Written in the 1960's as The Rumbeats but no recording from that date other than the lyrics so I have attempted to sing it now.
Written long before Boyzone - "No Matter What" and when I heard their song I was amazed how similar the opening was.
Sorry about no accompaniment and the quality of both the singing and recording.

My Minds Eye.

I haven't written a song for many a year but this idea has come to mind so I have dedicated it to all those who seem to have dried up!

I'm A Song Writer With Songwriters Block

Sing along to "I don't think that matters" etc.
This is the only other song I have managed to write in a long time.
I woke up with the first verse in my head. Usually I have forgotten things like this within a few minutes but this stuck so I decided to expand it into the singalong song it now is.

Favourite Girl (sing along song)

Stuart and I have been remembering other songs we wrote back in the 1960's but did not record. Stuart has now recorded this song and we hope to post others in the near future.

Your On My Mind

Stuart and I have been remembering other songs we wrote back in the 1960's but never recorded. This is the second and Stuart has now recorded it. I hope others will be uploaded soon.

It Needs You

I (Grahame) wrote this lyric a few years ago but had no melody.
Stuart (pictured) has now put a tune to it and is performing it although I am the truly bald one!

Bald

This is our second collaboration after 50 years! (Bald was the first).

Lyric for Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear.

First verse.
The sun came out this morning.
The barbecue is set.
This afternoon it's pouring.
Now everything is wet.
Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.

Second verse.
The washing line is soaking.
It's dragging on the flour.
There's no point in me moping.
I need to wash some more.
Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.

Middle eight.
I should expect the unexpected.
I expect I should have seen.
But expecting the unexpected.
Is expecting to much from me.

Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.

Third verse.
I've spent the day with washing.
The barbecue is gone.
The tumble dryer is knocking.
I think a bearings gone.
Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.

Middle eight.
I should expect the unexpected.
I expect I should have seen.
But expecting the unexpected.
Is expecting to much from me.

Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.

Fourth verse.
The sun came out this morning.
It promised a lovely day.
But let this be a warning.
It may not turn out that way.
Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.
s by Grahame Sanders, music by Stuart Sanders.

Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear

Amusing song based around two neighbours upsetting each other. Written by Grahame in 2000 and recently updated the lyric. This is it's first outing.

The Ballad Of Dave Ian Young

I'm Happy As I Am.

We Can't Go On This Way

My name is Grahame Sanders. Born September 1945. My younger brother and co-writer is Stuart. The Rumbeats songs are also on YouTube.
Back in the 1960's Stuart and myself bought guitars (like lots of others) and having self taught formed a group with a friend, Leslie Hunter, who played drums. We mainly played for our own amusement with the odd gig for family and friends. Apart from the drum kit we played using inadequate home made amplifiers. My older brother, David, jokingly called us The Rumbeats. The name stuck and compared with the names of groups that followed that no longer seems so bad!
The photograph of us playing at my own 21st birthday party. I'm on the right hand side and play left handed.
Stuart and I started to write our own songs. We never performed them in public but we did record many of them on a Philips reel to reel tape recorder in our bedroom at home (without the drummer). Life moved on, the group was abandoned and the tapes were forgotten about.
After I had retired I started to repair 1950's and 1960's transistor radios as a hobby and I came across the tapes, with the recorder, which had been packed away and never unpacked through a number of house moves. The recorder needed repair so I set about this and it was at this point I discovered that the tapes contained our original songs. I transferred then to my computer but did nothing more with them.
Years later I rediscovered them, burned them onto a CD and sent my brother a copy. He was thrilled. Although some of the songs aren't brilliant, to say the least, I don't think we made a bad job of recording them, considering. When I listen to songs today I begin to think that our tunes and lyrics were more than acceptable. It would be interesting to see how they would sound if professionally arranged and played.
The recorder was able to dub tracks so we were able to add further instruments to the original recordings.
I still think that some of these songs could hold their own against some of the efforts thrust upon us by the European Song Contest or am I just dreaming!?
In an effort to preserve these songs and to see if anyone else might enjoy them I have decided to upload them onto SoundCloud.com plus a few more that were written by me in the early 2000's (by then I had forgotten how to play the guitar so the extra songs are just my voice).
So, the songs from the tape have the photo of the group and as I resumed song writing in the early 2000's for a short time these have a photo of myself. I still occasionally write a song and may post here at some point.
I hope the songs are enjoyed.
Grahame and Stuart Sanders

My Minds Eye.

The Rumbeats

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