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Living in the 70s

26 Feb 2022

The family that plays together may (or may not) stay together

History, Society & Culture

The family that plays together may (or may not) stay together

Most bands end up being a little like a family, starting out with masses of love and good will and shared commitment and sometimes finishing up with feuds and fallings out and no-one sending anyone Christmas cards anymore. Some bands, however, actually are family – related by blood or marriage as well as shared musical interests. The Seventies had some fabulous musical families releasing some timeless and classic tracks for our listening pleasure. Some of these families stayed together and made sweet, sweet music for many years, while for others making music ended up exacerbating their differences and creating bitter discord. This week, Marty and Venetia reap the rewards from what were perhaps only brief periods of musical and familial harmony and share with you some of their favourite tracks from family acts. And goodness what rewards there are…

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