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MD 13 Theres No Top MD 13 Theres No Top
smoky jazz with Steve Franks on lead and Jon Garvey providing the wonderful sax as ever.
MD 12 My Best Girl MD 12 My Best Girl
folky number with a hurdy-gurdy drone and mandolins
MD 10 Song of the Sea MD 10 Song of the Sea
a folky, nautical number with guitar and mandolin
MD 08 I Dont Want to Fight MD 08 I Dont Want to Fight
a rather jazzy song with syncopated rhythm
MD 07 When You Fall MD 07 When You Fall
A rare chorus-less song, driving along. So no chorus but two different instrumental breaks, piano and guitar, both of which I'm rather pleased with..
MD 06 I Dont Mind MD 06 I Dont Mind
I seem to have written an Appalachian style murder ballad... guitars and mandolin - and a deep country harmony from Steve.
MD 05 Isnt it Strange MD 05 Isnt it Strange
a folk song with a 'poppish' chorus featuring Steve Franks on lead guitar
MD 04 Quintessentially Yours MD 04 Quintessentially Yours
the first of the 'novelty foxtrots'
MD 02 More Than You Bargained For MD 02 More Than You Bargained For
a jazzy number featuring Roger Brawn on acoustic guitar
MD 01 Things Are Looking Up MD 01 Things Are Looking Up
a jolly upbeat song with acoustic guitar lead break
MD 09 Maritime Decree MD 09 Maritime Decree
an atmospheric acoustic song with a maritime theme
MD 17 In Memoriam MD 17 In Memoriam
A raw acoustic song written soon after the untimely death of my friend and early collaborator Ralph Simpson in 2015.
MWA 12 Time for a Little Quiet Meditation MWA 12 Time for a Little Quiet Meditation
A nonsense chant but I like it... the feel is Indian but the drone in the background is a Vietnamese Monocot (which I really must get around to playing properly one day...); sampled tablas and a detuned guitar instead of a sitar
MWA 11 Power Meditation MWA 11 Power Meditation
A song in two parts faster pop-rock section followed by a slower sales pitch with slide guitar...
MWA 09 Will You Dare MWA 09 Will You Dare
Mmm... this started of with a nice fingerpicked pattern but then it got all moody with repetitive cellos and rolling timps.... The flute makes it slightly more ethereal, with the depressive lyrics tucked away beneath it all in the mix.
MWA 08 Bacon Man MWA 08 Bacon Man
A gentle ditty with simple guitar accompaniment - OK with a bit of a funny fairgound organ in the background... and you can take the lyric however you want...
MWA 07 Downtime MWA 07 Downtime
A throwback to gentler days - gone fishing, home on the range... I really envisaged this being sung by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters...
