Tag Archives: Lifetime
TERRY CALLIER-FIRE ON ICE
TERRY CALLIER-FIRE ON ICE. For many years, I’ve championed the music of Terry Callier. I’ve often described Terry Callier as one of music’s best kept secrets. That’s despite enjoying a recording career which saw him releasing ten studio albums. Sadly, Terry Callier is better known in the UK than America. Indeed, Terry Callier only ever enjoyed …
TERRY CALLIER-FAREWELL, BUT YOUR MUSIC LIVES ON.
TERRY CALLIER-FAREWELL, BUT YOUR MUSIC LIVES ON. It was late Sunday night when the news came through that Terry Callier had passed away. He was aged just sixty-seven and had lost an eighteen month battle with throat cancer. Straight away, memories came flooding back for me. It was the late-nineties, and I’d headed to …
TERRY CALLIER-TURN YOU TO LOVE.
TERRY CALLIER-TURN YOU TO LOVE. Have you ever heard of the soul singer who gave up music for fifteen years to become a computer programmer? This isn’t a joke, this is what happened to Terry Callier back in 1983. Before this, the two albums Terry recorded for Elektra in 1977 and 1978 hadn’t been a …
TERRY CALLIER-LIFETIME.
TERRY CALLIER-LIFETIME. I first came across Terry Callier’s music in about 1999, I was listening to a Northern Soul compilation Just Keep On Dancing-Chess Northern Soul, a Kent/Ace Records release, and on this album was this fabulous track Look At Me Now. Straight away, I had to find out more about Terry Callier. Luckily, when …
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