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My life in music: Elizabethan Serenade

July 12, 2017May 2, 2017 by Norman

Andy Warhol said: “Every song has a memory; every song has the ability to make or break your heart, shut down the heart, and open the eyes. But I’m afraid if you look at a thing long enough; it loses all of its meaning” . This will be true of some of the songs I … Read more

Categories My journal Tags My life in music, My story

The Edinburgh Songwriters Showcase

July 17, 2017May 7, 2007 by Norman

I wrote this in 1997 when it was still fresh in my mind!   I was there at the start. Well, not quite the first session, but back in 1993 in the Gallery Bar (now the Car Wash) at the top of the Mound – near enough to count as an elder of the ESS. … Read more

Categories My journal, Songwriting Tags My life in music, My story, OOTB, open mic

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I’m Norman Lamont, a singer-songwriter who came of age in the early 70s. If you like any of the artists I’ve written about, you might like my albums too.

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