No comment needed for this one. It says all I have to say on this topic.

Enough Is Enough

Two Irish tuned played by me on guitar, harmonica and bodhran.

many

Fiddle tunes

The only song, other than my own, I have "engineered" I am very happy with it and have great admiration for the artists; Lyn Pinkerton and Jim Edmundson.

Salmon Nation Artists Project

Salmon River by Jim Edmundson and Lyn Pinkerton

Recorded , played and sung by me using a portastudio 4 track.

There But For Fortune

Early Morning Rain

A song I wrote for The Year of the Child in 1978. Recorded at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec. The "choir" was the local girl guide group.

The Childrens Song

Andy's Best

Night Riders Lament

The only song I wrote that has resonated!

1 Woman Of Labrador

Someday Soon by Simon Vine

06 Ballad Of Lord Franklin

Recorded in 1978, for the Year of the Child. The kids are a choir from St Sauveur, Quebec. The lyrics are a translation from my original English by Danielle Arcand.

Oyez La Planete

I wrote this in 1978 for the Year of the Child, It was recorded in both English and French at Le Studio in Morin Heights. On the English version the kids were from the local Brownie group.

True life story by the great Wade Hemsworth

Wild Goose 2 w revb

I wrote this song after reading Elizabeth Goudie's autobiography of the same name.  It's an amazing story about a very courageous woman.

Woman Of Labrador

A song about travelling across Ireland by train... sort of.

Irish Morning

In this song I try to encourage a deepening of our commitment to love and sanity in the face of an increasingly troubled world

Song Of Hope

Some favourites from our 40 wonderful years together.

You've Got A Friend

Great song about modern day cattle rustling.

Night Guard

I wrote this song for a friend's wedding and have sung it at several other weddings. The lovely back-up vocals are by Danielle Arcand.

By My Side

A folk classic about the strnage and wonderful "truce" that happened one Christmas during the first world war.

Christmas In The Trenches

Essential music is often a solo instrument or voice.
The simple expression is received more easily by the mind and soul.

Flute De Quebec

I wrote this song in 1977 for my marriage to Danielle Arcand. She sings on this recording. I am particularly pleased with the flute break.

Warts'n All

Come My Love

A not very optimistic song I wrote quite a while ago. At the time it was deemed "to dark". Now I am not so sure,

When Darkness Falls

I Don't Get It!

I wrote this song in 1978 for The Year of the Child.

La chanson des enfants

A pretty random selection of mostly home recordings from over the years

Go To Sea No More

I wrote this song for a group called Oceanswatch. I don't think they were impressed, but I still like it.

Ocean Watching

Another recording of what has become one of my favourites. Words by John Masefield. Tune by me.

Sea Fever

I wrote this song to celebrate our local store in Quebec and all great general stores

General Store

I slightly tongue in cheek ditty I wrote a few years ago.

New American Century

I've loved folk songs all my life and I'm now getting old:) I never sought fame and fortune through music but have certainly enjoyed the musical part of my life enormously. Hopefully there's a bit of a legacy here in these tracks...

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