The Ragamuffins cross the bar like Tennyson to the
Isle of Wight. It is said it was here that Queen
Victoria used to take cannabis in her tea and that
Jimi Hendrix still haunts Afton. So Victoriana and
pyschedelia meet but is there more?

Ragamuffin's Brian and Mike

Ragamuffin Ramble on the Isle of Wight
streaming from:
http://www.ragamuffin.fsbusiness.co.uk/ragaradiohome.htm
Tour Guide:
http://www.iowrock.net/grassroots/pages/island/

Playlist
Crossing the bar:
Beachboats - Mike Jolliffe (Vaguely Sunny, Island
Music Anthology)
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at Yarmouth:
St. Michael - Martin White (Another Time, Another
Place)
Head of Steam - Pete Hogman (Vaguely Sunny, Island
Music Anthology)
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Yarmouth Railway Station:
Robyn Hitchcock (Vaguely Sunny, Island Music
Anthology)
You Taught Me - Martin White (Another Time,
Another Place)
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The Needles:
Titanic Going Down - Tony Malo and SG (On The
Rock)
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Taking tea at Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater where
pyschedelia and Victoriana meet, with Ron Turner
Smith and author Brian Hinton:
Raymond Chandler Evening - Robyn Hitchcock
(Element of Light)
Vapour Trails - Paul Armfield and Adam Kirk
(unreleased)
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Ron Turner Smith and Brian Hinton on the three
Island Pop Festivals (1968-1970):
Dick Taylor (Pretty Things) on 1968 Festival
(Vaguely Sunny Anthology)
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Judy Gascoyne on Dylan at Bembridge (Vaguely Sunny
Anthology)
Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan (Nashville Skyline)
Diamond Wight - Keith Gore (Vaguely Sunny
Anthology)
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at Compton Beach:
Airscape - Robyn Hitchcock (Element of Light)
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Brian Hinton talks about his book about the
Guv'nor of English Folk Rock Ashley Hutchings:
Morey's Hump - The Ridgeriders In Concert (Ashley
Hutchings, Chris While, Phil Beer)
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at the Spyglass Inn, Ventnor:
JC and Angelina Grimshaw, Cathy Grimshaw and
unknown ukelele player with get up and go fiddle
tunes and thrash skiffle plus Dinah and
Sweet Old Kissing Blues - JC Grimshaw (Footprints
and Dreams)
Honeyman - JC Grimshaw (Dance While You're Living)
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Classical gas and originals provided throughout by
Paul Athey & SG aka Martinez from their album Aqui
. . .