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VP 18 Half a Century
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I wrote and recorded this in a day or so after visiting my great friend and collaborator Steve Franks at home for the last time before he died. So all a bit rough and raw and emotional.
death friendship memory farewell remembrance
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
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Peak #38
Peak in subgenre #8
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Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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May 16, 2020
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MP3 9.6 MB • 320 kbps • 4:11
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A wrote and recorded this in a day or so after visiting my great friend and collaborator Steve Franks at home for the last time before he died. So all a bit rough and raw and emotional.
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Half a century D2A4G6A D2A4G6A F#mBm+5CG A 2/4 7DG A7 Gmaj7A Sitting round at the Rossi bar, shooting the breeze Move along to a friends house taking our ease Take a guitar and pick out a tune Summer seems endless in the sunshine of June Play the Wild Rover or Blues Run the Game Everyday different, yet somehow the same Enjoy what we had, whether borrowed or bought Look to the future though give it no thought Bm+5 Bm+5A4run A4run Bm+5 Bm+5A4run A4run Bm AGBm AG Bm ABmBmAsus4 GBmAsus4 G So long old friend, so long ago So long old friend, if we could make time run slow Wed still be there in those carefree days Singing our songs whiling time away Whilst the sun is shining lets make hay And hope it never ends we know that all things end We all know shit happens so what else is new The years of half a century, give or take a few The shared love of music, the shared love of rhyme Will bind us together in the woven threads of time
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