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Last Festival ‘Til When?

By Greg Wilson on April 30, 2020 in DJ / Club Culture, DJ Appearances

I’d originally intended to post this on my blog at the same time as I uploaded the mix from Adelaide (outlined below), but having made a start, I found it difficult to fully apply myself, continually catching myself procrastinating, so I put the mix up on its own a few weeks ago, and gave myself until the end of the month to finish this. It’s not just the writing, as I’ve since discovered has also been the case with numerous others at this time I’ve found it difficult to apply myself to anything connected with my work – my only blog posts in tribute to recently departed black music icons Manu Dibango, Bill Withers and Hamilton Bohannon. Continue Reading →

Hamilton Bohannon

By Greg Wilson on April 27, 2020 in Black Culture, RIP, The Seventies

Following the recent passing of Manu Dibango and Bill Withers, another black music icon, Hamilton Bohannon, died last Friday aged 78 – the cause of death, at time of writing, still unknown.

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Bill Withers

By Greg Wilson on April 4, 2020 in Black Culture, RIP, The Seventies

We’ve lost another great. Virginia-born Soul singer / songwriter Bill Withers died in Los Angeles on March 30th as a result of heart complications. He was 81.

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Ali At Three Score And Ten

By Greg Wilson on January 17, 2012 in Black Culture, Documentaries, DVD, Film, Misc, The Eighties, The Seventies, The Sixties

Muhammad Ali, arguably the greatest sportsman of the 20^th Century, and certainly one of its foremost historical figures, is 70 years old today.

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Living To Music – Grace Jones ‘Nightclubbing’

By Greg Wilson on March 1, 2011 in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, Hear, Living To Music, Records, See, The Eighties, The Seventies

ARTIST: GRACE JONES

ALBUM: NIGHTCLUBBING

LABEL: ISLAND

YEAR: 1981

This Sunday (March 6th), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Full lowdown here:
https://blog.gregwilson.co.uk/2010/06/living-to-music/

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Upcoming Dates

17.06 Manchester Blues Kitchen

18.06 Cheshunt Birch Arising

23.06 Glastonbury Stonebridge

23.06 Glastonbury The Rabbit Hole

23.06 Glastonbury Funkingham Palace

24.06 Wicklow Kaleidoscope Festival

25.06 Chelmsford Clockstock Festival

08.07 Glasgow Craft Beer Festival

10.07 Birmingham Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival

17.07 Ribble Valley Beat Herder Festival

21.07 Salmo Canada Shambhala Music Festival

23.07 Toronto Groovin’ In The Park Festival

30.07 Liverpool The Merchant LIMF Afterparty

05.08 Glasgow Junction 1

06.08 Edinburgh Out East Festival

13.08 London Craft Beer Festival

27.08 Abbots Ripton We Out Here

28.08 Brixton Prince Of Wales On The Roof

These are all confirmed dates, further bookings will be posted on social media and updated here.

Being a DJ

I’m a DJ from Merseyside. I started out in 1975, but stopped for almost 20 years, between 1984 and the end of 2003, at which point I started again.

One night during the period I wasn’t deejaying, turning off my mind, relaxing, and floating downstream I had what might be termed a moment of clarity. Paradoxically, although I was no longer a DJ in the literal sense I suddenly became aware that I’d never actually stopped being a DJ, for even if I was in a room with just one person I couldn’t help but ask them ‘have you heard this?’, and not only ‘heard’, but ‘have you seen this / read this?’, for it goes beyond music. Already taken somewhat aback by this nugget of self-discovery, I realised, in true eureka style, that this all pre-dates my being a DJ and goes back as far as I can remember – I’ve always had an inherent need to share, it’s absolutely central to my nature. This was quite a revelation.

So it’s no wonder that I became a Disc Jockey, for once I fell in love with those circular pieces of magical plastic during my formative years, it wasn’t a matter of choosing this as a path, the path pretty much chose me.

I don’t intend this to be a DJ blog as such, but more a blog by someone who happens to be a DJ – a place where personal emphasis takes precedence over professional, although, as I’ve already explained, the two aspects are, of course, inescapably entwined.

If you want info about my DJ appearances, email greg@gregwilson.co.uk for regular updates.

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