Re-Release Time: Floodplain 2000 and Last Farmer 1993 on Bandcamp
Here two re-released albums I made back in the day on a fostex or reel to reel or minidisc ( digital 2000!) . they now free to download at Bandcamp…
Top Ten Cassette Tapes
As part of the lockdown there been a meme on facebook of posting record sleeves. This a variant based on old cassette tapes instead…these were my selection.
The Final Reckoning- Trailer Star bows out…
Today’s gig at Bar 71 will be more like a wake as I bring nearly 18 years of Trailer Star Productions to an end. Trailer Star was always a way…
Robert, Grant and me: My Go-Betweens obsession – Floor of Wood
I always liked The Go-Betweens right from the get-go…and so did my friend Pete Astor from the Loft, the Weather Prophets. In fact the first time I saw them we…
A 1000 Birds – new song – new typewriter
I bought an old manual typewriter and thought now I had it I better write a song on it..so I did…simple really… how to solve writers block just get away…
Revamped Studio and new song
New Year, new studio..well the old Trailer Barn Studio given a dust off and a new track recorded on the trusty old TOA recorder. http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/toa-mr8t/2186 https://soundcloud.com/trailerstar/people-my-age-1 For People My Age…
Two new guitars…..like buses
Nothing for ages then I buy two in as many weeks…. First up was the 1974 Takahuru Japanese Martin D25 copy made by a violin maker…..which I love http://takeharuguitars.blogspot.com/2009/09/takeharu-acoustic-label_21.html then…
Dylan to Sinatra’s Capitol Years – a new obsession
I purchased the Dylan ‘Triplicate’ volume in the nice packaging back last year not really thinking that it would be that good but curious none the less. Although the performances…
Top Ten – Significant LPs
Top Ten Challenge from facebook – name 10 LPS personally significant. As you can see the most significant period for me as a songwriter was the mid to late 1980s…