Rough outline demo, work in progress. Copyright Phil Hudson 2012

Bound For Your Shore - Phil Hudson (rough demo)

An earlier, rock-anthem treatment done on some noisy 8-track, based on a previous similar version, now lost to the sands of time. Sadly, although a better recording, this one never got close to capturing the sound and feel of the original.

Angel From Montgomery Live 2002

Bill Mazur and I did this live version at the Dave Mason gig at the Brookdale Lodge in 2002.

MERCY STREET
Peter Gabriel

Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams all made real

All of the buildings, all of those cars
Were once just a dream
In somebody's head

She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
She pictures a soul
With no leak at the seam

Let's take the boat out
Wait until darkness
Let's take the boat out
Wait until darkness comes

Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs
In the cold light of day

There in the midst of it so alive and alone
Words support like bone

Dreaming of Mercy Street
Wear your inside out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms again
Dreaming of Mercy Street
'Swear they moved that sign
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms

Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word

Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest - he's the doctor
He can handle the shocks

Dreaming of the tenderness - the tremble in the hips
Of kissing Mary's lips

Dreaming of Mercy Street
Wear your insides out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms again
Dreaming of Mercy Street
'Swear they moved that sign
Looking for mercy
In your daddy's arms

Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy

Anne, with her father is out in the boat
Riding the water
Riding the waves on the sea

Words and Music by Peter Gabriel. All rights reserved.

Mercy Street by Peter Gabriel Live 2002

This was a lush, dreamy jam that quickly got out of control.

Thief Of Dreams 1986

This is a performance we did of my song "Fisherman's Daughter" on the Sunday morning radio show called "Please Stand By" on KPIG out of Freedom, CA (Santa Cruz). We were there on a cold rainy 10th of November in 2002.

Phil Hudson - lead vocal and acoustic guitar
Bill Mazur - flute and backing vocal

This painting is entitled "Fisherman's Daughter" by Henry Hetherington Emmerson (1831 - 1895)

Fisherman's Daughter Live on KPIG November 2002

This is the studio recording of this song. The recording was done at Nathan DeMello's Weightless Audio recording studio in Palo Alto, CA in 2001. Nathan was the engineer on the recording session of this song.

Phil Hudson - Lead and backing vocals, acoustic 6 string and nylon classical guitars, bass guitar, keyboards (all of the piano parts)

Bill Mazur - Flute, recorder, keyboards (Mellotron Violins emulation, orchestral instruments), backing vocals 

Dennis Briggs - Drums and percussion (tympani from a sampler triggered on a DrumKat)

FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER
Words and music by Phillip Hudson

Long time ago and in another place 
There was a Fisherman’s Daughter
Living in a house that clung to the cliffs
As they rose above the sea
She was the one who first showed me how
To go walking on the water
I always thought I owed a debt of faith
For what she gave to me

Long time ago and in another place 
There was a Blacksmith’s Daughter
She was the one who first showed me how
To walk upon the fire
I always thought I owed a debt of faith
To the Blacksmith’s Daughter
For all the things she gave to me

Forget the things you're thinking of
Take your guidance from above
The fire's too bright to see

Oh you're gonna need a lot of faith
To go walking on the water
Oh you're gonna need a lot of faith
To dance through the fire with me
Oh you're gonna need a lot of faith
To go walking on the water
But all it takes is just one act of faith
Forget the things you're thinking of
Take your guidance from above
The pool’s too dark to see

Long time ago and in another place 
There was a Miller’s Daughter
She was the one who first showed me how
To walk upon the air
I always thought I owed a debt of faith
To the Miller’s Daughter
For all the things that she showed to me
That I never knew were there

Long time ago and in another place 
There was a Farmer’s Daughter
She was the one who first showed me how
To walk upon the earth
I always thought I owed a debt of faith
To the Farmer’s Daughter
For all things that she gave to me

Forget the things you're thinking of
Take your guidance from above
The fire's too bright to see

Oh you're gonna need a lot of faith
To go walking on the water
Oh you're gonna need a lot of faith
To dance through the fire with me
Oh you're gonna need a lot of faith
To go walking on the water
But all it takes is just one act of faith
Forget the things you're thinking of
Take your guidance from above
The fire’s too bright to see

The painting is "The Fisherman's Daughter" by Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839 - 1924)


Fisherman's Daughter

Silence Of The Rain

Phil Hudson - Lead and backing vocals, keyboards
Bill Mazur - Guitar, guitar synthesizer
Cerafin Castillo - Bass guitar
Frank Worth - Drums

Hide Yourself Away - Phil Hudson with Voodoo Economics (my late '80s band)

Silver Screen 1981

"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of Great Britain about the Yorkshire town of Scarborough. The song was made popular by Simon & Garfunkel in the '60s.

We performed and recorded this song in 2003 when we played at our friends' wedding on the Mendocino coast of California.

Phil Hudson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Bill Mazur - flute




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