Don Woods

..The song this week is called "How Lucky Am I"......extolling the virtues of this wonderful Peninsula....the DVD displays what I am singing about. There's a guy who took his kiddie out of school during term time to save ...if everybody decided to do the same it would totally disrupt the education system... It's the same with parking...there is a big issue at the moment about parking fines....I don't get them because I DON'T PARK ILLEGALLY... The record of the week on Radio 2 is a track off #Chuck Berry's final album and it is brilliant...a price can't be put on what we owe this guy...to me he is the absolute undisputed King of Rock and Roll.. Still on the music scene watched the Take That concert last Saturday night and thought it was brilliant.....#GaryBarlowe is a bit of a genius...#BradleyWalsh was pushing his album on the "Nightly Show"... Just got back from four days in #Caernarfon and the weather was wonderful... a place called Llyn Ogwen where you walk up to a mountain lake....

..The song this week is taken from one of my videos which I made a while ago showing the changes which have taken place in our area over the last 20 years.... have the seagulls over our beloved Hilbre Island. There is a programme on TV called "Little Big Shots" featuring very talented young kids ranging from 5 to 12...it is hosted by #DawnFrench and is brilliant. A problem with TV these days is all we seem to get is the same faces all the time...Tuesday night has #BradleyWalsh on with #TheChase I do wonder why the #BBC...who we PAY for via our licence fee...not only has the worst news programmes it also has the worst "catch up" system... April 1st had the usual April Fool gags in the media...like Prince Harry's secret wedding .....#TheWirralGlobe...

.The song this week is from my doowop album "Doowop Days" which takes us back to the golden day of the 50s....the song is called "What Happened To Julie?" and wonders ... I watched Comic Relief....I must say it was a relief when to was over.......however I was well impressed with #Ed Sheeran who really is a huge talent.... I tuned into BBC #Newswatch where there was a lot of complaints about the excessive coverage of the death of Martin McGuiness and the London terror attack....which is what we discussed last week...lots of Emails and video appearances complaining...then they bring on this BBC bigshot who didn't answer any of the complaints..... I must say I do like characters who say it like it is....#JohnLydon was on the breakfast programme promoting his book and gave his opinions on Brexit,sovereignty,politicians and a few other topics...he is a strange bloke but talks a lot of sense... ....it concerns a huge explosion in #Bebington #Wirral which destroyed a large dance studio and several houses clo

The song this week is a track off an album I did taking a look at film stars...this one is called "The Ballad Of Burt Lancaster"...and came about after some ugly rumours were spread about my hero....he seemed to spend rather a lot of time in male company so eyebrows were raised....but I'm having NONE of it !!!!....as indeed the song says. .I was sad to hear of the passing of the great Chuck Berry...to me he was the undisputed king of rock and roll and was a huge influence on so many guitarists...myself included....his songs were not only lyrically brilliant they were uncomplicated and easy to play...once you get those classic riffs off away you go....no rehearsals required....I saw him live on three occasions and his charisma was stunning.....his sound wasn't to clever...but it was CHUCK....even today you play a bit of Chuck and everyone gets up to dance....he was a one-off...irreplaceable. The "experts" have been at it again....apparently if you work at the top of a high rise building you could get depres

The song this week is one close to my heart..."The Magic of #Wales"....it is sung by #Paul Damian and was the follow up to How To Say Llanfair P.G.....which has had 1.3 million hits on #YouTube There has been a lot of discussion on the news lately concerning speeding...they had a lady on whose son was killed by a speeding taxi........ #Brexit is building up to a crescendo...and still no-one seems to know what is going on...all made more complicated by #NicolaSturgeon still trying to get independence for Scotland.......everyone would go out and buy shoes with leather souls ... when you get to a certain age it is hard to find decent entertainment...I often wonder who decides to put boring soaps on TV...or people being chopped up in A & E...or sit-coms like Benidorm... Because there is so little of interest on TV I have been watching the remake of "Roots" which is very interesting...

The song I have sent is called "Love At First Sight" ..it is a track off my #Doowop Album called "Doowop Days" (available from my website www.donwoods.co.uk).... I was browsing through Facebook and came across an article about The Swinging Blue Jeans.....but if they can make money kidding people who fall for it good luck to them. I watched #TheVoice ...two hours of hopefuls hoping to "change their lives"...and wanting to "fulfil their dreams". We are now finding planets billions of miles away which could support life and finding new universes....yet we can't predict the weather for the following day.... forecasts why have them? With modern technology what I fail to understand is the mentality of those boneheads who send out viruses.......how sad must someone be getting entertainment from spoiling the lives of those you don't even know........but I have a better vision of someone finding them out and introducing their teeth to a baseball bat.

