I can't remember if he told Susanna on Heartworn Highways that was his first song. Anyway, you sound so much like Townes, Rory!!!

I agree with Brian, you were made to sing this as you have a great world-weary tone that is just perfect for this. Great song and giving a great version here. All the best Rory, hope you are doing well

Great country song, excellent performance.

Amazing cover Rory, and that slide and the harp is perfectly pitched. It's a beaut.

Like how you convey the mood of the original in your own way Rory. Liking the pic, fixed a flat on mine this summer.

Great job covering this great song, Rory! Like everything about it.

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Lead Vocal
Gordon Midgley: Guitars/Bass/Moog/ Backing Vocals
Arkestar: Horns & Horn Arrangement
Gary Reeves: Drums/Percussion
Arrangement, Production & Final Mix by Gordon Midgley

In case you’re wondering why the track is called what it is then I cannot tell a lie. it’s all Gordon’s fault.  I was having an email conversation with him about life, the universe and everything when, for no reason I could easily glean at the time, he said “I’ve got to go and walk to Asda in the fog". I wasn’t sure if he meant he could only walk to Asda if there was fog or that he just needed a walk in the fog and Asda was as welcoming a place to go as anywhere else or, more simply, that he had to get some groceries and Asda was the nearest and most convenient place to go in such inclement weather. Whatever the reason, my immediate thought was “What a great title for a song…”.

There’s certainly no shortage of songs about Covid-19 but I just couldn’t resist the temptation Gord had inadvertently sent my way to vent some of my Covid frustrations.  If you chance read the lyrics and aren’t from the UK, I should explain that all of the words in capital letters are the names of UK supermarket chain stores.  You may also be wondering why I mentioned the Royal Yacht so, for those of you that hadn’t heard, our wonderful government, in the midst of the pandemic and the financial constraints it was placing on the country, announced that it was commissioning the building of a new one at a cost of somewhere around 200 million pounds.  Isn’t it good to know they have their fingers firmly on the pulse of public spending at times like these?

For some time now, Gal and myself have wanted to work on a track with both Gord and Arkestar and for many reasons, this particular song seemed to lend itself really well to the idea.  We’d therefore both like to thank them for lending their unrelentingly brilliant skills and commitment to the entire project and for making it such a complete pleasure to work on.  We certainly had more fun than we’d a right to. Thanks again for listening. (Terry Reeves)

Walking to ASDA in the fog
Every step with a loud paradiddle 
Avoid a variant of thickening smog
Strings of ministers in cabinet fiddle

Who got it?

Running to TESCO in falling snow
Remaining safe, wash all our hands
Vaccination waits for protection show
Sharp scratch but no summer sands

She got it
He got it

Skate to SAINSBURY’S on slippery ice
Peering to find the unforgiven Lord
Discuss the increasing price of rice
Politicians cut with ceremonial sword

Who needs it?

One, two cold runnings to MORRISON’S way
Sliding monobob a lonely lockdown 
Cresta pandemic flat on skeleton tray
Oxford to Moderna safety COVID town

Middle

Adventurous trip to the ICELAND’S
Climbing frozen peaks in cabinet change
Arctic conditions finding blue diamonds
Words of memoirs on only one page

Who reads it?

Freezer in ALDI like a 63 mission
Hunting food to last past pandemic 
People buy rolls with zero nutrition 
Persuasion ignored by Academics 

Who wants it?
They missed it

Running to LIDL in the ice-kissed smog
Chance of surviving a Third World War
Is there time to buy a new Royal Yacht?
I don’t think so!

WALKING TO ASDA IN THE FOG:  CRIPPLE CLUB with GORDON MIDGLEY & ARKESTAR

with courtesy of Heidi McCarthy
Participation  Eva ( backing vocals)
Drums : Gerald

kate(LYLM)

Waitin Round To Die (Cover - Townes Van Zandt)

This song suddenly came to me when I woke up.

#New #Original #Song #BONSAI

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 

[Verse 1]
Not withered, that’s fine, okay, alright
We’re just too strong and gonna go crazy
Oh, I drop my leaves in winter, every year
Yeah, I love light clothes, I’m too cool

Leave Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo
Anyway, Coralberry has kids, so
When red fruits are born, maybe cute
I think it's okay to put her in your room

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo

[Verse 2]
He came to see the strawberries, but  
He doesn't know where we are, he doesn't know
Oh, he’s still a kid, he’s careful, three years old
Yeah, he ate grapes, in a good mood

The son of withered autumn leaves, it’s me
My branches are red like coral
Even if all my yellow leaves are scattered
You don't have to put me in your greenhouse

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo

BONSAI V２

Barcelona

Grooveclowd Presents.....Brandon Galpin....Crazee..Live in Natimuk

In the 'top end' of Australia the indigenous people recognise six seasons. When the Europeans arrived they could only discern two, known simply as 'the wet' and 'the dry'.
In the wet the dirt roads turn to slush and the rivers become un-crossable, leaving many communities and individuals stranded.
'Going troppo' is a term used to describe a kind of craziness that people can suffer in the interminable heat and humidity. It probably isn't alleviated by the fact that many Australians, when rendered inactive, resort to the pastime of heavy drinking...

Wet Season Blues

Celestial Voices!

Одинокое слово летит в даль.
Серое небо, серый край.
Оно, как чайка над волной.
Закончив круг один,
На перепутье мы глядим.
И все вокруг кричит постой.

И миг, как сотни лет.
Пройдет, а может нет.
Увижу ль я…

И миг, как сотни лет.
Пройдет, а может нет.
Увижу ль я…

Проходит все –
Года и ветры.
И сотни лет сменяют сотни дней.
Вступая в новый мир,
Надежд не счесть нам –
Все будет лучше, чем теперь.

И миг, как сотни лет.
Пройдет, а может нет.
Увижу ль я…

И миг, как сотни лет.
Пройдет, а может нет.
Увижу ль я…

Lonely Word

Always make your move if that’s what you both want, don’t wait until it’s to late.

Best Part Of My Day ~Conscience of Kings

I initially wanted to add crash & cymbals, timpanis and effects....but then I thought to myself, "Nope, I'll leave it like this!"

All composed and played and recorded by me, by the way. Influenced by many things. 

17 tracks
13 libraries
3 sample packs
1x Magix 

How this comes about?
No idea!

Undying Thoughts

“I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard travelling. I am out to fight those songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you. I could hire out to the other side, the big money side, and get several dollars every week just to quit singing my own kind of songs and to sing the kind that knock you down still farther and the ones that poke fun at you even more and the ones that make you think that you've not got any sense at all. But I decided a long time ago that I'd starve to death before I'd sing any such songs as that. The radio waves and your movies and your jukeboxes and your songbooks are already loaded down and running over with such no good songs as that anyhow.”

― Woody Guthrie

Waitin Round To Die (Cover - Townes Van Zandt)

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