cuthbert goes American rootsy with the mighty henwrench on bass and backing vocals. All other instruments were stringed acoustic ones, including the percussion (a wall of muted strums)...

Quick! (Magnetic Fields cover with henwrench)

Collapsing Star

Surprise, it's another Beatles cover! :) 

This was a collaboration of henwrench, who sang and played bass, and cuthbert who sang, played ukulele, acoustic guitar, and drumming-like stuff. We had a fab time!

Two of us (Beatles cover featuring henwrench)

My tribute to henwrench for Songcrafter's TributeFest III - a nice slice of Americana that I dragged out all my folky string instruments for: songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=23039.msg282143. 

Do check out the man's profile on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/henwrench

St. Miner's Prayer (henwrench cover)

I little musical piece in praise of the mysteries of spring.

On Awakening

Song inspired by all the journeys I've taken during Songcrafters' AtmosphericFest. Thanks for listening!

Voyage To Deimos

Another entry for Songcrafters' AtmosphericFest. Lean back, put on your headphones, and enjoy our little blue planet from far away...thanks for listening.

Earthrise

Here's one I made for British Invasion Fest. One of my favorite tracks from the 'Kink Kontroversy' album, released in 1965. Words and music written by Ray Davies - I played all the guitars & percussion and various croaks. Thanks for listening!

The World Keeps Going Round - (kinks cover)

Spun up the master tape of my first cover of this and ran it through the new old Pepper-filter, and this is what came out. A bit more bouncy, I think?  I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

Words & music by Lennon-McCartney. Slight rearrangement and all instruments and vocals done by myself.

Getting Better v.2 (beatles cover)

Surprise! Another Beatles cover (well, John Lennon, post-Beatles, circa 1973). I've always loved this song, since late-1973, anyway.  My version was made with acoustic guitars, lap steel, Mellotron strings, and my own gravelly warbling - with love and due respect to Mr. L. 

Best listened to with headphones...  

mind games (john lennon cover)

Here's a quickie I did for Songcrafters Fifties/OldSchoolStudio festivals. Just me singing and playing a TV Pal plastic uke from the 1950s into a Marantz PMD-221 cassette recorder, through its built-in microphone.

I was thinking of the recording Buddy Holly made of this song in his Manhattan apartment, just before the fateful Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959. RIP, Buddy Holly.

Crying, Waiting, Hoping  (Buddy Holly cover)

Here's my (very late) submission to Songcrafters' 50s R&R Fest: "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy", written by the late, great Larry Williams and released in 1958. First time I heard this song was a cover by the Beatles. So naturally, there's some Beatles influence here. Thanks for listening!

Dizzy, Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams Cover)

A cover of a cover on the 'Rainy Day' album, which came out in 1984. This is the first song I recorded with my new guitar (pictured). Recorded live, on mic as well as into the amp simulator (this was the 2nd take - that Ebmaj7 chord was a toughie :) ). I added one guitar overdub, and doubled the vocals later that afternoon.

Thanks for listening!

On The Way Home (Neil Young cover)

Flashback to Xmas 2009 - my first-ever Beatles cover on Songcrafters, submitted for Yulefest last year.

Christmas Time (Is Here Again) - Beatles cover

Think For Yourself (Beatles cover)

She said she said (Beatles cover)

A song by XTC about the joys of Christmas. Dedicated to my two year old nephew Vincent - there were a lot of instruments used. :)

cuthbert.

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