My last two singles 'The Ballad of Brexit' and 'The
No Hard Border Song' are very probably coming to the end of their shelf
life in the topicality department imminently.
I wrote them both using my old style of
writing that I had a lot of success with back in the 1980's-1990's,
basing the theme on current characters and events.
The next couple
of weeks are full of uncertainty and confusion over these hot issues, but
a conclusion of some kind seems on the cards.
You can hear both songs on the videos below and you can buy the
tracks via the usual online outlets such as Itunes and Amazon music
or stream it via all the services such as Spotify, etc.
St
Patrick's weekend was a stormer for me and my band members. This
year all of our gigs were in the Greater London area, apart from March 9th
which was at Sandown Park races. On the big day itself I did a solo
spot at the Guinness festival near London Bridge, prior to the up
and coming 'Beoga' who
headlined. I had a great bit of banter with the crowd and was well
chuffed at the response from the gathering who sang along with me in the
hailstones!
Myself and Dicky and Nick did a fabulous gig up the road in the
afternoon in Shoreditch High Street at the 'Crown and Shuttle'.
The place was rocking to the timbers and the predominantly young crowd were with us all the way.
Exhausted at the end of it all but what a great way to get tired out! I'm already getting enquiries for next year and will let you know where and when in plenty of time.
'Jealous of the Angels' is a beautiful song written by Jenn Bostic
about bereavement and I have had plays on it from across the globe
and my Itunes sales have surprisingly been mainly in the USA, which of course is
a great compliment. Country songs such as that are predominantly the
domain of US artists.
The other 9 tracks on the album were
all written by me and have all received healthy streaming figures on
the main platforms as well as respectable sales of both the album
and individual tracks, especially 'Circle of Love'. You can hear
this album in full also on youtube via the following embedded
player.
My football team are Millwall and this has certainly been a topsy turvy season. The cup run was great but the Brighton defeat was a hard one to swallow. Just a hairs breadth away from a Wembley semi final against Manchester City and we let it slip.
Still, we punched way above our weight and gave them a serious
run for their money before going out on penalties.
The
relegation battle is heating up and it seems to be between us,
Rotherham, Reading, Wigan and Birmingham.
Hopefully we can hang on to our Championship status and build things up for next season.
Great win against the Baggies and let's see if we can do the bizzo against QPR on Wednesday.
