Did anyone hear a song called, I think, "Jose and his amazing technicolour team talk"? Johnny Walker played it on the Radio 2 morning show last week (what kind of loser am I?), and I fell out of bed laughing.
I’m amazed; I never knew there was a Glasgow in Kentucky. I’m from Glasgow, Scotland! You obviously love your music, long may that continue.
Played a lot of music in my life, but was never much of a songwriter, though I’ve had my moments; unfortunately, moon usually rhymes with June for me! Always have loved harmony, my Mum was a great soprano, and music was always all around me. It’s been very good to me, and taken me all over Europe, and into the USA, but I never made any money!! That wasn’t the point, but when you get older, and try to settle down, relationships need something to survive on other than fresh air.
Don’t have anything up on you tube, it’s a long time since I recorded, but maybe you’d like to listen to:
I arranged and instrumented the album, and the musicians on it were all in the band I led. The lady involved and I got together to play a few gigs in California – interesting to see that the only song I sang on it's been cut, and I never knew this existed on the internet (or anywhere else anymore except all the tapes left unsold in my attic) until a friend told me a few weeks ago he found it when he googled my name, looking for my address. Oh well, I’ll survive! Some of my best friends, though, are good songwriters. Have a listen to
a band another good friend (with whom I still occasionally have a tune) started away back in the dim and distant. We both left a long time ago, though he’s playing on the first album. They are a seriously good band in any language. Some other guys I used to play with make it to Canada regularly, and occasionally the USA
I hope you like some of these. If you play or sing, you might even try learning some. A lot of the Kentucky/Appalachian tradition is Scottish based. It’s sometimes said that Irish music has the tunes and Scottish music the words, but there’s been so much interchange over the years that’s a bit of a misnomer. Scottish music isn’t too difficult, though sometimes the text is pretty obscure, but winter’s coming, and it’ll certainly keep you busy.
All the best, or in Scottish "lang may your lum reek" (I'll leave you to find out what that means!) Conti.
Great thread! So interesting to hear what touches people.
Lots of good songs. "Vincent"- "Have I told you lately that I love you" (but the original Van Morrison version, though Rod Stewart made a good job of it) - The last time I had a good greet (Scottish for a good weep) was Bonnie Raitte's "I can't make you love me" (all too true!). Nobody's mentioned "You were always on my mind" (original Willy Nelson version).
For me though, Robert Burns' "A man's a man for a' that" is what does it:
"For a' that an' a' that It's coming yet for a' that That man to man, the world o'er Shall brithers be for a' that"
A song that makes you proud to be human.
And this from a man who died over 200 years ago! It's some mark of the man that from a small nation which has produced economists, doctors, inventors, scientists, explorers, politicians, he remains the national hero.
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Found it! Have a listen to this!