......I was watching an old #Hollywood movie this week and it starred #Barbara Stanwyck... wrote a song for a novelty album which explains this...The Ballad of Barbara Stanwyck... There has been a bit of a moan about bad diction in dramas... ...I have always gone on about this.......my wife tells me I'm going deaf but now she knows it's not just ME!!.....what's the point of dialogue if you can't hear whats being said... I always thought whoever came up with the idea of selling bottled water was a genius...it's WATER which in the civilised world you get from a tap.. has come up with bottled FRESH AIR!!!....yep AIR...and wait for it £80 a bottle... There has been a programme on TV about #WindsorCastle and the Royals don't come off too well. the House of Lords have been popping in to get their £300 daily allowance while leaving the taxi running outside........the scientists are at it again....they have discovered planets so many light years away which could possibly support life...wow!!...how mind bl

The song I've sent you this week is ..The Ballad of Forgotten Popstars and lists those artists who entertained us in the early ... Big news ..a GLOBAL survey no less!!....it was discovered that vitamin D can prevent you getting a cold...so there....snd .....heading a football can cause dementure because some aging footballers suffer with this.. Stoke-On-Trent council have suggested giving expectant can't say "mothers" any more...giving expectant PARENTS vouchers to encourage them to stop smoking.......also Liverpool Council have come up with another wonderful idea.... I am really enjoying Donald Trump's appearances on the news...he is classic entertainment... Our wonderful ex PM. ...and we should rise up and vote again...to stay in...that's rich from a man who caused an unnecessary war ....So Tony thinks we should stay in Europe?...could the reason possibly be that Brexit might effect his 435 grand salary ....all supplied by the taxpayer...

The song this week is a track off The Cheshire Cats album we made around 2005...it featured some of the local musicians who used to give their services free to the charity....this is Route 66 by my lad Steve....who played in my band for a while....he was a handy guitarist and bass player as can be heard...the Cheshire Cats can be found on our website www.thecheshirecats.co.uk ...we still meet up each week and rock. There has been quite a bit of coverage on the latest phenomenon....fake news......and about time too seeing as MOST of our population believe what they read in the papers......I don't know how they get away with it - they must have a good legal setup......as far as I'm concerned anything false which is put into print is slander which is an offence and those responsible should be hammered in court....the problem these days is stupid careless untrue statements can ruin lived thanks to social media....yet no-one seems to be brought to account. The Beckham situation hasn't done Mr.Wonderf

The song this week is very educational...it is entitled *Greenfly in my Trusses" and was an idea I came up with back in the day when my mate the late Norman Thomas of Radio City commented that he was on his allotment and was horrified to find greenfly in his trusses....this began a series of incoming comments from the public with hilarious results...so I decided to write a song dedicated to him featuring all the problems you can have in a garden....the song is wonderfully performed by Peregrine Wilt (aka Paul Damian) and tells the story of love lost on a corporation allotment...the words might seem a bit odd but the details are accurate down to the last detail...listen to this and you could become a professional gardner. 2.Are we sick and tired of hearing about Trump and Teresa May or what?!!!...the guy gets hold of her hand to prevent her slipping BECAUSE THERE WAS A SLOPE that's it.....but oh no the media pile in making an issue out of nothing...and we've got demonstrations in the streets because Donald has

The song this week is another Adrian Street classic from our recently re-released album "Shake Wrestle and Roll"...it is called "Something Very Strange About a Cowboy"....and poses one or two questions regarding their macho image......much to our delight. .....Piers Morgan was mouthing off in his opinionated way about the women marching for women's rights...and Ewan McGregor was supposed to come on the breakfast programme to talk about his latest film...but refused to appear with Piers as he disagreed with his comments...how pathetic is that?....his usual saracastic way...but for once I agree with his treatment of the situation...I don't think Ewan has done himself any favours. .......I went to The Empire last week to see a show and during the interval a couple came back from the bar with two plastic cups of white wine...they didn't look is too happy as they had been charged £17 !!!....how can this possibly be justified...it's daylight robbery...someone was telling me they went into a bar in Londo

I am subjecting you to another track from my recently re-released wrestling album....this is the title track "Shake Wrestle and Roll" which has been re-released in the States by Burger Records and is getting plenty of plays....all very strange as I haven't listened to it for 30 years (I wonder why?)....I wrote the whole album for wrestler Adrian Street back in the day and here we go again....and it's on VINYL!!.... It sure is a strange business. I had a few days up in The Lake District which was a nice break ...might as well be there in the drizzle as anywhere else...had a wander round Kendal which still bears the scars of last years floods but thankfully fully recovered....on returning we went to the Empire in Liverpool to see "The Commitments" which was musically very good...good live stuff...however the acting wasn't too clever as it was hard to pick up what they were saying and the strong Irish accents didn't help....fortunately I have seen the film so I knew the story...the niggle I've always

I've sent you another classic from the recently re-released Adrian Street album Shake Wrestle and Roll...this one is called Imagine What I Could Do To You....and this is the one he used to enter the ring to....it was featured on videos in the States and ended up in a movie called "Grunt - The Wrestling Movie".....again it's back to haunt me from the 80's. was disgusted with Piers Morgan on the breakfast programme this week...they had a young girl on who had sent her 3 year old to a child minder and the kid came back with her £300 boots (!!) ruined....she then sent a bill to the child minder...it turned out that she had bought the kid 60 pairs of designer shoes...this is all very silly on the face of it but Morgan really launched into the girl and really upset her...reducing her to tears....the girl was obviously a bit misguided but a tsunami of shouted insults was totally unnecessary....what happened to impartiality on so called news programmes?....Morgan is just a revolting bully....I doubt if he would

