Sir Louis Mbanefo- Wikipedia

I attempted to place the article on Sir Louis Mbanefo on Wikipedia as a simple information resource on the gentleman. However it has been deleted twice on the basis of...wait for it Copyright violation.

Basically I was accused of flagrant Copyright violation of an article on wait for it...The Blog Subliminalcodesintext, as in err....this Blog!!?!

Whilst I understood the first deletion (the sentiment being quite reasonably to protect author copyright), but the second being after I had raised the fact that I was the original author of the article boggles the mind. I repeat that this is an article which I originated and researched with the assistance and consent of the late gentleman's family and which I seek to disseminate as a free information resource for posterity.

Essentially Wikipedia is patrolled by volunteer users who go round deleting, modifying and editing articles as they see fit, which is in itself commendable, on an otherwise unregulated site, however there are limits to this and in this instance it borders on the extreme.

The Greatest Try Ever Pt 3

The last and certainly not the least, Gareth Edwards incredible try.

The Greatest Try Ever Pt 2

This is Robinson's try

The Greatest Try Ever

There's controversy as to what stands as the greatest Rugby Try ever, I'm going to narrow my choices down to two- a. Gareth Edward's try in the Barbarians v All Blacks match of 1973 and b. Brian O'Driscoll's try during the Lions v Australia tour of 2001. Special mention must also be made of Jason Robinson's try in the same Lions match in 2001.

I'm going to lay out the video's in three posts and have to say O'Driscoll's try gets my vote and here it is.

Tony Allen: The Master at Work

I came across a Video on Youtube of Tony Allen giving a lecture on Drum Technique at the Red Bull Music Academy in Toronto and I believe if there was any doubt about his status as one of the best Drummers in the World, this is one way of clearing this up.

Tony Allen by the way is the Nigerian Drummer and ex-Bandleader of Fela Kuti's Africa 70, Drummer in The Good the Band and the Queen etc

In his completely effortless and almost inert style, he plays a deceptively complex and powerful Drum riff.By the way he's 71 this year, I stand in awe.

Django Reinhardt - Film Clip 1952

Jean-Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt- was a Gypsy, born in Belgium in 1910.

He suffered a fire accident at 18, which deprived him of the use of all but two fingers on his left hand and which left one of his legs paralysed, inspite of this he went on to become one of the greatest Jazz Guitarists of all time.Using his two fingers to greater effectiveness than many if the best Guitarists with a full complement of digits

He was a member of the legendary Quintette Du Hot Club De France" formed by Louis Vola, with Reinhardt, Roger Chapul on Guitars and Stephane Grapelli on Violin, Vola on Bass.

The concept of The Lead and Rhythm Guitar arose from this Band. Reinhardt and Grapelli prior ti WWII went on to form a strong partnership adding more conventional instruments. They eventually wnet on to collaborate with contemporary Jazz greats like Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong and toured with Duke Ellington.

Reinhardy settled in Paris after WWII and carried on a successful career, generally regarded as one of the most advanced Guitarists of all time, his career was often marred by his natural Romany wanderlust and rejection of modern life, as exe,plified by his penchant for skipping concerts in preference for walks on the Beach, or simply to lie in

He dies in 1952 from a Brain Haemorrhage Reinhardt influenced a whole swathe of great Guitarists like George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Chet Atkins, Jimi Hendrix- who named his second Band the Band of Gypsy's after Reinhardt- amongst many others.

Reinhardt's story was one of incredible talent and triumph over adversity.

I have embedded a film clip from circa 1952 showing his legendary technique.

Ginger Baker Drum Solo- Toad

I came across this 1968 video of Ginger Baker's live drum solo of "Toad", which confirmed to me once again, his pre-eminence as one of the greatest drummers of all time. I leave you to judge and by the way....Happy new year!