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A duet with the delightful Amy 'Sugarbee' Caldwell, of Sandy Denny's immortal classic.
A love-song for a very special person.
A song that tries to capture the magic of those moments when your lover holds you captive with her eyes. With Alexis VAN EECKHOUT's silky sax and Michel 'COCO' CORRECH's rhythmic double-bass.
A song about power, greed, deception and violence. Maybe one day we'll learn to live in peace, content with our lot. Till then, we're hostage to the greedy with the guns. Vocal harmonies by Maryline Dumont.
'And I love you in the morning, as a new day coaxes birdsong from the trees; And I love you, and the laughter in your eyes that’s all for me'. Smooth vocal harmonies by Maryline Dumont, on a feel-good love-song, with shades of Django Reinhardt ...
A lyrical and haunting portrait of a vulnerable lady looking to the horizon for a better deal.
You go on vacation. You meet the love of your life. You return home, arrange to meet up. But somehow, away from the beach and the rolling surf, the glinting, lilting moonlight, the magic's gone. Featuring Jean-Paul Piquard on guitar and bass.
A song for every mid-life guy who has ever woken up dreaming of a past love, and started asking 'What, if ...'
'True love don't take no prisoners ...' : a two-minute pop-tune, featuring the vocal talents of Maryline Dumont.
The almost Samba rhythms of 'Who Whips the Cream?', with its delicate spanish guitar accompaniment, make you want to dance, as the singer wonders 'What makes you smile? Who is keeping you laughing? Who shares your dreams, now that Im not there?'
'Time is coming, not so far away, there'll be a Blackberry implant in every brain ...' and we'll all be 'Walking the Web'. A catchy little number, with a Django Reinhardt feel to it.
I was interviewed by Country Rose for her show in August 2006.
Edgy, atmospheric, electric. A lonely man contemplates a past he cannot change: 'Its not only clowns who play the fool, But its only the brave who confront the truth ...' One of the more poignant tracks on the 'Russian Dolls' album.
As every woman knows, there's a boy that walks behind the face of every man. This somewhat dark song summarises some of his more fragile moments ...
An affectionate portrait of someone who is always waiting for someone else to take the initiative. Swirling organ, crystal 12-strings and a gentle beat.
A bouncy love-song which tries to capture the flamboyance of the lady whose life I share - 'She's a pirouette, an arabesque/ A swallow's swirl around its nest/ She's the moment just before the smile/ Breaks into a laugh ...'
A jaunty, upbeat tongue-in-cheek duet. 'When the newscaster casts his news, it's enough to give an optimist a dose of the blues ...'
A french love-song that starts softly and climaxes with a wild horn solo set against lush strings.
'Freedom is only for the strong'. A song for everyone who feels the tension between the lure of the open road, and the safety of a loving relationship ....
Our real legacy is the effect we have on other people ... The urgency of the verses gives way to the re-assurance of the chorus: "Echoes, waves or ricochets:
We leave our marks along the way ...."
Take the time to feel alive!
A country ballad about a waitress in a diner, who is longing for the open highway, and lamenting the missed turnings on the country's road toward the American Dream.
It was when she sent me back all my love-letters that I realised that all our conversations had been strictly one-way! Tenor SAX: Alexis VAN EECKHOUT . The rest is me. Remixed version uploaded 17 March 2008.
A light-hearted series of caricatures, with a Dixieland feel.
'The Poet's Smile' speaks of someone who was so concerned with his image that he lost his true self. It came out in the studio in a single take, with the poignant lyrics accompanied by some simple guitar-picking.

