I’d read the old Longfellow poem and was inspired to reverse the narrative to the fellas perspective and transplant the song a couple of hundred years in the future. A gentle delivery on a 1950s archtop. Filmed in May 2020 but it has a very wintery fell so quite valid. Lol
Read moreLiving out on the streets.
This is a cut – live in my studio – a bit reverb mad but you know I love a bit of reverb. Joking aside – this song tries to put thoughts together about where we are in the Uk at the present. Sad times indeed.
Read moreBlue Blood Veins
New single available from www.wimbledoninsportinghistory.com Special thanks to Hannah White Keiron Marshall James Gibbons and my dear friend Andy Gibbons who passed before the single was finished for providing backing vocals. Keiron also provided some super cool bass.
Read moreFolk in the Park 2022
Brilliant day at Folk in the Park. Extremely please with my set and feedback received since. My ‘Tatter of my Jacket’ cd went down well too. 🙂 Amazing sets by Hannah White and the Magic Numbers.
Read moreLooking back to move forward.
Looking back to move forward Looking forward to playing a special gig on the 27 August @ Folk In The Park and decided to take along souvenir CD. Its a little bit of a retrospective plus two new songs. Its been quite a challenge reviewing the older tracks, remixing and remastering them but its been…
Read moreKeeping the Faith
Really pleased to have performed at the Faith Brothers Fans Meet at the Hammersmith Club last weekend (4th June). The event celebrated the music of this revered but also sadly overlooked 1980s band The Faith Brothers. The event raised over £800 for the Youth Music charity. I sang Faith Brothers favs Boy and The River,…
Read moreWombles From The Lane
Earlier this year I was asked by John Lynch at Wimbledon in Sporting History (WiSH) if I fancied writing and recording a new AFC song. John had heard a song I wrote some years back about the demise of the old club which he had liked and it started him thinking…. I’m pleased he did…
Read moreA Carpenter at Christmas
Inspired by Shel Sliverstein
I have admired Shel Silversteen for many years from Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show through to Marianne Faithful. So I sat down a few years back and tried to write a song with the same sort of pathos and dry humour. Its not as easy as Shel makes it sound! But here it is…
Read moreAn Americana Kinda Thing
At the end of an evening of great Americana and Briticana Mandolin Jack and I jammed on this old folkie. Loved it! Live performance filmed at the Sound Lounge Sutton on 110821
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