Dick Philpot

Tag: south london folk

  • Fighting for the Sinner or the Saint & Gig on 280525

    Fighting for the Sinner or the Saint & Gig on 280525

    So pleased to annouce I have a new album ‘Fighting for the Sinner or the Saint’. Its an album full of songs for our time! The good news is that you’ll hear a little less of me on this collection because I’m joined by some amazingly talented friends. Piano, Keys and Accordion by Lars Hammersland (9 tracks). Bass courtesy of Svein Henning Berstad (4 track). Drums by Justine Barker (1). I’ll allow you to judge but I am, to say the least, very pleased with the results, if not absolutely blown away!

    If you’re digitally ‘tuned in’ the album is available to buy and to stream on just about all of the popular platforms. It might be a day or two before it appears everywhere but it is already on Spotify.

    I’ll be getting a few cd copies together for the old die hards amongst us and I’ll have them with me at the Cavern (Raynes Park) on the 28th May.

    Take a listen, spread the word and enjoy. The albums available at digital outlets including spotify – links below

    https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fighting-for-the-sinner-or-the-saint/1813992802

    https://open.spotify.com/album/7Js9GZZf36FsDyXjwdacJT?si=SiKUnaWMQv2tAYceCHhXFg

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/music/player/albums/B0F8FLTMVF

  • Cavern dates for Nov and January

    Cavern dates for Nov and January

    Really pleased to be back at the Cavern SW20 in the coming weeks on 27th November and 22 January.I’ll be ding two sets of about 45 mins each on both night. I’ll be featuring mainly my own songs but I’ll play a few covers to contextualise the songs and my journey. Thanks to Michael Hingston, Henry Trezise and Viv Philpot for the photos.

  • Gig at the Cavern 26th June

    Gig at the Cavern 26th June

    Looking forward greatly to playing The Cavern 100 Coombe Ln, West Wimbledon, London SW20 on the 26th June. This solo evening will be an opportunity to perform songs from my recent albums and knock out a few favourite covers. I’ll likely even dust of ‘Raynes Park’ because after all that was where I was born and as you may know “I never caught a Greyhound Bus I caught the 131” Hope to see many friendly faces.

  • Common Touch

    Common Touch

    A demo of a new song. Moving towards a more positive phase of writing I think. Playing the wonderful and beautiful Hofnew Senator rebuilt, repaired and customised by David Bourne after it was found in a skip!

  • Live at the Sound Lounge Album available now.

    Live at the Sound Lounge Album available now.

    Once in a while a gig comes along that exceeds all expectations and for me my appearance @ The Sound Lounge on 28 January 2024 was just that. Having been booked to support US singer songwriter RJ Chesney I was all prepared, harmonicas and guitar in hand to blast out a few of my songs that over the years have become favourites amongst my little loyal band of mates. I had also decided to throw in a new song for good measure. The end of 2023 had been a difficult time with serious family illness, albeit thankfully with a happy ending, so I was well up for a gig. So imagine my delight when my dear friends Keiron Marshall and Lars Hammersland announced that they’d love to join me. ‘Over the moon’ hardly does my feelings or the moment justice. The gig was captured by Setmixer, who work closely with the Sound Lounge, and subsequently I mixed and mastered the tracks. The resulting ‘live album’ is available now.

    Lars Hammersland plays Piano and Hammond Organ – sometimes at the same time! Keiron Marshall plays lead guitar and adds backing vocals. I’m in there on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica. The result is magic. Spontaneous, joyous, melancholy and mad. The tracks:

    • Pacific Coast Highway on which Lars improvises Organ accompaniment akin to Morgan Fisher and Mott The Hoople.
    • Arlington the second number is where Keiron leaves the mixing desk and joins us on the stage, adding lead guitar and backing vocals to one the first songs I ever wrote almost 25 years ago.
    • The Strength of A Woman my salute to Hannah White.
    • Mercy Mercy My took on a life of its own and has since been featured by Setmixer “awesome live recording”. It truly is awesome.
    • So long to Baghdad. Keiron added a bit of slide on this one – a sort of desert whale song – hard to imagine I agree but tremendous to hear.
    • Reflections is the new song. A moment of reflective calm amongst all the end of year trauma.
    • The Demon Inside is performed in all its melodramatic glory with piano and guitar dueling between Keiron and Lars.
    • What I need is your love. We almost went jazzy on this one towards the end. We could have played all evening but alas It wasn’t my gig!

    Looking forward to the next time. Its available all over the place including a few cd’s from me.

  • Sound Lounge Accoustic Sessions for the diary !

    Sound Lounge Accoustic Sessions for the diary !

    My sessions night @ the Sound Lounge was mentioned this month in Country Music People magazine, thank you Michael Hingston, and to say I’m made up is an understatement. So take a look at whats in the diary for November and December.

    Live session this Wednesday evening with Nick T form the wonderful Nick T Band. Nick and I will be singing songs and excahanging stories in the round on Wednesday 8th November at The Sound Lounge in Sutton. Its a free admission night and will be pretty damn cool. Nick is a great singer, performenr and raconteur! I’ve a few cover lined up and tehse will be interspersed with songs from my new collection ‘WEhat happened to Freedom’ which is available all over the place digitally and hard copy from me.

    The Decemeber session is also in planning and will take place on 13th December. In line with previous years I’m inviting back guests from my nights this year! Lots are saying yes so it will be a night of quick fire sets and Xmas fun.

  • New songs this month!

    New songs this month!

    I have a new collection of 8 songs about to be released to the world via CDBaby. I’d been out walking with camera in hand and my plan was to try and take one photo for each of the new songs. It shouldn’t have been difficuly but it was. But this pic seems to say so much about the collection but in particulary the song ‘What happened to freedom’ that it has become the CD cover photo and the photo for the online songs. I’ll be posting links to the songs very shortly in the meantime this is me singing an early version of the title track during and internet live stream last year. At that time lyrics were still developing, the last verse hadnt been written and the song even had a different name! LOL The collection even includes one or two happy songs. The track listing is as follow:

    What happened to freedom, The Strength of a Woman, Set the children free, The Rooks and the Ravens, The Robin, Look upon my life, Highways Cities and Motorway Towns and He sees me.

  • In The Round with Andrew Green

    In The Round with Andrew Green

    Tremendous midweek gig @The Sound Lounge in the round with Andrew Green the front man of the band Strawberry Fires. A couple of hours of originals and covers, some tremendous harmonies and magic moments. This little snippet even features my seldom played mandolin. Great night hopefully more to come. Photo by Viv Philpot. Video by Tara. Thank you 🙂
  • Woman on Fire

    Woman on Fire

    A new song written for and dedicated to Hannah White AMAUK Top Song award winner. Video recorded by Hannah at the Sound Lounge @ the Americana Kinda Thing where I performed in the round with the excellent Andrew Green of the Strawberry Fires.

    https://youtu.be/X8N0vFUDh1k
  • Great day in the Studio

    Great day in the Studio

    Earlier in the week I spent the day with long time collaborator Justine who has got herself a studio! Monty fell asleep and Sam called in to say hello play guitar and chill. So cool. With the help of Simon we tested setup, cables and played with stuff then we recorded a new song. I’m just hoping Jus doesn’t get fed up with me. Wink, Lol, Cheeky Face.