A message of faith in the face of hopelessness.  Preached at Revesby Anglican in June 2015.

Romans 4/Genesis 15 Sermon - Luke Collings

Written and recorded by Luke Collings in September 2016.

I finally got around to getting my home recording setup working OK!  I avoided it for ages because it kept crashing, but now that problem seems to be solved.

I used to try writing church songs and they never came out right.  Just don't think I'm built that way.  But this kind of thing is a little different.

I go through phases of listening to Johnny Cash's reading the New Testament.  It has always been powerful, and there's something about lying back and letting the story wash over you for 20 minutes or so that can bring new things that you've never noticed.  If you haven't tried it I would highly recommend.

Johnny Read The Bible To Me (demo)

A much improved demo of an earlier song.  Recorded September 2016.  Inspired by a pair of boots I've had for over 20 year and which are still going strong!

Old Boots (demo v.2)

Written and recorded 28 November 2016.

Inspiration for this track came from an old Ray Price song - not directly, but the vibe.  In the 50s and 60s there were lots of country songs about love letters, but who writes love letters anymore?  So what do the cool kids do - text (or Facebook msg).  And nothing is more annoying than when you KNOW someone has read your msg and not replied.  Even worse when it is a potential romantic interest.  Someone's probably already done a song like this somewhere, but this is my attempt at a Love Gone Wrong Song Circa 2016.

Note: Had a feeling recently that the humour in my songs may lead people to think I'm a parody artist.  I'm not, truly.  It's just that some of my favourite songwriters in the genre (John Prine, Kristofferson, etc) often wrote with a direct smile on their face or a feeling of black humour and that's what I'm attempting to tap into.  I don't think that I could write much with a totally straight face, which is probably why I don't often write songs for church.  But anyways...

You Saw The Message

Music and Lyrics by Luke Collings (copyright 2017)

Recorded and produced by Nick Payne.

Guest vocals by Brielle Davis.

If You Bring The Whiskey (I'll Bring The Blues)

Recorded November 2016.  Produced and mixed by Nick Payne.

To be released 2017 sometime...

Who's Gonna Vote For Me?

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Some-time preacher, some-time country music troubadour.

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