And I thought this post was going to be about Axl Rose

I haven't heard much of his solo stuff, but this is an ace tune. Arrow duly despatched

to which I don't know the answer. Who started the bandana-wearing musician thing? I'm sure I recall Nils Lofgren doing it in the 70s but I've no idea if that pre-dates Steve Van Zandt.

or are there close-ups of all the band members except TM Stephens on bass, coincidentally the only black man in the band? This video dates from a time when stuff like that happened a lot. Anyone remember the video to Wild Is The Wind, in which Bowie's wonderful band (Alomar, Davis and Murray) were replaced with stand-ins of a more Caucasian persuasion? And MTV in its early years simply refused to show videos of black performers. Link there because younger readers might find that hard to believe. We have moved on so much.

I think this came out 87ish, IMHO it is a fabulous record. I think he wrote it as an anti apartheid song.

... this thread pulls me back in.

A local station carries a show on Saturdays called Little Steven's Underground Garage. Cracking music of many differente genres. Is this show available in the UK? I love it.

AFAIK it's not broadcast in the UK so it's internet only. I haven't listened for a while but always loved it.

I remember seeing him touring "Freedom No Compromise" in the 80s, he did a good couple of hours and made some remark about "you can see why the other guy's shows go on for so long!". The first two albums are great, the third is fine but the fourth (Revolution) was so awful that I haven't had the courage to get the fifth. You need to be able to put up with his voice though, like Neil Young.

and was just thinking it must have been a shock to whoever peeled it.