Name: 11. The Returned Lover by Swann Sands
Duration: 3 min 34 s
Description: Martyn Hillstead wrote the lyrics and a basic melody for the storyline and I took it on and arranged it and developed it into the song it is today. I had fun doing some harmony lines on the acoustic and electric guitar, a bit like Wishbone Ash!

The Enid- Ondine

The Enid- Fand I

The Enid- Song For Europe

Martyn Hillstead wrote the lyrics and a basic melody for the storyline and I took it on and arranged it and developed it into the song it is today. I had fun doing some harmony lines on the acoustic and electric guitar, a bit like Wishbone Ash!

11. The Returned Lover

048 The Enid - Sheets of Blue

Acoustic Almanac

The Mayflower acoustic version

An acoustic version of a song about metal detecting

Song of a Metal Detectorist acoustic version

A song about being a long suffering supporter of Torquay United Football club.

Pageant of Torbay

The Theatre of Pain

Napoleon Bonaparte on board the Bellerophon known as the Billy Ruffian in Torbay shortly after the battle of Waterloo in 1815.

The Billy Ruffian acoustic version

A song about a boat called the Lady Cable which sailed from Torquay harbour in May 1940 to help to rescue the soldiers at Dunkirk during the Second World War.

The Lady Cable (early version)

A song about the monks of Torre Abbey in Torquay

Torre Abbey

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Swann Sands is a musical project formed by myself, Phil Swann. It is a platform for me to create music and express myself. I like music that is adventurous and takes the listener on a journey. It is mainly acoustic based but I like to branch into different genres of music.  I started Swann Sands to give me and musicians I work with total freedom in exploring our musical ideas. 

My main influences are varied and range from acoustic based music like Simon & Garfunkel, Ralph McTell and Show of Hands to Progressive Rock bands like Genesis (Gabriel / Hackett era), Pink Floyd and Muse.  

One thing I am proud about is that everything played and sung on Swann Sands is from a musician with no programming at all. All the drums and percussion are played by musicians and not by any fancy software program.  You could say this is a throw back to the times when you had the thrill of hearing different musicians interacting with each other like when I was growing up in the 1970's.

​Website : https://philswnn.wixsite.com/swannsands
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoCGM7HQKIca7rRIEKPYxw/featured

11. The Returned Lover

Swann Sands

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