Okay so any resemblance to "Wish you were here" is purely intentional only the lyrics are slightly more downbeat, more like what normally happens when you're on holiday, delayed flights, lost luggage. etc.. etc..

WISH YOU WERE LOVELY

It's got everything you want in a country song, inappropriate sexual relations with family members, lack of education, and stereotypes.

SWEET ASS TIME

I thought it was time to revisit Highway 61 revisited. See what I did there?

HIGHWAY 62

Okay so it's got Charlie Daniels Band written all over it but I happen to think my lyrics are much better, but hey, I'm biased!

THE DEVIL'S SON - IN - LAW AND THE HIGH SHERRIF OF HELL

I wrote this a long time ago, so long in fact I don't remember and it was another one of those songs that was waiting for someone like Yooj to come along and give it the vocal treatment it deserved. That's him in the picture, the man who takes my rubbish guide vocal and turns out pure Gold, it wouldn't be the project without him.

SHINE ON MOTHER'S SON

Well it is now. Originally recorded in England with the U.K powerhouse vocalist Antony Ellis but I was never happy with the playing, production or mixing so I found a copy with Ant's vocal and re-recorded everything else. Check out that scream at the end. The piano shook in the studio when he did it!

TOO HIGH A PRICE

I wrote this when I was sixteen, and never got to record it until 2021 but it was one of those songs I always played so it was easy to remember when we came to record it. Influenced by Steve Hackett, particularly the classical guitar intro and at the time the neo-classical of Rainbow and the complex arrangements of Tull and again, Yooj came along and put a cherry on top. This is the kind of stuff I used to write before hand surgery forced me down the three and a half minute song route. Still, people like them!

MEDMENHAM

So, just like the film it's based on this is the story of two hit men who hide out in Bruge and like the film it's littered with profanity from beginning to end. It's funny though. Also, there's a kick arse jig at the end, probably the hardest bass playing I've ever done, I was channeling my inner Eoaghan O' Neil on this one. Yooj refused to sing on this, he said he wouldn't be able to stop laughing as he was trying to sing it so I got a "Dub" called Patrick Sharkey to do it and he pulled out all the stops.

IN BRUGE

Lyrically, it pays homage to Dio from his days in Elf, Rainbow and Sabbath, an absolute powerhouse of a vocalist and I was lucky enough to see him with Rainbow on the. "Long live rock and roll" tour. Recorded somewhere in Europe I think probably around 2013/4. I've slept since then. It's a bit rough but it hasn't been tarted up in the studio.

Song For Dio Live

I'm not too bothered about Pete Townshend, I can probably take him but Roger Daltrey is a different prospect all together! I love the Who and this is a homage. That's a word people use when they don't want to use the phrase, Ripped off"!

The Jimmy Keegan Project