Gonzo Weekly #179

Gonzo Magazine #179
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Osibisa, Gregg Kofi Brown. Prince, Record Store Day, Harper Lee, Beatles, George Harrison, Ken Campbell, Robert Anton Wilson, Discordianism, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Dogwatch, That Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, and Yes fans had better look out!

After what has been a long and peculiar week, this issue - dedicated to the memory of Poppy McGregor - features an interview with Osibisa star Gregg Kofi Brown, who also says goodbye to Prince, a long chat about George Harrison and Beatles minutiae with author John Blaney, Doug goes to see Steve Hackett, John talks about Record Store Day and Hawkwind, Alan muses on Harper Lee, and we visit a festival of Discordianism, and there are radio shows from Strange Fruit and Mack Maloney, as well as the return of Friday Night Progressive, the latest installment of the saga of Xtul, and columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons ouyside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!

This issue features:
Prince, Paul McCartney, Ve, Brian May, Brian Johnson, Allen Toussaint, Tony Hawk, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Dave Bainbridge, Sally Minnear, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Floyd August "Gib" Guilbeau, Pete Zorn, Lonnie McIntosh “Lonnie Mack”, Phil Sayer, Gareth Daniel Thomas, Victoria Wood CBE, Captain Beefheart, Brand X, Osibisa, Pink Fairies, Gram Parson's The International Submarine Band, Gib Guilbeau, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Sons of Fred, Percy Jones, Norman Wisdom featuring Rick Wakeman,Gregg Kofi Brown, John Blaney, Steve Hackett, Alan Dearling, Harper Lee, Ken Campbell, Roy Weard, Record Store Day, John Brodie-Good, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind, Jill Calvert, Dierks Bentley, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Runaways, Neil Nixon, Tim Buckley, Dvalin

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 177 (David Gilmour)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo176.html
Issue 176 (Joey Molland and The Raz Band)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo176.html
Issue 175 (Larry Sanders)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo175.html
Issue 174 (Keith Emerson)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo174.html
Issue 173 (Pink Fairies action figures)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo173.html
Issue 172 (4th Eden)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo172.html
Issue 171 (Keith Levene)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo171.html
Issue 170 (Wildman Fischer)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo170.html
Issue 169 (Wildman Fischer)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo169.html
Issue 168 (Wakeman/Bowie)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo168.html
Issue 167 (Paul Kantner)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo167.html
Issue 166 (Spirits Burning)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo166.html
Issue 165 (David Bowie)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo165.html
Issue 164 (Free Festivals)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo164.html
Issue 163 (Lemmy)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo163.html
Issue 161-2 (The Christmas Double Feature)http://www.flipsnack.com/…/gonzo-161-21-yer-festive-double-…
Issue 160 (Frank Zappa)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo160.html
Issue 159 (Jon Anderson and Matt Malley)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo159.html
Issue 158 (Billy Sherwood)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo158.html
Issue 157 (Drones for Daevid)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo157.html
Issue 156 (Rick and Emmie)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo156.html
Issue 155 (Pink Fairies)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo155.html
Issue 154 (Steve Ignorant)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo154.html
Issue 153 (Martin Barre)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo153.html
Issue 152 (4th Eden)http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo152.html

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