New album released

Pleased to announce that my latest album “Melancholia” is now available on all the main streaming sites.

It’s an album of predominantly slow blues music. Hope you enjoy it.

Christmas single 2023 released

Pleased to announce the release of my annual cynical seasonal offering “Enforced Jollity” because, after all, that’s what it really is, isn’t it?

Take a listen on your favourite streaming site, and if you’re not paying through the nose for one, here’s a link to the free YouTube offering…

YouTube link

New album released

It’s that time of year again

Yep, it’s Christmas and time to cash in on the Christmas single market. OK I’m a cynical sod, but everybody else does it and to be honest it’s become a bit of a tradition chez moi. A bit like Cliff Richard only without the religious bit.

The new single is now loading to all the major streaming sites so hope you enjoy it.

The 2021 Christmas Song

It’s that time of year when Christmas looms and it’s time to release my Christmas Song, video as usual courtesy of my good friend Dioclese. I’m releasing it on the major streaming site earlier than usual. After all, every other bugger is cashing in so why shouldn’t I ?

Last year I got 38,000 plays on Spotify alone so I’d be chuffed if I beat the record this year. Meantime spare a thought for the poor bloody turkey as you’re singing along !

D’ya wanna be a Christmas turkey?
You wanna be like me?
Gas me up and cut my throat
Cut my feet off, pluck my coat
Stick my innards up my arse
Serve me with Cranberry sauce
Who’d wanna be a turkey like me?

D’ya wanna be Christmas tree?
You wanna be like me?
Chop me down and truss me up
Stand me in the corner all dressed up
Watch me die and chop me up
Never get to see the snow
Who’d wanna be a tree like me?

Christmas comes but once a year
That’s one too many for me
It’s turned into a retail fest
Not what it used to be

D’ya wanna be Christmas Santa?
You wanna be like me?
Vetted by the local plod
To see if I’m some peado sod
Sat around in a big red coat
Smelly kiddies on my knee
Who’d wanna be a Santa like me?

Christmas ain’t no fun more
It’s lovely when it’s over
Don’t know what we do it for
The meanings lost on me

Don’t wanna be a Christmas turkey
Served up as a tasty treat
Don’t wanna be a Christmas tree
With prezzies at my feet
Don’t wanna be a Santa
Working for the minimum wage
Guess Christmas ain’t for me

Who’d wanna be a turkey like me?

An update

My apologies to regular readers and followers of this blog. I can’t believe that the last time I added anything was when I released my 2020 Christmas single. 

Unfortunately things have not been going too well for me this year. I have not enjoyed the best of health and the drugs they have put me on seem to have sapped the creativity from my bones. I’m still here but a shadow currently of my former self. The music just isn’t flowing and lyrics are just not coming to me like they did. 

I’m sincerely hoping that this will be temporary. The drug regime is changing and so, hopefully, will my thought processes. I would have said ‘return to normal’ but I was never that in the first place. 

In the meantime, I hope you continue to enjoy my music on all the normal streaming services. That you are listening means the world to me and I hope the juices will start to flow again soon. 

Street Corner Woman

Been quiet for a while whilst working on the next album with a couple of tracks now in the can. Without giving too much away, this one’s going to be heavy. ‘Nuff said.

In the meantime here’s a jazzy track off Smalltown Blues :

She’s a street corner woman
She’s a good time girl
Street corner woman
Knows just what to do
gonna make you happy
gonna make me blue

she wears a tight black skirt
she’s wearing high heeled shoes
Got a low cut blouse
Gonna smile at you
Take your money
Make a fool of you

Waiting back home
I know just where she’ll be
Waiting back home
She ain’t there with me
She’s a street corner woman
Plain to see

She makes a lot of money
Selling what she got
Makes a lot of money
‘cos she’s got a lot
Street corner woman
Working her plot

She knows her business
And she knows it well
It’s a high grade product
And she knows it sells
Street corner woman
Caught you in her spell

She’s not the kinda girl
You take home for tea
But she’s the sort of girl
That will do for me
But you get what you get
You don’t get it for free

Thanks for 2019

Wishing all my listeners a Happy New Year and thank you all for your encouragement and support throughout 2019.

New album released

Pleased to announce that my new album “Small Town Blues: has been released and that at the time of writing it is live on Spotify with loads of other streaming and download sites to follow over the next few days.

As the title suggests, it’s blues album. “Loner” and “Brexit Blues” have already been released as singles and I’ll post some more tracks on here over the coming weeks. In the meantime, why not check it out on Spotify. If you don’t already have an account, it doesn’t cost you anything to open a free one and all my other stuff is on there as well.

Hope you like the album as much as I enjoyed making it.

Loner

Been quiet for a while whilst working on the new album, so here’s a little preview of what’s coming.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Texan style rock blues of ZZ Top, and this has a little of that flavour. It might well turn out to be the future title track but the jury is still out on that front.

Busy people everywhere
Rushing here and rushing there
There’s no time to sit and stare
Only time to shout and swear
Keep me safe from all of that
Isolate me from that crap
Give me time to be myself
Stop me being something else
Other people give me grief
Rob me of my self belief
I’m a loner, plain to see
But that seems to work for me

Safe and sound within my room
Hiding deep within the gloom
Not expecting I’ll get out
Not about to scream or shout
Here my fears fade away
Homely comforts all around
Things to keep me safe and sound
Hide away behind my door
Suits me fine I want no more
Just like things the way they are
No ambitions to go far

Disconnect that telephone
I’m quite happy on my own
Long as I can live my life
Free from trouble, free from strife
Want to join me? Come right in
Here your new life can begin
No more fear no more stress
Life out there is such a mess
Seems to work just fine to me
I’m a loner, can’t you see