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Thank you to Little Steven and crew for another spin of “Is It True” by Carla Olson and Tall Poppy Syndrome last night on the “Coolest Songs In The World” channel at SiriusXM where it’s now been in rotation for 15 months!

Rehearsing with Dave Davies at the Gibson Showroom (formerly legendary recording studio The Hit Factory) in NYC in 2014.
It was nice being able to walk to our rehearsals in Hell’s Kitchen from where I was staying on the Upper East Side.

Photo by Rebecca Wilson.

Thank you to Jack Riley at WPRK 91.5 FM in Orlando, Florida for spinning our singles “Let It Ride” and “Is It True” (with Carla Olson) along with a handful of tracks by Carla over the weekend.

Thank you to Little Steven and crew for another spin of “Is It True” by Carla Olson and Tall Poppy Syndrome this morning on the “Coolest Songs In The World” channel at SiriusXM.

CD now available, vinyl out November 14.

Here’s a cool photo with Dave Davies in New Hampshire a few years ago, taken by Richard Badessa.

Salt Of The Earth.

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‘Tis the season, Happy Halloween!

“A fantastic track in any season.”
10 SONGS

I recently found this in my mom’s stuff and had no idea she’d met Mike (McGear) McCartney (I wonder if there’s something I should know.)
If you haven’t heard Mike’s 1974 album “McGear,” I recommend it. It sounds a bit like Roxy Music meets Wings.

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ICYMI, Carla Olson talks about recording “Is It True” with Tall Poppy Syndrome, working with Allan Clarke, Mick Taylor, Gene Clark, Bob Dylan, The Textones, meeting Jimi Hendrix and more at UK music site Strange Brew!

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Thanks to radio legend Rodney Bingenheimer for including “Dreamy” by TILLI (with me on Uni-Vibe guitar and Mellotron) on his “Best Of” show last night in Little Steven’s Underground Garage!

Adding electric sitar (in high drop D tuning) to Carla Olson’s version of “Street Fighting Man” with engineer Johnny Lee Schell a couple years ago.

Happy Bandcamp Friday!
High-quality downloads of our four singles (along with exclusive instrumental mixes) are available at Bandcamp.

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From the press release for Ann Magnuson’s 30th anniversary performances of “The Luv Show” that I’ll be involved with in December.

The entire press release and ticket info available at the link.

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One year ago, our tracks “This Time Tomorrow” and “Is It True” (with Carla Olson) were “SINGLE RECORD OF THE WEEK” at Spanish music site Mi Tocadiscos Dual.

Thank you to Little Steven and crew for another week of spins for our single with Carla Olson, “Is It True” on the “Coolest Songs In The World” channel at SiriusXM last week!

Thanks to radio legend Rodney Bingenheimer for including two tracks that I played guitar on; “Dreamy” by TILLI and “Little By Little” by Tony Marsico and The Ugly Thingz, on his “Best Of” show last night in Little Steven’s Underground Garage!

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‘Tis the season, Happy Halloween!

“Tall Poppy Syndrome’s version grabs mid-60s influences and puts them into a melting pot to serve up a steaming plate of prime rock and roll.”
PURE POP 4 NOW PEOPLE

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Listen for tracks by Carla Olson and Tall Poppy Syndrome, The Bee Gees, The Move, The Kinks and more on “Magic Transistor Radio” airing Saturday at 7 PM (ET) on WPRK 91.5 FM in Winter Park, Florida.

“Is It True” by Carla Olson and Tall Poppy Syndrome (Paul Kopf, Vince Melouney, Jonathan Lea, Alec Palao and Clem Burke) limited vinyl coming soon!

Thank you to Palmyra Delran for spinning our single with Carla Olson, “Is It True” on her fantastic show yesterday in Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

CD now available, vinyl out November 14.

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Thank you to Little Steven and crew for all these spins of our single with Carla Olson, “Is It True” on the “Coolest Songs In The World” channel at SiriusXM last week!

Even though our recording session scheduled today was canceled at the last minute, TILLI and I met for tea and to discuss future plans.

Here’s Jonathan Lea’s rough sketches for the TPS roundel and the “Come Some Christmas Eve Or Halloween” graphics.

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‘Tis the season, Happy Halloween!

“It’s no surprise Tall Poppy Syndrome’s debut single hits what needs hittin.’”
10 SONGS

Thank you to Rodney Bingenheimer for including Carla Olson and Tall Poppy Syndrome’s single “Is It True” last night on his “Best Of” show in Little Steven’s Underground Garage.
Rodney world-premiered the track one year ago this week.

CD now available, vinyl out 11/14.

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With former Beach Boy Blondie Chaplin at the Brian Wilson concert six years ago at The Greek Theatre.
Blondie and I reminisced about our dear departed friend Nick Walusko and it was really nice when Blondie later dedicated "Feel Flows" to Nick during the show.

Seen here wearing my “The Music Authority” shirt, singer TILLI (the “mystery girl” in Roy Orbison’s official video for “She’s A Mystery To Me”) has teamed up with Grammy-winner Marvin Etzioni and moi for a new single which will be released on vinyl in early 2026.

Thank you to Jack Riley at WPRK FM in Orlando for including our singles “Is It True” (with Carla Olson) and “This Time Tomorrow” last night in this fantastic set along with great tracks by The Kinks, The Bee Gees, The Byrds, Dwight Twilley Band and Gene Clark and Carla!

Listen for “Is It True” by Carla Olson and Tall Poppy Syndrome on “Magic Transistor Radio” airing tonight at 7 PM (ET) on WPRK 91.5 FM in Winter Park, Florida.

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“There’s a touch of psychedelia of course but also insistently strong hooks throughout.”
POPROCK RECORD (CANADA)

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