Vagabond's World

Introduction

My name is Brian Currin and I was born in South Africa in 1959. I used to feel "too old to rock and roll, and too young to die" until I discovered the World Wide Web way back in February 1997!

I used to think I was alone in the universe in my passion for music trivia, but the Web has shown me that I'm actually just one of many!

In 1997 there was no Google, Wikipedia, YouTube or Facebook. And also no high-speed connections! It seems unbelievable to me now that there was even life before the Internet, as computers and the Net are such an integral part of my life, both for income generation and for relaxation.

I have two sons, Michael and Christopher, with whom I am well-pleased; besides them, I have two main passions in my life: Music and Technology. I am in the very fortunate position to be able to earn income from both of these loves. I also enjoy reading fantasy novels, like David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey and Raymond E Feist, but I haven't found a way to get paid for that yet!

Unfortunately I have no talent in playing a musical instrument or singing (I do play a mean air guitar solo, though), so I have been collecting and cataloguing musical information since I was about 7 years old. I call myself a vagabond because I wander around the world of music picking up scraps of information from all over and everywhere... the internet, magazines, music shops, radio, TV, people, etc. I like nearly all types and genres of music. Pop, rock and roll, blues, classical, jazz, reggae... whatever, but my heart really lies with ROCK! Classic, vintage, brilliant, unforgettable R-O-C-K (and especially South African Rock).

Since I established this site in October 1997, a number of the sections here have actually needed to be expanded into websites of their own!

Vagabond's Quiz

A quick quiz to see if this is where you really want to be:

• Do you think Rodriguez's Cold Fact is one of the best albums in the world...ever? Never heard it? Rectify that now!
• Do you know (or even care) how many live versions of Smoke On The Water have been officially released by Deep Purple? I've lost count ...
• Do you feel that South Africa's Legends of Rock, like Hawk and Freedoms Children, deserve more recognition? They sure do!
• Have you ever bought an album just for the Roger Dean cover? I know I have.
• Do you know which songs appear in the film version of Pink Floyd The Wall that are not on the CD? Find out here...

Any reasonable comments to Brian Currin.

This website is part of the South African Rock Encyclopedia