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| Blair Dunlop – Road Beneath My Wheels Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Actually, the song is by Ashley Hutchings (Blair Dunlop's dad) and Ken Nicol and appears (sung by Kellie While) on a 2001 album by the Albion Band (called Road Movies) on Topic Records TSCD523. |
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| Fairport Convention – Matty Groves Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Having played this song thousands of times, the Fairports keep it fresh by doing different versions (even a reggae into one tour). They also re-interpret the lyrics occasionally - for example “How do you like my feather bed? And how do you like my sheets? How do you like the curtains I got in the sale last week?”
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| Fairport Convention – Crazy Man Michael Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Two things - first that Thompson's lyrics re-work a story that crops up on other folk somgs (listern for example to "Molly Bond" by the Oyster Band amd the tune is again an arrangement of the traditional Willie O'Winsbury.
Secondly, I've always understood that it was written by Thompson as a reaction to the motorway crash that hospitalised most of the band and killed both their drummer (Martin Lamble) and his then-girlfriend Jeannie Franklyn (who was also commenorated by Jace Bruce in 'Songs for a Tailor')/
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