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 […]...
Posts Tagged ‘Behind the Song’
‘Zimbabwe’
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020Anger 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 […]...
Latest ‘Behind the Song’ post – ‘Journeyman Blues’
Friday, January 3rd, 2020Another song I’ve recorded twice; once as a solo artist and once with rhythm section thanks to the generosity of Bruce Dickinson from the band Little Angels. Learn more about this song and its meaning by clicking here: ‘Journeyman Blues’...
‘Journeyman Blues’
Friday, January 3rd, 2020I'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’
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019What was the inspiration behind the song ‘Running Free’? George, my beloved mongrel stray! Learn a bit more about this remarkable companion, and a song I have recorded twice, in the second edition of ‘Behind the Song’. ‘Running Free’...
‘Running Free’
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019There’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 […]...
Introducing…the ‘Behind the Song’ Archive
Friday, November 22nd, 2019I’ve started a new section on the website – ‘Behind the Song‘. The idea is to give you a little more insight into the processes, stories and inspirations that go into a song. First to go under the doctor’s scalpel is the first track on my most recent album, a song called “Milky Tea”. Find […]...
