A song by Ally Macleod, a great songwriter from up here in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands, Ally is one of my favourite writers xx
lyrics
Heart of the winter
Carry me over the heart of the winter
Carry me over the wide eyed sea
Carry me over this deep wading river
My brother my friends they’ll be waiting for me
By the waterfall I found my guide
Years of searching and I could not find
Staring at me from from out of that pool
Was my own reflection, telling me the truth
Carry me over the heart of the winter
Carry me over the wide eyed sea
Carry me over this deep wading river
My brother my friends they’ll be waiting for me
By the dessert edge, I found my way
Days of walking and Im trying to pray
Oh is this so blind, it set me free
A garden of plenty, shining for me
Carry me over the heart of the winter
Carry me over the wide eyed sea
Carry me over this deep wading river
My brother my friends will be waiting for me
Carry me over, this stumbling dessert
Carry me over, this burned out sea
Carry me over, this prairie of boulders
My brother my friends will be waiting for me
On the mountainside I lay my bet
Gambling questions could they be met
An answer from high, told me that I, must travel within
Using, using my own eyes
Carry me over the heart of the winter
Carry me over the wide eyed sea
Carry me over this deep wading river
My brother my friends will be waiting for me
Carry me over, this stumbling dessert
Carry me over, this burned out sea
Carry me over, this prairie of boulders
My brothers my friends will be waiting for me
My brothers my friends will be waiting for me
My brothers my friends will be waiting for me
credits
from Chi Chi & the Jaguar,
released September 3, 2019
Kate Stephenson: Drumming
John Steel: Lead Guitar
Chris Mordey: Bass Guitar
Martin Stephenson: Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocal, Dobro & Tambourine
Anna Lavigne: Backing Vocals
Recorded: Colin Mee's Skip Studios, Darlington
Mixed and Mastered: Barbaraville Studios, Invergordon, Scottish Highlands
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John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
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