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My session for Ruby Tuesday Sessions this week, featuring three unrecorded songs, Only The Sea (solo version), Beggar of Love and You Just Want the Thrill. Plus the most gormless-looking video thumbnail I’ve ever been part of. How I’ve been doing this, in case you’re interested. The last couple of times I’ve balanced an iPad … Read more Six songs for Ruby
Hi – here are some more songs from live lockdown sessions. This was from the Ruby Tuesday sessions on 23rd June End of Tears A Careless Blow Polecats Rossignolet du Bois (French folk song) The Ballad of Bob Dylan Green Lights All The Way
Long term readers of this site will be familiar with my fascination with the Incredible String Band. The first band I truly loved as a teenager, I keep coming back to them, thinking I’ve left them behind then having something trigger another wave of affection. This year it was when my friend Rossco played a … Read more I Remember It All From Before …
Here are a couple of cover versions from James Whyte and me, performing as Dexter & Sinister in the much-missed Village in Leith last July. First up, Kindling, a beautiful Elbow song from the album Little Fictions. They revisited it with a counter-melody by James Grant and that’s what we used for our cover. Now … Read more Covering up for May
One of my first quarantine tasks was to disentangle the muddle of cables which, over the years, had rendered my guitar synth and loopers all but unplayable. This is one of my favourite pieces to play with the guitar synth. Although it first appeared on a Mahavishnu Orchestra album, the most beautiful versions out there … Read more Lotus Feet (John McLaughlin cover)
Here’s a new Heaven Sent video, produced from our various homes as we self-isolate. I hope this provides a bit of cheer in these uncertain times. As you probably know She Wants Out is our Beatles tribute, and takes place six weeks or months after She Loves You. If you’re interested in the technicalities, read … Read more She Wants Out (quarantine version)