On this Island we knew
like the back of our small hands
Throwing stones and backstreet slang

On this Island we grew
in just a flick of our big eyes
and baggy shorts, lords of the flies

Bloody knees and football roars
Screaming mums and hard slamming doors

On this Island we flew
Thieves for sweets and naughty magazines
Outlaws for the most simple dreams

On this Island we drew
so many secret plans in the dark
save the light that shone from the stars

Bloody noses on concrete fists
Fights about nothing, first cigarette mists

Yeah with no feeling of head in the sand
in the struggle to be head of the band
On this Island at this school
in breaking all the rules that’s the plan
Yeah with a feeling of up to no good
On this Island, on this wreck
or most simply our neck of the woods

On this Island of blue streets
filled with banged down limousines
in which we were the kings so lean

On this Island we knew
like the back of our small hands
Throwing stones and backstreet slang

mOag - On this island

Elsewhere....Mother Earth wakes up. 

Sax by Ben Dobay.

Mother Earth

Wheel of Arms

For a broken relationship, some slowly sinking ship or what we hope will only be a deadly, deathly blip.

The Afterglow Only Lasts So Long

Please, the artwork i made for this track is not an apology of drugs! 

Be safe, love life!

Bleep

Don't smell my sister mortfine

This is my tribute to Peter Green. His playing made a huge impact on me when I was young. I really felt the emotion when he played and that made me want to get involved in music. 
This is a cover of 'Need Your Love So Bad'. The song was recorded and probably written by Little Willie John and covered by Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac in 1968. I loved it then and still do.
I don't usually do covers unless I have, what I think, is some new angle, or way of approaching the song. This is a straight copy. My version in much inferior to the FM version and in particular the tone of PGs incorrectly wired Les Paul. This is my homage to a hero. Go and listen again to PGs version.

Need Your Love So Bad( Cover and tribute to Peter Green)

Lyrics & Vocals by FruitPunchAntifreeze
https://soundcloud.com/recordings94/tracks

AtTheEndoftheWorld  By FruitPunchAntifreeze

BBC Radio Essex DJ Juggy Sohal played "Don't Ask Me" and interviewed me afterwards, I was speaking from a pitch black river bank as we were packing up after a day's salmon fishing...  a slightly surreal experience!

Original music track is here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/dont-ask-me-baby-with-janine-levinson-rick-medlock

BBC Radio Essex Interview with Phil McWalter + 'Don't Ask Me'

Lay waste Samhain
Orieliel Watcher can be found here, https://soundcloud.com/orieliel-watcher

Ring Of Circles, Ring Of Sky

Ring Of Circles, Ring Of Sky. numbers in the dream / Orieliel Watcher

Check out the serious bass groove Germany's wonderful Mirko Borach lays down on Gospel Groove.  Mirko sent this one over to me and asked if I'd like to join him and to see if I could persuade funk and blues guitarist Ian Tait to join us.  It had been several years since Ian was recording with us, as The Cosmic Trip Advisors, his blues rock band from Edinburgh, had been recording several albums.  With the impossible COVID situation making rehearsals and gigs nonexistent, he gladly said yes, putting a smile on both our faces.   After hearing this one, my brother said ... "I didn't know Jaco and Jeff Beck played together".  Love these guys and the music, and we hope you do too.   And a big thumbs up to Daniele Turani, who created the grooving drum track here for us.
Mirko Borach:  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Ian Tait:  https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait
https://thecosmictripadvisors.bandcamp.com
Daniele Turani:  https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani
http://www.danieleturani.com

And for playlists of our music together:
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/stretching-it-out-with
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/cooking-with-ian-tait-1
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/rocking-with-daniele-turani

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares. 

Be well, mask up, social distance and keep those hands washed.  We're all in this together

Gospel Groove - Mirko Borach / Ian Tait / Daniele Turani / Jamie Rhind

A remake of an old one from the 80s, main guitars and vocs are live recording with two mics in the room, then some overdubbing. Part of our new recording sessions where we are both remaking some old songs on the new, better equipment and recording some new songs as well. We'll keep posting as we go. Morry and I are both singing on this one. Slowly working through the mixing and mastering on the Tascam DP24. Hope you enjoy these.

I’ve Been Dreaming

This song is in 5/4.  Emphasis is on the 1 and 4 beats.

Grieving

Verse 1:
It seemed all so perfect
Our lives just clicked
Everywhere I went
Is what was meant (to be)

We did so much
Were so in touch
What a joy was our life
You were to be my wife

Chorus 1:
I never hurt you
I didn’t do
Anything wrong
I spent all my love on you

Verse 2:
Then one day
The skies were grey
You said you were leaving
And I started grieving

Chorus 2 & 3:
You hurt me so
I’m not your beau
It is all wrong
All my love is gone

Verse 3:
Why are you leaving me
Never to bend my knee
Why is it you don’t want me
You take off an flee

I hurt so much inside
You will never be my bride
This pain cannot be happening
It is all so baffling

Grieving

Bad keys, shaky shakers, 
acoustic and tremolo guitars... 
I try to not grill ALL of these ingredients
ALL of the time... but it’s hard.

mOag - On this island

man On a grill