The dates I have posted for this year are the only shows I am playing in Europe. Some of you have asked why not Italy? France? Spain? etc etc. The bottom line is that with band and crew wages,agency commission,local/national taxes, nightliner bus and hotel costs, fuel, food and all the other sundries associated with day to day touring working … Read More
‘Weltschmerz/Clutching at Straws’ European tour poster 2018
This is the new tour poster for the ‘Weltschmerz/ Clutching at Straws’ European tour this autumn. Please print this off and pin it up in your local bars and clubs if you can or share it around as much as possible. Your help with promoting the tour is sincerely appreciated. News on the new ‘Parley with Angels’ physical EP/ … Read More
‘C Song’ – New Lyric
C Song A doobie with Peruvian coffee, the begonias melt in the sun Listening to a song about mysterious wisteria from the voice of a good man long gone The monitor screen a black window, I’m ignoring the knock at the door An unopened letter on the table before me, an unanswered call on the phone I won’t let … Read More
Weltschmerz recording sessions and a Parley with Angels
It’s been a full on last couple of weeks here at the Studio as we move into the ‘Weltschmerz’ recording sessions. The schedule was always going to be tight but we are moving upward and onward in style and everything is coming together as I planned and hoped for. We are on time and in the zone. Dave Stewart finished … Read More
Festival of Sound, London – the Chris Kimsey seminar on ‘Clutching at Straws’
I thought you might like to know about this event at the Festival of Sound in London on September 30th at 2.30. I’d be there myself but my tour bus will be roaring across Europe then. It should be a very interesting seminar 🙂 “Legendary music producer, Chris Kimsey, will be opening the studio doors to reveal the production … Read More
Foss Paterson in the Studio – ‘Waverley Steps’ teaser
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On Stage there’s No Place to Hide! –Cropredy Festival
I returned tired and sore last night from a weekend with a fair share of drama. As you should know by now I don’t shy away from dealing with awkward moments and on reading this blog you may be wincing a little and reaching for the mind bleach. I’d arrived on Thursday night from a flight down to Brum … Read More
‘The Gaitherin’ Day out in Alva at the Irish Wolfhound Association of Scotland Show
The weekend before I went to Bulgaria my wife Simone and I were asked to be judges for the ‘novelty’ section of ‘The Gaitherin’, the annual show of the Irish Wolfhound association of Scotland in Alva , Clackmannanshire. The president of the association, Maura Lyons had contacted us after she saw photos on the FB pages of Simone’s Irish wolfhound … Read More
‘Man with a Stick’ new lyric from ‘Weltschmerz’
New Lyric – “Man with a Stick” Here’s another one of the new lyrics I discussed during interviews at Rambling Man.I had taken notes about my feelings in the months after my Dad died as I found it difficult to look at any old man with a walking stick as it kept reminding me of him. I also kept seeing … Read More