An old folk song of american origin which has been adopted by the Irish folk scene. It tells the story of a broke traveller who is so impressed by the hospitality and dark beauty of a Creolo girl that he asks her to marry him, but is turned down…
The Irish emigrated to England in the decades following the second world war. And one of the jobs they commonly held was laying "hot asphalt" this song chronicles an encounter with an unfortunate policeman who ended up falling into a barrel "full…
Keyboards: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Written/Recorded: 2006
Old music library track. I recorded this with a cheap Yamaha keyboard my step-father gave me. Wish I would have add little more to the repeat of the melody, but I think I…
An old folk song of american origin which has been adopted by the Irish folk scene. It tells the story of a broke traveller who is so impressed by the hospitality and dark beauty of a Creolo girl that he asks her to marry him, but is turned down…
@Kirk - You're probably right. So much traditional Cornish music is tied up with Breton, same as the language. Almost impossible to truly tell where these things originated...so we go with Cornwall, hee hee.
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3 tracks with my strat copy + NI guitar rig
1 track with my Washburn bass + NI guitar rig
1 vocal clip I made and tortured
1 Korg MS200 track
1 Pianoteq track
session drummer 3
Sonar 8.5 used to put it all together
My first Christmas original just off the presses with that cowboy, spaghetti western style.
Paul: Why don't you try Jingle Bells or something
Geas: Oh God,No, I hate the classics... that sucks......
Paul: Yea that does suck. Try emmmm, Oh Holy…
This Lovin’ Cup- I was watching the idiot box and just holding my guitar when this little vamp on a B chord came out of nowhere. Using the same recorder, I recorded about 20 seconds of the riff. The lyrical idea came on the trip to Chicago, while…
This is a tune that's been on the back burner for a bit. I was looking to get a dark Ultravox kind of sound. Anyone feel like puttin' on their Midge Ure hat???
Anyway, these aren't the droids your looking for.
Move along..............Move along.
Recent Comments
This is lovely! w;-)
ANOTHER BEAUTY! w;-)
BEAUTIFUL! w;-)
This is really beautiful! Lovely melodies!
:) Making me smile again w/ this'n! Best, kss
...nice work, Snr. :)
Good one.
Very good track. Talented singer
I like very much the style and vocals on this one.
this too.
i love this
Fantastic again.
Just beautiful!
@Kirk - You're probably right. So much traditional Cornish music is tied up with Breton, same as the language. Almost impossible to truly tell where these things originated...so we go with Cornwall, hee hee.
Woot! Was this recorded at open mic? If so, I'm coming home on Tuesday!!! Bloomin' awesome! Flute, guitar and Cornish voices - absolute class!
Wow, awesome closing credits sound!
I love this amazingly hilarious track and was just talking about it ..... Had to listen again, and again and again. Ha ha ha.
....and then break outta jail to this tune!! (This is the "drive the car off the cliff with this tune cranked!" song!)
BIG drums and guitars! Rocks!! I just wanna break the law while listening to your rockers!
Great feel to this one! Ultravox! Haven't played their stuff in a long time...cool band! And so is your song!