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  REVIEWS! THE PLUNGER MUSIC REVIEW LOU REED STAR DONKEY SCANDAL SHOCK !!!  Nothing like a bit of the old click-bait to pull the punters in… but seeing as you’re here now, may I direct your attention to the new album  Songs Of The Donkey Shed , from John Halsey? Before you say “Who?” no, not them, but Halsey (a.k.a. The Admiral)  has  drummed on recordings by other greats, such as Lou Reed (not all click-bait is lies), Joan Armatrading, Roy Harper and Roger Chapman, and toured with Joe Cocker. More importantly, he was a member of the British titans who bestrode the musical world, nay, changed it forever: you know, the ones whose name ended in ’… T.L.E.S.’?  Yes, The Rutles, of course. John (a.a.k.a. Barry Wom) has joined with Phil Jackson (keys & vox) and Ken Thornton (guitars & vox) to produce an album that is as English as chips and curry sauce, the White Cliffs of Richard or the sound-of-willow-on-district-nurses-cycling-to-evensong. The word ‘Qu...