There is a particular kind of band that history files under "influence" rather than "fame," and few earned that footnote more thoroughly than Budgie. Three men from Cardiff, a name borrowed from a pet shop, and a catalogue of riffs that turned up, decades later, on multi-platinum records made by people who were toddl
Riff genealogy is usually argued in court. This one was settled backstage, with a shrug and a grudge, and it runs through three artists who could not sound less alike. Start in June 1971. Joni Mitchell releases Blue. Track eight is “This Flight Tonight,” two minutes and fifty one seconds of guitar, voice and Sneaky […
