laffy and JAMA for the link on www.jamamusic.co.uk ** Norman Beaker  and John Price, well, they know… ** Clay Windham * Hook Herrera *

THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS for providing recordings in one format or another:

* Phil Allen (Idle Hands) ** Dave Arcari ** Norman Beaker ** Phil Bee (King Mo) ** Robin Bibi www.robinbibiband.co.uk ** Brian Brockie (David Garrick) * Big Joe Louis ** Keith Christmas ** Enrico ‘Henry’ Carpaneto  ** Tim Corbett **  Francis Cromphout * The Dakotas ** David Dyker davidyker.bandcamp.com  ** Andy Ellison (John’s Children)  **
Pete Emery ** 
Erik aka Erik Van Malder ** Emanuele Fizzotti **  Geoff Everett ** Gary Fletcher **  The Fourmost * Anthony Geraci  (Sugar Ray Norcia and more) ** Larry Garner (www.larrygarnerbluesman.com) ** Alan Glen www.note-music.co.uk **  The Grave Jinglers, US * Earl Green **Elizabeth Hansen ** Jim Hightower **  John Idan (Yardbirds, Natural Blues Band) * Dave Kelly  ** Kiri’s Travelin’ Kitchen Jam * Steve Laffy (Methylated Spirtitualists, Jama: www.jamamusic.co.uk) ** John O’ Leary www.johnolearyb.com **
Marco Magnini (Mark & The Clouds, Instant Flight ) ** Brett Marvin *  
Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke ** Steve Morrison www.stevemorrison.eu, **  Eddie Phillips (The Creation) ** Tim Royce of The Furious Puppies www.lemonrock.com ** Dave Saddler ** Bob Simmonds of Tribe ** Daniel Smith **  ** Tiny Legs Tim (www.tinylegstim.com) **    Andy Twyman **
 Laurentius Vanacker ** Waking Up Dolores ** Larry Wallis **  John Watts ** Brian Willoughby ** Clay Windham * Zayas (www.zayasmusic.com) **

Martin H. Samuel for informing us on the bands he used to play with / produced, and for making their recordings available: Heatwave (www.heatwave.n.nu), Sweetfire (www.sweetfire.n.nu/music), The Bright Eye Band (www.brighteyeband.n.nu) and Eclipse (www.eclipse2012.n.nu).

AND ALSO
Emily Johns at Peace News, UK *  * Ferri at Ferri Studios * * Bjornulf Vik of the Stones  fan site  “It’s Only Rock and Roll”  for the links on the “Connections” page of www.iorr.org. Tak!  ** Alice Holemans of NAIS Gazette ** 

THESE GUYS & DOLLS FOR RADIO 68 MESSAGES, INTERVIEWS, CONVERSATION & INSPIRATION: 
P.P. ARNOLD ** Martin Murray of The Honeycombs  ** LARRY GARNER ** Monster Mike Welch  ** COREY HARRIS ** Top Topham (The Yardbirds) * Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges **Ina Forsman *  Roel Van Bambost * Roland Van Campenhout * Bjorn Eriksson (Eriksson & Delcroix) * Darren Weale * JOHN MAYALL ** Greg Rzab * Jay Davenport * ROCKY ARHAS ** John Idan * Gina & Warren of  the Eel Pie *  Fran McGillivray * JOHN FIDDLER **  Glyn Evans * Peter Miles (Jo-Ann Kelly, etc.) * Tim Penn *  Larry Garner *  Ray Majors  (British Lions etc.) * *  Johnny Winter ** Michael ‘Mudcat’ Ward * Leon Rosselson ¨Simon Prager, Hylda Sims, Doc Stenson and the entire City Ramblers Revival Skiffle Group * Alan Lovell (The Swinging Blue Jeans) * John Dee (The Foundations) * Mick Avory and John Dalton (The Kinks, TheKast-Off Kinks) * Ian Gibbons (Ray Davies’ band, Kast-Off Kinks) * Steve Gibson (Norman Beaker Band) * Del  Mandel (George Harrison, etc.) * Danny Rivers * Tiny Legs Tim * Lightinin’ Guy Verlinde *   Jon Amor * Paddy Millner * Marcus Bonfanti * Will Wilde * Wizz Jones * John Renbourn * * Ali Maas * Brian Coope * Brian Brockie * * Elliott Murphy *Mick Hutchinson * Rod Lynton * Andy Ellsion *

VOOR POEZIE : Lut de Block * Peter Verhelst * Stijn Vrancken ¨Charles Ducal * Roel Richeleu Van Londersele * Johan DeVos, Zwerfvos * Louisa Chevalier ** Erik Van Malder ** Rody Vanrykel ** Roland Cassiman ** Thierry Deleu (overleden januari 2013) en De Geletterde Mens om de nieuwsbrieven over het programmaonderdeel “Het Vrije Vranke Woord en Poëzie” kenbaar te maken op http://geletterdemens.blogspot.be ** 

THE  POETRY COMPANY
Fatena al-Ghorra * Adnan al-Sayegh * Jenny Lewis * Hylda Sims *  Alan Brownjohn *

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