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SD-04 Stranded by the Tide SD-04 Stranded by the Tide
a raw and emotional song of redemption through love... ah.... Piano by Mary Davies and Saxophone by Jon Garvey.
SD-03 Deep Red Sunset SD-03 Deep Red Sunset
A song of redemption - or the hope of getting it back together at least. Mary's piano helps to give this an almost hymn-like feel.
SD-02 Don't Wanna Talk About the Girl SD-02 Don't Wanna Talk About the Girl
This song for an (imaginary) lost love has come out at the pop end of my musical spectrum...
SD-01 Just a Dzong_Sleeping dogs SD-01 Just a Dzong_Sleeping dogs
This has a brief, gentle intro (apologies to J.L. Molloy& G. Clifton Bingham (1884) for this... Just a Song at Twighlight) - then starts rocking... but all done with best humorous intent! http://youtu.be/jsgEtdGLKeA for video
SD-08 Village Life SD-08 Village Life
A free-tempo song with me on guitar and Mary Davies on piano. I added a scored bowed-bass later. Accompanying video at: http://bands.soundclick.com/share/235061
BOB-16 Only for Me (archway archives).mp3 BOB-16 Only for Me (archway archives).mp3
Old analogue recording from the 1970s... a straight 'live' take with open-tuned guitar and vocal.
BOB-18 I Want You (solo) BOB-18 I Want You (solo)
a straight 'live' guitar/vocal take on the song I heavily orchestrated at the start of the CD
BOB-17 Sunday Night (archway archive) BOB-17 Sunday Night (archway archive)
Another recently unearthed analogue recording in soft-folk-rock vein... guitar, bass, mandolins .. and that old fold-up harmonium again.
BOB-15 Five Minutes Early (archway archive) BOB-15 Five Minutes Early (archway archive)
Old analogue recording from the 1970s... guitar, bass, some sweet lead from Roger Brawn... and me pumping away on my fold-up harmonium!
BOB-14 I want you back girl (archway archives ) BOB-14 I want you back girl (archway archives )
old analogue recording from the 1970s... folk soft-rock-ish...with mandolins
BOB-12 Tonne Uppe BOB-12 Tonne Uppe
A guitar instrumental of a theme and variations... with a harpsichord thrown in at the end..
BOB-09 Lost for Words BOB-09 Lost for Words
finger-picked guitar instrumental with some orchestration
BOB-08 Sex and Violence BOB-08 Sex and Violence
A jolly ode to survival of the fittest... based around a low pan-pipe riff
BOB-07 Lying in your Grave BOB-07 Lying in your Grave
mostly accoustic folky tune with mournful backing
BOB-06 New Tune BOB-06 New Tune
hypnotic instrumental - finger-picked guitar builds to strings and piano. Works well with the Inle Lake youtube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJldguK3ko
BOB-05 Not My Kind of Shangrila BOB-05 Not My Kind of Shangrila
mostly finger-picked guitar
BOB-04 I Want You BOB-04 I Want You
folky guitar song with added banjo that just kind of grew...
BOB-03 Greco-Irish Bangra BOB-03 Greco-Irish Bangra
As the name suggests this is something of a world music mash-up...
AIV-13 All is Vanity AIV-13 All is Vanity
instrumental with Spanish guitar, mandolin and castanets!
