Last night one of the songs we rehearsed was “Paris By Air” which was a hit single for the Tygers of Pan Tang and also on the top 20 album “The Cage”. The signature guitar intro is gone because we’re doing a new arrangement in a different key to work for Lorraine Crosby. Now not … Read more
This week I posted this picture containing three elements on Facebook and asked what the connections were. Nobody got it so here are the answers. Left to right the three elements are Charlotte Black, The Pity Me Village Sign and Celine Dion. Connection 1) In 1981 I went to Pity Me where there was a … Read more
I posted this video in Facebook yesterday under the heading “THE PERFECT GUITAR SOLO” – The upshot is that the conversations that followed mean that Steve Lamb with be appearing as another guest artist when the band hits the road. Back in the ’80’s my house in Whitley Bay was like the world famous Brill … Read more
I’m pleased to announce that Phil Caffrey will be joining our bevy of guest vocalists. Phil and I go back quite a ways. From the days when I used him and his brothers, Peter and Paul: The Wallsend Beach Boys as backing vocalists on all my productions at Impulse studios, through a deal with Phonogram … Read more
Well as the Band has been in existence for a month or so, time for a solo album I think ! “Down To The River” is Tom Kelly’s poem which I’m set to a series of soundscapes. You can purchase the CD at http://stmedia.org/shop/ or download it from Bandcamp or just listen to it. (cover image Kev … Read more
A new release by a major artist of one of my songs has become less common these days so I’m delighted to see that Sarah Brightman has released “Hurry Home” It is the second track on CD 1 of her triple CD set “Rarities”. Coincidentally, my band were discussing the arrangement of this song in … Read more