Behind the Song

‘Darlin’ Cora’

Monday, January 20th, 2025

Something a little different with recent live video…. Here is a (Partial) live version, filmed using an iPad in December 2024.  With Tim Edey, feeling his way in…. ‘Darlin’ Cora’ is an old song. The version you hear on my album ‘Running Free’ combines those words with a tune written by me. Musical details follow […]...

‘Zimbabwe’

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020

Anger is a powerful driver when it comes to writing a song. Prejudice, discrimination and injustice  make my blood boil and when I wrote this song, the political situation in Zimbabwe  was rife for a rant!. It’s hard to know where the song ‘Zimbabwe’ song truly started. Did it start with the horrific behaviour of […]...

‘Journeyman Blues’

Friday, January 3rd, 2020

I've recorded 'Journeyman Blues' twice: once as a solo effort and once with a rhythm sections thanks to the generosity of Bruce Dickinson....

‘Running Free’

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

There’s something appealing about lyrics that are in direct contrast to the melody. One can be tight and forced, the other free and flowing; or one is happy and bouncy, while the other is sombre and serious. ‘Running Free’, the title track of my second album, feels just like that. Now, while I don’t want […]...

‘Milky Tea’

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

Learn more about the originals of 'Milky Tea', the first song off Tom's latest album, "Can't Teach an Old Dog"....