I arranged this Peter Green song for solo guitar in the 1970's and often played it as a lullaby when our children were little. During Coronavirus Lock-down it seemed a good idea to extend it as a guitar duet and feature the voices of my two favourite guitars - a Martin OM35 and a classical guitar made by Fred Watson.

Man Of The World (Instrumental)

April 22nd 2021 was 'Earth Day'. I wrote this song in 2017 and have re-recorded it as my contribution to trying to raise awareness that we all must now do something positive to save our planet. If you like it - please pass it on, and feel free to download and use it.

Earth Sea And Sky

This simple and beautiful melody was written recently by Lucie Else and I have arranged it as a guitar duet. Hope you like it. For the guitar nerds, the melody line is on a Martin OM35 and the accompaniment is on a Taylor 814.

Simples - by Lucie Else

My re-work of the old Jansch and Renbourn tune written as a duet for two guitars. Played on a Martin OM35 and a Fred Watson classical guitar.

Hole In The Coal 2020 version

In the year 1069 King William 1st ordered the slaughter of all people and animals in the North of England. For around 20 years our area (Nidderdale) was de-populated and laid waste, to the extent that there were no footprints in the Winter snow

After The Clearance (Hills of Nidderdale)

Lucie wrote this lovely slow air to play on her accordion and I have arranged it to play on three guitars. The picture is Buttermere on a cool Spring morning and her melody captures the mood.

Buttermere (Lucie Else)

I wrote this in 2015 after house buyers tried to cheat on us, and find that it has more resonance today than it did then - for a variety of reasons!!
Nerdy info: single condenser mic live recording

Lying And Cheating Ways

Maybe you know someone like this!! There's an instrumental at the end as a bonus track.

The Bullshit Man Live At Goodrich Village Hall 2015

My arrangement for solo guitar, played and recorded live. Hope you enjoy it. Tom Richardson

Georgia on my Mind (From the album 'Fred's Guitar'

Written in July 2020 as a reflection on fatherhood over the distance of time

Memories And Photographs

Mother Shipton, prophetess and soothsayer, was a legend in her own lifetime and 500 years later, is still a legendary figure in North Yorkshire. Her statue sits in Knaresborough Market Square close by 'Blind Jack'. I searched high and low to find a song about her and couldn't find one - so I made this one for her.

Mother Shipton

Click on 'Albums and Tracks' for free downloads of my songs and music. Click on 'Fred's Guitar' to download my 2008 album of solo swing and jazz based guitar music. Enjoying making music in Harrogate and playing various venues including Harrogate Folk Club on the first Wednesday of every month.  I played the folk clubs in County Durham in the 60's; many venues in East Anglia with the folk group Merlin in the 70's and 80's; played jazz in Devon through the 90's; and had a fantastic musical time in Goodrich through the 'noughties' with Andy Herbert on bass in the bands - Loose Covers, Twisted Blues, Trilemma, and Twisted Jazz. Enjoyed 10 great years as guitarist for the Monmouth Big Band and am now focusing on playing acoustic instrumentals and songs in Yorkshire. Enjoy!

Tom Richardson Acoustic

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