a cover of the robyn hitchcock song vibrating, done for the singer/songwriter festival over at songcrafters.org

under the influence of fine cheese and alkyhol oldrottenhead didn't care anymore

it finally happened the guys from jemima's kite got together for a gig in otley yorkshire, with geir and osckilo joining in the festivities. this was a wee practice before the event, with me on vocals and greeny on guitar and backing vox live…

i posted a solo version of this song earlier, with just me on the juno. but on the day before i wrote and recorded it, i had been speaking to an old collaborator marcello prive from argentina and he said send me something anything, so when i recorded…

here are the words for anyone interested this righteous bent to twist the facts your right to speak and fuel the flames oh this hankering for the good old days when you could call a spade a spade and close your eyes would you go back use words…

music marcello prive words oldrottenhead originally this was an instrumental called el arca from El arca CD recorded by Lucho Avolio and marcelo prive (from argentina) in 1998. then james higgins aka oldrottenhead(from scotland)heard it and had…

i did this one for the localfest at www.songcrafters.org. is a cover of the blue nile song over the hillside.

that's second solo complete this is the final track of the album Just a song When you put it in perspective Does it even really matter It’s only just a song It’s only just a song When the sands of time have blown away And everything is…

it was my intention to use alonetone just for my solo endeavours but i couldn't resist introducing you to jemima's kite http://songcrafters.org/JemimasKite/index.html I tied Jemima's kite To my bicycle We're gonna send it Soaring through the…

another one from flying solo messed about with the juno di and this happened. a cheery little number about a certain serial killers social habits, his fridge and it's contents. come lay beside me oh the dead can dance my cuppeth runneth over…

this is the first track of my 1st solo album "flying solo" don't want to swamp the place with all mystuff so will upload them gradually written on september the 3rd 2010 this is what i said about the song at the time..... was saddened to hear…

a mind escaped destruction signalling for help taking refuge with the dead afore arrival of the shifter o you who turn the wheel and look to windward o you who turn the wheel consider phlebas the search ensues determined are the foes questioning…

not really a ghost in my house it just badly needs rewiring. There’s a ghost in my house That we can’t see Moving things around When we’re not here Playing little tricks On my memory Playing little games With my mind There…

this later became a jemima's kite song but this is the bare bones of the song before mike and tim added to it. Just there Not here Just there So close So far So near So where you are You take it as you find it You see it as it is You’re right…

she will smother you with all her love take you by the hand and drown you with passion she could lead the blind astray and break the will of stronger men than me she will take your heart she will take your soul gently to her you surrender yielding…

something a bit different from me. hope it makes you wanna dance.

inspired by some videos a friend posted of sparks in particular the song "no1 song in heaven". well heaven is a place i wont ever be visiting unless there is a bar by that name, it seems a pretty exclusive place you have to be "selected" to get…

We listen We hear the sounds They’re playing in our heads We’re moving From side to side The soundtrack of our lives The rhythm It takes control We’re captive to the beat Emotions The melody Stirs up feelings deep The memories Come flooding…

bloody kids eh? my oldest asked if i would remove the dirty animal video from youtube because "it's embarrassing dad"! i asked my girls to sing the chorus but they where too embarrassed lol. We used to hold hands And skip and dance down the…

this is one for the over fifties we strolled along lost avenues with no regrets and nonchalance who's kidding who so confident so bold and full of bravado when we were young we knew it all with certainty you couldn't tell cos we couldn't hear…