Kingdom Come

It was 50 years ago today, Ziggy Stardust taught the band to play....
Previously unreleased version of the David Bowie Classic 'Ziggy Stardust' recorded at Pirate Studios in 2013 with the 'Fig Jam' band of Richard Lawson [Guit/Vox], Erin Kelly [Bass], Josh Gow [Drums] and special guest David Sparks [Guit]
https://youtu.be/3ovEEEse6u0
MAXING OUT THE METERS ON THIS ONE!!!!

Ziggy Stardust

LOVELY

	
INTRO
Gm				   	F                                              Eflat
Gm				   	F                                              Eflat


Gm				   	F                                              Eflat
I know my mind is made up and 	I don’t want to wake up and find
Gm					F				Eflat
You sleeping on the sofa 		after paying all those records of mine
Cm					Dm7				Gm
Another day, another week,		 another year another life goes by
Cm					Dm7				       Eflat	        F  	
Youre miles away years behind 	streets ahead youre doing fine but  im here waiting in line


CHORUS
Gm				F		Eflat
And youre lovely  		lovely to      	me
Gm				F		Eflat
Youre lovely 			 lovely to	 me



Gm				   	F             Eflat
You know you look lovely, 		lovely to me
Gm				   	F                             Eflat
Like a dawn or a sunset, 		or a cottage by the sea
Cm					Dm7		Gm
I can see this thing, 			growing all the time
Cm					Dm7				  Eflat	                     F  	
Your letters and messages, 		sweet nothings and kind, 	  Im waiting waiting in line


CHORUS
Gm				F		Eflat
And youre lovely  		lovely to      	me
Gm				F		Eflat
Youre lovely 			 lovely to	 me

Gm				F		Eflat
And youre lovely  		lovely to      	me
Gm				F		Eflat
Youre lovely 			 lovely to	 me



OUTRO
Gm				   	F                                              Eflat
Gm				   	F                                              Eflat


Lovely

Live to air ABC Central West w Julie Clift Nov 2017

RICHARD LAWSON
As an ARIA-nominated, chart-topping punk rock drummer for The Lime Spiders, Richard’s legacy in Australian music history was cemented as the first drummer to appear on RAGE ABC TV. His music has evolved over a career spanning five decades through multiple instruments, bands, and genres.
As an inner-city band promoter/manager for The Scientists and an early version of the Cruel Sea, he left management behind when the Lime Spiders were signed to Virgin Records in 1987. Their international tours featured supporting Blondie, Iggy Pop, Johnny Rotten, The Ramones, and The Cult. They topped the American Independent charts, played Universal Amphitheatre, the Hammersmith Odeon, and smacked it out to 10,000 at Roskilde Denmark. Their hit Slave Girl was used as a soundtrack to epitomize an era in the ABC production Paper Tigers and covered by the Goo Goo Dolls.
Richard’s first solo release in 1994, Figtree Renaissance, garnered acclaim from Rolling Stone magazine, with classical, ambient, and electronic music influenced by Philip Glass, Kraftwerk, Vivaldi, and the Penguin Café Orchestra. As an autodidact performer and composer, he has a back catalogue of 200 works ranging from punk to classical and is interested in organic traditional classical ensemble work. With over 2,000 performances and 25 full length recordings Richard is a a multi-instrumentalist, recording percussion, guitars, mandolin, keyboards, collaborating with an eclectic array of Australian talent from Caitlin Hartnett to Acacia Quartet as well as emerging talent. He is an accomplished tenor, baritone and counter tenor and has tutored 300 music students. 
In 2014 he received an Australia Day Award for services to music and community. Richard single handedly revived the acclaimed Gulgong Music Festival from 2010-2015 featuring over 80 Australian acts. 
He performs over 100 shows a year in various line ups from solo to 'Kings', drumming at festivals, playing with Honey and other ensembles. In 2023 CreateNSW funded his collaboration with Acacia String Quartet, who recorded his song cycle, ‘Ideas of Home’ based on the works of Australian writer/musician Elizabeth Walton, due for release in Oct 2024. 
This work has generated interest from Screen Tasmania and will debut at public recital at Four Winds in 2024 with negotiations underway for programming at a key Australian chamber music festival in 2025. There are plans for a Medieval/Renaissance song cycle with the Marais Project and compositional studies in Paris in 2025.
Work is currently underway on 2 electronic Eps for release in 2024. His most recent release ‘Music at night’ features his ambient/electronic soundtrack works from 1992- 2017.

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