Tie Wire (and other Grand Plans)
Live home studio recordings, Summer 2020-21
Australian songs and poems of lives gone wrong, rough hands dealt, and of holding close what's really precious - traditional music for the current era.
These tracks are the lovingly remixed and mastered audio from the YouTube Summer Singles series, recorded and released Dec 20 - Feb 21. To see the 'making of this album', have a look at the Youtube 'Summer Singles' Playlist below.
Tracks
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Dark Eyed Gypsies (Traditional song collected from Val Turton of Binalong NSW)
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Bill from Erskineville (John Dengate)
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No Half Measures (Alistair Hulett)
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Down and Out (Henry Lawson / C & J Roweth)
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Bertha (Words: Henry Lawson / Music: Chris Kempster)
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Tablelands Mazurka Set (Traditional Mazurkas from Ben Cherry / Charlie Kyle / Mick Pitkin)
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The Shame of Going Back (Words: Henry Lawson / Music: Chris Kempster, Doug Jenner, Phil Roeterdink)
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The Lost City of Solferino (Ilona Harker)
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Kate Kelly (Traditional)
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Those Bould Bushrangers (Traditional / Paddy the Poet)
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When the Army Prays for Watty / Moonan Flat Set Tune (Words: Henry Lawson / Music: C & J Roweth / Traditional Dance Tune: Moonan Flat Set Tune)
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The Female Rambling Sailor (Traditional)
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The Ballad of ‘75 (Alistair Hulett)
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Tablelands Reel Set (Traditional Tunes: 'Blackberry Blossom' from Sally Sloane and Frank Collins' Am Reel)
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Behind Barbed Wire (Alistair Hulett)
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Time for a Laugh and a Song (Harry Robertson)
Running Time: 1 hr 6 mins