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Playlist The Late Show 19th Feb 2011 BBC radio Devon / Cornwall / Channel Islands / Online It was Folk Relief night for the Devon Air Ambulance and I played Leadbelly - Where did you sleep last night? Nick Pynn - The Correct Section of Gears All About Eve – Gypsy Dance New Model Army – Vagabonds Pentangle – Open the Door I will be doing some more folk relatet tunes next week.
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Upside Down - The Beginning of Secrets for September OK so after Christmas I decided that I wanted to go for it with a new band. Niall and Michael were in already, and after putting out some downloads we bagged the Sonic Rock gig, I was very pleased with this as it was always a festival that I wanted to do . Anyhow I still wanted a singer for the band, so as I had music on-line I gave Gumtree a go, within a couple days I had 2 people interested. and straight away I had a gut feeling Marina was perfect for the job, we met her a few days later, the day after she sent me lyrics for 4 songs, 2 days later we rehearsed and the following week we did a gig. Next thing was to record, I had the basic demo of the song recorded, and I went to Marinas house to record her vocals using a laptop and a USB mixer. The vocal sessions went very well. A few days later I popped over to my other studio and put some drums down off my Roland kit, they were only rough but gave the song a groove. I then did all
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4th Feb 2011 - Calstock Tamar Inn I find these days if I go for more than 2 weeks without playing a gig I suffer with musical cabin fever so I was asked to play some songs at an acoustic night in Cornwall at the Tamar Inn in a small village called Calstock. Neil the guy that runs it I have know for years as I work with him, and Colin and Simon from work do the sound. I got there around 9.45 and by 10 I was on. I did a short sent as I had to dash off to the Radio station to do my show. I played Fortunes Light Jessica Blue Sky To Behold The songs went down very well, I was far more confident than when I played to the same audience a year ago.
BBC radio 11th Feb 2011 Tonight was a Gary Moore Tribute night and I played Gary Moore - Key To Love Frankie goes to Hollywood - Warriors of the Wasteland (Attack mix with GM) BBM - Waiting in the wings Gary Moore and Phil Lynott - Out In the Fields Gary Moore - Walking by Myself
BBC Radio in the South West 4th February 2011 Tonight I talked about Roxy Music as they are currently on tour to celebrate 40 years together. The songs I played Virginia Plain Edition Of You In every dream home a heartache Jealous Guy