The Bonny Moorhen
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Steve Thompson
Southbound: Released At Last
Three tracks recorded circa 1977/8 by popular North East band Southbound. I produced this session for the Neat label but it never saw the light of day. Now some 38 years later I’ve dug out an old cassette, digitised it and then ran it through some sophisticated software to breath some life into the recordings. … Read more
Before We Depart
I got chatting to an old buddy that I cut a couple of albums with and toured with back in the 80’s and the upshot is we’ve started trading licks for a possible new album. Mostly under wraps for now. More soon. He’s a track I’ve started working on that bears the title BEFORE WE DEPART … Read more
Down To The River
Down To The River is a Multi Media adaptation of the epic Tom Kelly poem “GEORDIE” which was published by Red Squirrel Press in a collection entitled “Dreamers In A Cold Climate”.For the purpose of this new work which will be released on DVD the 20 minute reading has been broken down into 9 distinct … Read more
Jobling
A Musical: Book and Lyrics: Tom Kelly, Music: Steve Thompson JOBLING is based on events surrounding the gibbeting of William Jobling, Jarrow Pitman and the last man gibbeted in the north in 1832. Jobling was tried and hung at Durham, then gibbeted on Jarrow Slake for his part in the murder of South Shields magistrate … Read more
Voices
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