...the song this week is one which sadly never made the classical charts...it is entitled "Breakin' Bones" and it was the first song I wrote for wrestler #AdrianStreet back in the early 80's... American record company called #Burger Records...on VINYL/CD/and CASSETTE.... I watched....# Robbie Williams.......that is when you could actually hear what he was singing.....see the point of fireworks.. ... why did people like Hoddle and Waddle make records?...they are FOOTBALLERS........better all round if they stick to what they actually do. .I don't quite know what to make of #DavidWalliams...he's a strange character.. brilliant....is comedy making a comeback I wonder? On the promenade on the #Wirral side on the #Mersey there is a marked cycle track which takes you 7 miles around the coast.......not to mention those who stand in the doorway at the end of a gig when you are trying to get your gear out....

....a tribute to #BobbyVee who was one of the many artists we lost this year.......Rick Parfitt from #StatusQuo....very sad....and #GeorgeMichael who I thought was a massive talent.......not forgetting #DavidBowie and Lemmy.. The TV over Christmas has been pretty bad........there are a few programmes which stand out....Room 101 with the great Frank Skinner and Would I Lie To You....but that's about it....and when you watch these "stadium" comedians with the audience falling about laughing I just don't get it. .... is the mis-use of the English language which is steadily going worse...the letter T seems to be redundant.........thank goodness we Merseysiders speak standard English. ...proof that some things never go away.....I wrote and produced an album of wrestling songs for exotic wrestler #AdrianStreet in the mid 80s....

The song this week is called "You'll Always Love The Game" and was written for a video I made for a mate of mine who used to put on rugby matches featuring veteran players... We had a few words about football and disgraced England manager, Sam Allardyce joining #CrystalPalace to keep them in the Premiership. The traffic is ridiculous at the moment....I just don't get why EVERYONE has to panic over two days.......we are also expecting Storm Barbara On the same subject the trains are going on strike........whereas I sympathise with those employees who are affected I think it's wrong to make the general public suffer.... I watched a sort of a celebrity quiz which included the audience.....I am not a prude (far from it) but the show doesn't need it.......who cares?...just get on with entertaining and keep your preference to yourself... Went up to the #LakeDistrict for a few days this week....and as usual was lucky with the weather........we stay near a place called #Carnforth and the station there wa

The song this week is called "Urban Cowboy" .....a classic showbiz tale....... ........We often discuss the mentality of a certain selection of out fellow human beings... and when the fire brigade arrived they were attacked with stones and bricks and had threats shouted at them.....this sort of behaviour defies explanation..... .....There was very little worth watching on the TV at the weekend so I decided to watch a DVD called "San Andreas"....and starred Dewayne Johnson...#TheRock........ .The #EverymanTheatre in #Liverpool has been in the news.....and at the time I was writing the odd musical... and one for #RadioCity

This week's song is called "He' Me Mate" ....I heard nothing until I was watching the Royal Command...... ....because of recent deaths on the roads due to dangerous driving the government have stated they intend to increase the penalties to include life imprisonment.. We complain about the cost of renovating the Palace...we complain about the Royals travelling to functions in helicopters.......George Osborne getting 80 grand for an after dinner speech is obscene. ......I was praising Cliff's latest single last week....HOWEVER... ....Chester is one of my favourite cities and it has recently made the news.....

The song I have sent you this week is called The Story of Skiffle and is a song I wrote for,and as a tribute to, John Lomax who was a dear friend of mine....I first saw his skiffle group called The Atlantics in 1958 and it was the first time I heard an electric guitar played live...40 years later I met him and we became good friends....this song got us a gig (via Chas McDevitt) at the Finland skiffle convention in 2001 and I put a group together (including John) and off we went....skiffle was the basis of rock and roll...sadly John is no longer with us and I miss him. .The Christmas countdown has begun....all the prices have 99 pence at the end £149.99.....£99.99.....purely to make the price sound cheaper...which people seem to fall for....YOU'RE GETTING A PENNY CHANGE for goodness sake....it's like the old 99 guineas...which was effectively £105........and we are bombarded again with all the old played out Xmas songs in shops and on the radio...A Child is Born...All I want For Christmas is You....and th

"The Colour of Time" is one of the few Don has co-written...it was a demo he did for a friend of his called Patricia Knapton who is a poet...... In the news this week the Queen has been given a rise.....30 million....and apparently none of this will go towards the 340 million to be spent on her house....us and them or what.?......yep we are all getting ripped off and there is nothing we can do. I had to laugh at the enormous pothole in Japan when virtually the whole of the town centre collapsed 30 feet....fortunately no-one was hurt...and guess what it was all rebuilt back to it's former glory in A WEEK !!!!..... On the music scene I see that ex newsreader Bill Turnbull has got a CD out....it's his "collection"....he's not on it he has simply put a collection of classical songs together and put his picture on the front "The Bill Turnbull Collection"...hmm...don't get it....does he get royalties?...if so what for?...."The Vince Tracy Collection of Beatles Songs"?... I watch "I'm a celebrity get me