Happy Birthday to Marianne Faithfull - thanking you for that time at Meltdown.

 Seen here at Somerset House at Chris Stein's Book Launch talking to Debbie Harry.

and there was that time when I saw her sing at Meltdown Festival, Southbank.

Marianne Faithfull... She walked out on stage. We applauded. She got emotional, then we got emotional... every song perfect for her. Started with Broken English, Tower of Song (Cohen), she did Tears go by (almost 50 years later). A John Prine Song, a Randy Newman song... she lit a cigarette. Bill Frissel was a master one man back up band. Ended with Tom Waits' song Strange Weather: Everyone's the same, all over the world, talking about the weather.

 It was a little cloudy on the way there. 

The sun came through.

Just after we drove past Highbury it bucketed down.

I saw a National Treasure.

When Yoko Ono chose the stella cast for MELTDOWN FESTIVAL 27 June 2013 London Southbank.  

Set list 

Broken English

The Stations (Glitter Twins) 

Tower of Song (Leonard Cohen)  

Why Did We have to Part

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Rich Kid Blues (Terry Reid) 

Vagabond Ways

As Tears Go By

Crazy Love

I'll Keep It With Mine (Bob Dylan)

In Germany before the War  (Randy Newman)

Working Class Hero (John Lennon)

The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (Shel Silverstein) 

Strange Weather (Tom Waits)

 

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Hal Kemp)