Archive for July, 2009

killing me softly

lori lieberman’s experience of seeing Don McLean in concert in LA in 1972 formed the basis of Roberta Flack and The Fugees’ number 1 hit “Killing Me Softly With His Song”. However Lori recorded the song first and has now, in 2009, released a new recording of her great song on her new album, “Gun [...]

Tom Watson

Tom Watson’s failure to get down in three from the centre of the 18th fairway to win his 6th Open Golf Championship today at the age of 59 must rank as one of sport’s greatest tragedies. I remember his last Open victoryin 1983 when Peter Allis described Watson’s 2-iron approach to the centre of the [...]