I'm playing this at The Garage next week and O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire the week after, as opening act for Holy Holy: The Man Who Sold The World Show.

The Greatest Joke Of All

The Winkies first studio track produced by Brian Eno. Chrysalis hated it. It's out now on our new label RDJ Recordings www.rdjrecordings.com. Check it out

Last Chance 2015 =MASTER=

Something I am working on is setting favourite poems to music. Here's one that I did for a weekly secretsocietyofsong contribution .

The Chimney Sweeper - Poem by William Blake music by Philip Rambow

The first true co-write of mine with Malcolm Doherty. Done on my birthday this year and posted as our weekly seceretsocietyofsong contribution. We were doing the Church of Malcolm Show at the Edinburgh Fringe at the time. It's had a lot of FaceBook views since posting on my personal FB page, so I thought I would "release" it here to see if more people might  "like" it. It's just a demo right!!

Springtime In My Heart

Malcolm Doherty plays piano and BV's on this and sorts out the mixing. 

I'm Hers She's Mine - Mix

Crazy Love

Written as a contemporary update on Woody Guthrie's original classic, this song suggests that homeless people are today's "hobo's". All profits from sales will go to Music Minds, a project to highlight mental health issues and solutions.

The Hobo's Lullaby

Single from upcoming "Canadiana" album released on Fretsore Records
Oct 2019

American Buffalo

This is the first mix of the demos done in 1979 with me on rhythm Gtr , Dave Cochran Bass, Laurie Jellyman Drums and Mick Ronson on lead guitar. Despite having Mick joining the band and doing sell out gigs all over London, Chris Thomas producing, and Bill Price engineering, Doug D'Arcy Chrysalis MD decided it was "just a thrash" and let the band break up. Mick went to New York with Ian Hunter and produced Ellen Foley who did 2 of my songs "Night Out" and "Young Lust". In disgust at Chrysalis' decision (the last straw") Chris Briggs my A&R man left and signed me to EMI. But that took a year and when Chrysalis wanted paying for the 24 track master I freaked out and vowed to do a  better version. We did re-record it with Hugh Burns playing Mick's guitar parts, but it just wasn't as good as this. 

Fallen first mix

From the same first demo session. This song was written in NYC after a memorable night in a club next to CBGB when I met and hung out with Mick Rock and 2 delightful women who he was cavorting with. One of them Cathy inspired this song.

Abandoned Again

From the demo session at Wessex with Mick Ronson that had Fallen, this was the backing track  - no time for overdubs

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