Dave Rich

Taken from the weirdly titled “Medulla Oblongata” album. This is actually Andreas Matthews on the bass and this was his first Cd with me.

This song was also from Whoever I’ll be, and was my first song that people really liked. It made the charts on mp3.com and I still get emails from people today about how they love this song. A catchy pop song.

From the whoever I’ll be album. This was my first solo album. This whole album was written as my and Linzi were getting together. I was living at home and recording and producing this on very cheap equipment (A studiomaster desk connected to a sony

Hah. You try being me, singing this song and not blubbing. Impossible! – well, maybe not now, but definitely for a few years. This song is all about Linzi and a particular day during the period she was wheelchair bound and we went to Sidmouth. I r

One of the first songs I ever wrote. It had to be on here really. This is the version from “the girl.. the money.. and the getaway” Probably the most expensive mistake I ever made. Anyway – live and learn! Rochelle is doing the backing vocals – an

This song is written about a particular part of caradon moor where I grew up. Anyone who’s been there will know the feeling of utter timelessness up there, especially in the summer when the air is incredible still. In fact- this is about the other

This was on the Safety in numbers album. This is a different version from the album track, more plodding and bluesy I prefer this version. Again this is about my time in Belstone dealing with depression, and unrequited love on the edge of dartmoor

Also from the Spiritland album, this is a song I wrote as comfort during a very difficult time. I still love what Tony Price the drummer did on this track – we actually recorded the drums in Plymouth at the then Edge Studios. I mixed and produced

From the Safety in numbers album, this is a very different type of track for me. Funky and moody it was loosely written about Me and Rochelle going separate ways – and that let to extrapolating the song to a story about someone getting divorced an

From the Spiritland album – this song used to rock when we played it live. The then Backing Singer Mo did a great job at belting out the chorus. We used to rehearse in the Kings Arms in Ottery St Mary – in the function room, which was damp, freezi

This is the first time this has appeared on any album. Recorded by my good friend Colin Boyd in his studio by the River Tamer on an 8-track tascam reel-to- reel. I wrote this song whilst living in Belstone with Rochelle – a very weird location whi

This song is from the Spiritland album. One of the most difficult songs I ever wrote, it’s about trying to grow up too fast and the mistakes we make along the way. It’s all true and still a difficult song to listen to today.

This is my Springsteen-esque anthem. I really enjoyed belting this out at the Down on the Green festival in Ottery St Mary. Again this was on Medulla Oblongata, and I remember we recorded the drums for these songs in a social- services building in