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Acoustic, alt-country, folk, rock, singer-songwriter, London.

The date: Sunday April 26th 2020. The place: Hanwell, London, UK. Lockdown has been in effect for just over 5 weeks. As a result, I’m playing my first ‘Swill’s Sunday Session’ live online from my kitchen table. This would continue, for the foreseeable future, as lockdown dragged on. Amongst my own and ‘The Men They Couldn’t Hang’ songs I’d also go on to include a wide selection of carefully chosen covers. Including one or two Ochs songs.

I’d long had an idea to record a collection of songs written by Phil Ochs and now, with the world on hold and nowhere to go (apart from long dog walks) was the time.

So, I got in touch with the very talented John Kettle - guitarist with Merry Hell - to see if he would be interested in collaborating on the project. He was. And so I started recording guitar and vocal tracks at home and sending them to John, and he would add guitar and other instruments at his studio in Wigan. I’m a strummer and he’s a mighty fine picker and multi-instrumentalist - the setup worked very well.

This album presents 11 songs which particularly resonated with me on one level or another. It’s a mixture of politically themed and some of Och’s more personal or introspective songs - ones that he’s, perhaps, less widely known for.

The political songs are as relevant today as when they were written. The more reflective ones have been chosen based on their beauty and poetry, their sincerity and, in places, melancholy.

I also wanted to be careful not to tread ground already covered by others – well not too much – and have taken some liberties with arrangements, melodies, tempos. I hope Phil would approve of the sentiment.

Phil Ochs died on 9 April 1976, Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. This album is respectfully dedicated to his memory and lasting impact he made on people, music, and politics

Tracks:
01 - Seventeen
02 - Up From The Hole
03 - Year Of The Dog
04 - Piercing The Old Flagstones
05 - Pinewood Walk
06 - Beige
07 - 9 Out Of 9
08 - Joy In The Darkness
09 - Arrivals
10 - I Praise You All

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NahMWSg-Ew