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Tuesday 18 June 2013

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Cover Songs

Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?

Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?	video lyrics [play]
Sandy Denny's immortal classic is the final song on the album, and is sung as a duet with the delightful Amy 'Sugarbee' Caldwell, whom I've never met. (We collaborated on the song via the 'net). One of the finest songs ever written about the fragility of Love in the face of Time.
Album: Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?

One Too Many Mornings

One Too Many Mornings	video lyrics [play]
I often used to start my folk-club sets with this evocative, less well-known Dylan song.
Album: Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?

Halleluia

Halleluia	video lyrics [play]
You can hear the audience join in on the choruses of this immortal classic from Leonard Cohen, captured at the Cahors Folk Club in 2009.
Album: Ballades et Blues

To Love Somebody

To Love Somebody	video lyrics [play]
I first heard this sung by Nina Simone, and have been singing it ever since. This version was recorded live at Puits de Jour in Lauzerte, SW France by Mathieu Buchholtz in June 2010, with Mark Newman on the other guitar.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Bird on the Wire

Bird on the Wire	video lyrics [play]
One of my favourite Cohen songs, arranged for two guitars. I've been playing this for so long, and yet it always moves me.
Album: Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?

All Along the Watchtower

All Along the Watchtower	video lyrics [play]
A rip-roaring version of Dylan's masterpiece, with some driving guitar-work from my friend Mark Newman, recorded live at Puits de Jour in Lauzerte, SW France by Mathieu Buchholtz in June 2010.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Me and Bobby McGee

Me and Bobby McGee	lyrics [play]
One of my all-time favourite country songs. The treatment here is nearer to Kris Kristofferson's original version than Janis Joplin's rocker ...
Album: Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?

The Rose

The Rose	lyrics [play]
Maybe it was because it was the day before Valentine's Day, but I heard Bette Midler's version of this on the radio as I was putting the album together, and was blown away by it. It seemed only natural to include it on an album which was themed on Love and the passage of Time.
Album: Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?

Anthem

Anthem	video lyrics [play]
I first heard this seminal track on Leonard Cohen's 'Live in London' CD, which my daughter gave me for my birthday, and it blew me away. Recorded at Cahors Folk Club in 2010.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Deep River Blues

Deep River Blues	video lyrics [play]
Popularised by Doc Watson, this song was actually written by the Delmore Brothers, whose version the good Doc took years trying to reproduce from the original recording, before discovering that they had used TWO guitars ! This was recorded at the Cahors Folk Club, in SW France, with the irrepressible Frenchie Dègre on harmonica.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Feel So Near

Feel So Near	lyrics [play]
My friend Jean-Paul Piquard introduced me to Dougie Maclean, who wrote this beautiful song, which quickly became one of Mark Newman and my favourites. This recording of the two of us was made by Mathieu Buchholz at Le Puits de Jour in Lauzerte, SW France in June 2010.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Last Thing On My Mind

Last Thing On My Mind	video lyrics [play]
Tom Paxton's classic, recorded by Mathieu Buchholz at Le Puits de Jour in Lauzerte, SW France in June 2010, with Mark Newman's vocal and guitar harmonies.
Album: Ballades et Blues