YES YOU CAN (1)

Masks

Laid back trippy jazzy vibe written by Mike Hatton and Suzi Woods

Simple Things - Medium - Balanced

Midnight Robbery Taken From the Forthcoming Album .....  s "wingin It "

Fresh and new but with more than just a hint of instant familiarity..

From the critically acclaimed new EP called "Come Outside and Play"

Recorded at The Church Studios, Crouch End, London
Produced by Tristan Ivemy

Released on 17th March 2014 by "Our Little Label"

Copyright: Ian Roberts


IAN ROBERTS - Wake Up

Recorded on a voice memo - for TisT comedy comp

In a previous life

Written in a Vox Liminis workshop about women’s experience of criminal justice, this song explores imprisonment and release via my attempt to
imagine Rapunzel’s life after she escaped the tower. 

Thanks to Dana DeHart for the photograph of St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, which got me thinking about that tower-prison.

Rapunzel, Some Time Later - Fergus McNeill Master 1

Move The Mountain (Amina's Song)

Amina was an African baby
In her hungry life she aged 20 years every day
Noble was her innocent wisdom
"Give me food" she cried "I do not care who's to blame"
Ooh and it can't be right
Ooh and it can't be right
Political gods will not move the mountain - no
Famine is a ravenous creature
Who savours the touch and the taste of Greed
It knows that, in spite of the fighting
Oh the forces, they are few in the War on Need
Ooh and it can't be right
Ooh and it can't be right
That Heaven and Earth cannot move the mountain
Heaven and Earth cannot move the mountain - no
Father though we pray you'll deliver our daily papers
Pouring tea and sympathy cannot put right this wrong
People should not be divided
Blend your voices be the strength in Amina's song
Ooh we can make it right
Ooh we can make it right
If Heaven and Earth cannot move the mountain
And Political gods will not move the mountain
We got what it takes to move the mountain
Aah Aah Amina
Oh oh Oh oh Amina
Move the mountain
Move the mountain
Move the mountain

06 Move The Mountain (Amina's Song)

A song that celebrates an enduring love, written by Fergus McNeill.
Guitars and vocals performed by Fergus and recorded and produced by Andrew Howie.
Violins performed and recorded by Jill O'Sullivan.
Final track mixed and produced by Fergus.
[Copyright Fergus McNeill 2019.]

Bloodrush

Bloodrush (original demo)

Prompted by the Positive Songs Project under a badge/brief titled 'Talent borrows, genius steals', this is a kind of thank you letter to Steely Dan's creative forces - Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who began enriching Mike Hatton's young life in the 1970's with their music. The PSP brief -'Take the hook of a popular song, change one word and make that the title or hook of your song.' Well, the lyrical content may be lost on some who are either too young, or folks who are not fans of Steely Dan, since it's a kind of nonsense song yet it contains some personal truths and is peppered with references to Steely Dan Songs and albums. 
Cover art photo - Raja V on Unsplash
Backing vocals - Suzi Woods


1976 was hot, but aged 20 I was not
And though the world was dry, the music made me high
And thank you Mr Fagen, for the inspiration
And you too Mr Becker, you could not do better

You’re never going to do it without the hat on
I’ll ask myself which one I’ll wear today
A natural groove, that you both sat on
With the Royal Scam you really showed the way

I was reelin’ in the years, when I had tears for fears
Tried not to lose that number, that Rikki made me wonder
And though I was kind of raw, I was filled with awe
Then the next thing to see, was a countdown to ecstasy

You’re never going to do it without the hat on
I’ll ask myself which one I’ll wear today
A natural groove, that you both sat on
With the Royal Scam you really showed the way

Instrumental

If this band was a car, you know it has travelled far
I’d be driving a Stingray, to the caves of Altamira
With a song on the radio, do it again I know
The songs will stay with me, and keep me feeling free

You’re never going to do it without the hat on
I’ll ask myself which one I’ll wear today
A natural groove, that you both sat on
With the Royal Scam you really showed the way X 2

The Hat

A Single Day (solo)

The music here is mainly a reflection of my development as a solo bassist. I have been playing since 1978 and am currently a member of three bands. My experience as a Jazz and Blues player has cemented my love of improvisation and in more later years I have been developing a wider understanding of chordal work and harmony. My latest album, my third, (first solo bass album) released in late 2015 titled Pastures New, is a collection of mainly instrumental works which have inspired the improvisational approach that has kept me endlessly fascinated by the challenges they present. I hope you like what you hear.

The Hat

MIke Hatton solo bass

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