My take on Bruce Springsteen's song, with accompaniment courtesy of an Epiphone Les Paul Baritone which I no longer possess, having replaced it with an Italia D-Man.

Tougher Than the Rest

Come Up And See Me - Acoustic (early mix)

On the Edge of Tears

I came up with this one Christmas when out walking the increasingly unfamiliar streets of my home town, and managed somehow to keep it in mind until I was back with my guitar.

Home

Recorded during my second week living in Leeds, having moved up from Surbiton with a new job. That makes it April 1980, I reckon.

200 Miles From Home

Following a trip to the Royal Albert Hall to see and hear Breton singer Alain Stivell, I thought I'd try and write a decent song in which the final word of one verse became the first word of the next, as he seemed (my Breton is not too good) to be doing. I failed. Miserably.

Saturday Night

Love

I do not know, and never have known, anyone called Daisy. But I don't let that worry me.

Sunday Afternoon

Don't You Grieve

This song cried out to me to get the (partial) slide treatment, so picked up my Italia Muira, tuned to Open D, and gave it a go.

Lightning Bolt

Son Colin requested I post a version of this when he heard me playing it. As I can't resist a compliment like that, I thought I would. Recorded on a Boss Micro BR and mixed in Audacity. Getting rid of the fret buzzes was too painful to achieve, so apologies for those.

Afire Love

Cover of Roy Harper's song, each track recorded separately via a Presonus AudioBox iTwo and their Capture app into an iPad, transferred into Pressonus Studio One and mixed down to an MP3. Instruments are an Italia Muira electro-acoustic tuned to open D, an Epiphone Viola bass, and a Sennheiser e840 dynamic mic.

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