Kinks

Stop Your Sobbing

Church musician, guitarist since I was 15. I worked in the Civil Service, and loved a wonderful lady when I was young.

The tracks on Bells and Leaves and Leaf and Sympathy were recorded mostly in 2021-2022; Oyster Bay I composed in the mid-70s, recorded again in 2025; I wrote the first two verses, chorus and fancy guitar intro of I Will Always Love You, Dear in 1980 or '81, finished and recorded the full song in 2021. Tracks on Gloucester Abbey and East Lane were recorded 1967-1969, and my dear comrade Bill Morriss's genius is well shown. My dear brother Nick Thurlow-Brown is usually on the drums on East Lane, and  also on Anthrax from Oi Wot You Lookin' A'; my dear brother Nigel Thurlow wrote Tin Plated Armour and Anthrax, recorded in 1978 and 1981, and he plays the drums on Tin Plated Armour.

Stop Your Sobbing

The Kinks