A 2021 remix of a 2020 recording of the classic Tony Gillam song, featuring Phil Richards on cajon.

And Then The Rains Came (Remix 2)

This is a remix of one of my songs from 2010, featuring cut-and-paste lyrics, backwards vocals and, of course, an autoharp!

The Dead Translator

I read somewhere that, in dreams, houses symbolise the self - the attic represents the head (the intellect)and the cellar represents our baser instincts.  I wrote this song - Upstairs and Downstairs - which mentions attics and cellars in this context. This recording is from 2010, though I wrote the song quite a few years before that. If I remember rightly, I used an autoharp with a wah-wah effect, because there's no law against it.

Upstairs And Downstairs

Another attic-related ditty. This instrumental dates from around 2015, I think. The little guitar riff later found its way into a 2017 song of mine called 'Deathly Town' but 'Attics and Shadows' remains as a distant dream of what Ultravox might have made of a jig. I'm sharing it with the world as my (real-world) attic is now in the process of being renovated. I'm not sure what the symbolic meaning of that is either.

Attics And Shadows

Shouting At The Dark (March 2022 Acoustic Demo Version)

A song I wrote in 2019 after one of the channels on my iPod meant a key ingredient of the Walker Brothers' music was suddenly missing. Imagine listening to the Walker Brothers without the drums! Some thoughts inspired by William Morris's 'News from Nowhere' also crept into this song. This version was recorded live on Black Country Xtra's 'Songwriter's Showcase', with the wonderful Billy Spakemon at the controls.

Without The Drums (Black Country Radio Session February 2023)

The opening track of my new album 'In the Emptiness'.

In the Emptiness

01 Overwintering

A semi-improvised, one-take recording of my latest mountain dulcimer instrumental, dedicated to my beloved wife Sue, who I married in the merry month of May, thirty-four years ago this year.

May Be, May Be Not (for Sue)

The first record that was ever bought for me was 'Edward's Day Out'/'Edward and Gordon' - two Rev. W Awdry stories narrated by Johnny Morris. 'I Can't Do It' is my treatment of this compelling tale of the power of positive self-talk and the triumph over obstacles.

Whatever's Happening (I Can't Do It)remix

Includes an artist's impression of the after-effects of drinking vodka with Debussy. This is an unmastered extended version of the track that appears on my album 'In the Emptiness'.

Drinking Vodka with Debussy Demo (Extended Hauntology Mix)

A tune I wrote on mountain dulcimer a few years ago. When I wrote it I thought it sounded a bit Russian - but there's a section in it where it goes (deliberately) atonal and it reminded me of Debussy, hence 'Drinking Vodka with Debussy'. When I added drum patterns and keyboards impersonating vibraphones it started less Russian and less like Debussy, but you can now dance to it.

Drinking Vodka with Debussy

A little musical soundscape for our times.

I Remember Very Good Times

Tony Gillam is a singer-songwriter, acoustic guitarist and dulcimer player, specialising in original indie-folk songs and atmospheric instrumentals. A regular of Worcestershire music venues, he has featured at Worcester Music Festival, the Three Choirs Festival and on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester and BBC Radio Shropshire. Prepare to enjoy delicate melodies, strong rhythms and often startlingly surreal lyrics.

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