It is always a good day when I notice you have posted something new.  Beautiful work, Damien - will be back to listen to the rest of the playlist.  Best to you, my friend!

Lyrics by Hannah Ashcroft
Music by Hannah Ashcroft & Samuel Quinn 
Produced by Hannah Ashcroft & Samuel Quinn 

Hannah Ashcroft: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Samuel Quinn: Electric Guitar, Bass
Adam Dawson: Drums, Percussion 
Aaron Wood: Flugelhorn

Miscellaneous Credits:
Recorded at Pinhole Sound Studies, Manchester
Engineered and mixed by Adam P. Gorman 
Mastered by George Atkins at 80 Hertz Studios

(P) 2021 Hannah Ashcroft
(C) 2021 Hannah Ashcroft

Eden, I’m Told

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Vocals
Hans Albers: All instruments/Arrangement & Production

New video on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/Z7NUmzq-TCY

For me, getting older has certainly had some advantages, one of them being the ability to take on life's pressures without continually worrying about what is coming along next.

Being seen as the “Wise Old Man" in the family (you know, the one in the comfy chair closest to the TV in the living room), my sons, daughter, nieces and nephews will often plonk themselves down on the seat next to me and disclose their personal problems.  Much though I’d like to pretend otherwise, I rarely have any useful advice to volunteer, the reality being that I offer little more than a sympathetic ear.  That they trust me enough to take me into their confidence is nonetheless most flattering, the reason most likely being that I’m neither judgemental nor threatening and most importantly can be trusted to keep what I’m told entirely to myself.

This song was written after one of these tête-à-tête’s, one in which there was absolutely nothing I could do to change the situation and could only empathise, say that they need never feel they were on their own and affirm I’d always be there for them whenever the need arose.  All the same, I did find myself wishing I could have been of greater help.  I truly did feel blue for them.  

Life can be a sod of a thing sometimes.  When that happens, what else is there to do but write a song about it?   (Terry Reeves)    
 

A glass on the table, half full a distance away
Feeling thirsty and dry so unreachable today
Closer tomorrow but might drain to half empty
Distance unchanged my thirst remains plenty

Feeling so blue for you
Really blue for you

I’ve stood in the forest heard whispers of lies
Every leaf falling past, covers a layer of spies
Try hiding from truth, planet can never disguise
Face stays in the shadows screaming silent cries 

Feeling blue for you
Really blue for you

Look out of the window reflections inside my head
Reversing a vision giving sight to those who bled
The slaughter of life has reduced the time earned
Loving life not chewing death the option unfurled

Feeling blue for you
Really blue for you

I will answer questions if you ask with a smile
I may travel a distance over one million miles
Moving is never a picture puzzles of reasons
Hoping to find missing piece to help mental lesions

Feeling blue for you
Really blue for you

FEELING BLUE FOR YOU - Cripple Club & Hans Albers

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Vocals
Hans Albers: All instruments, Arrangement & production

From the age of 15 when I first stepped into the world of employment I was told it would be a major advantage to get a job that lasted through to the State retirement age of 65. At the time I'll admit it was not something I took at all seriously.  When you’re that age, the last thing on your mind is bloody retirement.   

However, by the time I reached my early 50’s and had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, my mind became a little more concentrated on reaching what might now  conceivably prove to be an eminently missable target.  In the interim, the UK government decided that, given the population was living considerably longer than it once had, they would incrementally be raising the retirement age, meaning that mine now became 66. 

Our dear old Nan was a dedicated Bingo player and knew that number callers used particular phrases for certain numbers, one of the best known being 66, known as  ‘Clickety Click’.  So reaching pensionable age became inextricably linked to Bingo, hence the title and subject matter of this song.   

The number one - ‘Kelly’s Eye’ - seemed a good place to start and having done some fascinating research, I worked my way through the Bingo calls, choosing the ones whose scansion worked best, until I reached the magic ‘Clickety Click'.  

As the chorus explains, there were no guarantees I’d actually get there, it was just a target.  But I did get there and this song celebrates the fact.  

The song ends with the traditional exclamation of the player who has won the game, being either ‘House!’ or ‘Bingo!’.  When I was recording the vocals, my constant and beautiful companion Marvin (it is he who is pictured in the cover art) reacted to my shouts with a loud bark, perfectly in time, so we decided to keep it in.  Marv is with me at 99% of the recordings and enjoys being involved when the opportunity presents.

As always, huge thanks to the wonderful Hans Albers for another brilliant backing track which is, as I think you’ll agree, perfect for the song.  That man is a genius.
Thanks so much for listening.   (Terry Reeves)


It all started with Ned Kelly’s eye (1)
A cup of tea (3) to stop going dry
Tom Mix (6) wearing hat, riding fast
Monkey’s cousin (12) hanging, trying to last
Key of the door (21), two little ducks (22)
Paid half a crown (26), keep up the luck
In a state (28), rise and shine (29) but alive
One dirty knee (33) to help jump and jive (35)

Sixty six not to preconceive
Sixty six, a target to achieve

Half way to laugh, more than eleven (37)
As life begins (40), time for fun (41) isn’t heaven
Up to tricks (46) towards four dozen (48)
Five-0, Five-0, it’s off to work (50) with percussion
Danny la Rue (52), a man at the door (54)
The snakes are alive (55) but don’t wriggle more
Shotts bus (56) to Scotland, check the sign
Variety of Heinz (57) to the Brighton Line (59)

Sixty six not to preconceive
Sixty six a target to achieve

A baker’s bun (61) all tickety boo (62)
Tickle me (63), almost retired (64) laughing too
Retirement age(65), it should have been fun
Clickety click (66), getting paid
Take the money and run  
Route 66, nearly there
Clickety click, the sound of my wheelchair

CLICKETY CLICK - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

A older song of mine about losing memories due to traumatic experiences.
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The Amateur

A tribute with a Fender Rhodes inspired by a poem from FAR ARDEN written by Jim Morrison
Music composed, performed and recorded by Damien Riba (14.07.2022)
Studios Village, courtesy of Mangalyan Records.
FAR ARDEN IV - "Women are life" :
A vast radian beach in a cool jeweled moon...

Le fondateur des Doors, rebelle et angélique, scandaleux et inspiré portait sa nudité aussi élégamment que le blue jean ou le blouson de cuir. Il avançait sur les routes de son destin entre la Floride, Los Angeles, New York City et Paris sans question ni réponse, mendiant céleste avec toujours le blues au coeur, celui que ni les mots, ni les notes ne guérissent, mais seulement l'amour. Il sut dire la détresse de notre civilisation consumériste et la puissance de la jeunesse lorsqu'elle s'émerveille et agit...
https://youtu.be/iv8GW1GaoIc
https://youtu.be/EQfr-BtcDII

Far Arden IV - To Jim Morrison (D. Riba)

Alexia Caouette - Model D (short Version) 2022

Model D - Alexia (short Version) - (sunday funky chillout)

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Release Date: 21/01/2023
Release Title: Dejavu EP
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Hit And Run

My debut album: original music featuring piano and percussion with infectious Brazilian rhythms: samba, choro, baião, and maracatu.

Originally conceived of as solo piano pieces, the songs on Florescer are augmented with percussion by Tim O’Keefe, an expert in many hand-drumming styles from around the world. Also featured are Jenny Klukken, marimba, on the playful maxixe/samba Brincalhão and Gingando, a choro with traditional form and a modern flavor; and Laura Harada, violin on the Brazilian choro serenata Anelante, that has traditional choro form, but also a heavy dose of Debussy.

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