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Thursday 23 May 2013

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Live Songs

Strangers Once Again [ Live ]

Strangers Once Again [ Live ]	video lyrics [play]
Recorded during a concert at Le Carré d'Art, in Cahors, SW France, in April 2010, this version owes a lot to the soulful harmonica playing of 'Frenchie' Dègre. There's a studio version on the Russian Dolls album.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Perfumed Letter Blues [Live]

Perfumed Letter Blues [Live]	video lyrics [play]
When I was 15, my German girlfriend sent me a letter - perfumed, like all her others - explaining that she wouldn't be writing any more, as her German boyfriend didn't appreciate me. Clearly traumatized, it took me 40 years to write this song about the experience! There's a studio version on the Who Knows Where the Time Goes album.
Album: Ballades et Blues

The Slipstream of Your Smile [Live]

The Slipstream of Your Smile [Live]	lyrics [play]
Smiles transform. I wrote this for someone very special; this recording was made at the Cahors Folk Club in 2010. There's a studio version on the Who Knows Where the Time Goes ? album.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Deep Inside the Night [Live]

Deep Inside the Night [Live]	video lyrics [play]
This is an early work, which has stayed with me. The song paints a portait of a vulnerable lady looking to the horizon for a better deal. Featured originally on the 'Echoes, Waves or Ricochets' album, this version was recorded live at a concert in Cahors in 2009 with the redoutable Frenchie Dègre on harmonica.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Where the Story Starts [Live]

Where the Story Starts [Live]	video lyrics [play]
This song was penned up on the hill behind my house in France, as the sun slipped over the horizon and the crickets began to still ... There's a studio version on the Russian Dolls album; this live version was recorded at the Cahors Folk Club in 2009.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Fur Elise [Live]

Fur Elise [Live]	lyrics [play]
A love-song for a very special person. Featured originally on the 'Echoes, Waves or Ricochets' album, this version was recorded at a concert in Cahors in 2009.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Walking the Web [Live]

Walking the Web [Live]	lyrics [play]
'Time is coming, not so far away, there'll be a Blackberry implant in every brain ...' and we'll all be 'Walking the Web'. From the Russian Dolls album, this version was recorded with Michel 'Coco' Correch on double bass, at the Cahors Folk Club in 2009.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Me and Bobby McGee [Live]

Me and Bobby McGee [Live]	lyrics [play]
One of my favourite Kristoffersen songs, this version was also part of the set recorded by Mathieu Buchholz at Le Puits de Jour in Lauzerte, SW France in June 2010, with Mark Newman on the other guitar.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Nobody Knows You

Nobody Knows You	video lyrics [play]
I love singing this old blues by Jimmy Cox. This version was recorded live at Puits de Jour in Lauzerte, SW France by Mathieu Buchholtz in June 2010.
Album: Ballades et Blues

One Too Many Mornings [Live]

One Too Many Mornings [Live]	video lyrics [play]
One of Bob Dylan's lesser-known early songs. This recording was made at the Cahors Folk Club in 2010.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Streets of London

Streets of London	video lyrics [play]
Ralph McTell's moving song about down and outs was originally written about the tramps in the streets of Paris, where he was working cinema-queues at the time he started writing it. This version was recorded at the Cahors Folk Club in 2009.
Album: Ballades et Blues

Who Knows Where the Time Goes ? [Live]

Who Knows Where the Time Goes ? [Live]	video lyrics [play]
This version of Sandy Denny's immortal clasic was recorded with Mark Newman at Le Puits de Jour in Lauzerte, SW France by Mathieu Buchholz in June 2010. The studio version is the last track of the Who Knows Where the Time Goes ? album.
Album: Ballades et Blues