An original tune written for my wife and taken from the 2010 album 'Everyone's A Hard Man Now' (101 Publishing 2010) Featuring Gina Le Faux on fiddle.
Pic is of Steffi and myself on holiday in Italy.

STEFFI'S WALTZ

Another original song which I wrote after being stuck at York Station for 2 hours!  This is an outtake from the original 'Twilight Tone' sessions. @MARCH HARE PUBLISHING 2018. Produced by Mike Johnson.
Pic is of March Station, Cambridgeshire, UK.

DOWN THE TRACK

Another 'Twilight Tone' outtake, this is an original instrumental where, in a rare example of me overdubbing, I'm playing two guitars! @MARCH HARE PUBLISHING 2018.
Pic is of Steph outside the Bow Bar, Edinburgh 2012.

THE PRINCE OF CALEDONIA

This is a hard-hitting track about the NHS taken from the (now unavailable) album 'Common Ground' (101 Records 1995)@101 PUBLISHING. Nothing much has changed!
Written and played by Phil Hare and featuring Fiona Simpson on vocals and Joe Broughton on fiddle. Produced by Mike Johnson.
Pic taken crossing chain bridge at Giants Causeway Co. Antrim.

Common Ground

COUNT THE COST

This is an outtake from the 'Broken Timing' sessions in 2003. Written by Phil Hare. Phil Hare - Guitars & Vocals, Chris Lee - Bass, Mike Johnson - Drums. (The core of the Freeholders band) and featuring Jon Levy on piano. Produced by Mike Johnson.
Pic of the bar used for 'Cheers' in Boston MA.

LAST CHANCE BAR - The Freeholders

A song suitable for vegetarians and written by me in 2003 at the height of paranoia about farmed meat. This is an outtake from the 'Broken Timing' sessions. Produced by Mike Johnson.

ANIMAL FARM

Another Phil Hare song taken from the 'Broken Timing' sessions 2003. Recorded by Mike Johnson at UWE, Bristol.

YOU'RE NOT MINE

Recorded by Dillon Tonkin in 2010, this is an improvised bit of solo guitar based around bop pianist Thelonious Monk's 'Blue Monk'. Many thanks to @Thelonious Music Corp/BMI.
Pic is of myself with world-renowned guitarist Clive Carroll. We have jammed on this tune a couple of times in the past.

Phil Hare

BLUE MONK

Live version of my song from the album of the same name. Recorded by Cliff Lee, The Navigation, Marple, 2013 @ 101 Publishing 2010.

EVERYONE'S A HARD MAN NOW (LIVE)

Recorded by Dillon Tonkin in 2010. This is an improvised meandering around the chord shape of Am. Thanks to the publishers for the use of the snippets.
Pic is of me holding my new Portuguese Travel guitar ready to play some Coimbra Fado in A minor!

A MINOR STUDY (INSTRUCTIONAL COMEDY)

This song is an outtake from the 2018 album 'A Stranger I Came'. (MHPCD2)

THE LAMPS WENT OUT

I am a professional guitarist, singer and writer.  I have played on over 20 commercially released albums down the years (including my own!) and have played sessions for some well-known people from the world of acoustic music. I tour folk clubs and small venues as a solo acoustic guitar/vocal act around the UK and Europe about 3 times a year. I am also a community guitar teacher/mentor in Cambridgeshire, as well as running guitar workshops across the whole UK. Many of the tracks on here are commercially unavailable - including outtakes from some album sessions - so enjoy them for free while you can!

Phil Hare

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