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Formed: 1952
Official Site: www.myspace.com/steveswindellsspace
iSound Site: www.isound.com/steve_swindells_gb
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| This is 'Demos For The Departed', Steve Swindells' double album of home recordings and studio demos from the mid-80s right up until the present day (recorded using Garage Band on a MAC PRO at home, that's all the newer songs). Steve recently reached #3 most-played on iSound |
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Released: 2007
Mp3 Price: $9.99
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This is 'Demos For The Departed', Steve Swindells' double album of home recordings and studio demos from the mid-80s right up until the present day (recorded using Garage Band on a MAC PRO at home, that's all the newer songs). Steve recently reached #3 most-played on iSound and is a multi-talented singer/songwriter/producer/musician and the lead singer in the band DanMingo. He is also musical director of the legendary Hawklords, who recently reformed - www.hawklords.com
Just about everything is played, programmed and sung by SS, apart from the 'ah ah ahs' on 'My Pocket Guru' from Lady Sovereign (2008), the trumpet on Barcelona from Sade's sidekick(who's name, I'm ashamed to say, I've forgotten, well, it was '85 or something), the electric guitars and additional high backing vocals from James (The Korgis) Warren on The Last Chance Saloon and Way To Go (1995) and then all the groovy electric guitars on several more recent tracks (unless it's SS faking it on the keyboards) from the inimitable Jerry Richards. Enjoy!
Steve was/is in space rock band Hawklords, pop band Pilot, and has had two solo albums on major labels: Messages (RCA 1974) and Fresh Blood (Atco/Wea 1980). FResh Blood is being released for the first time on iTunes etc and on CD on July 27th 2009 (http://cherryred.co.uk/atomhenge/product.php?display=ATOMCD1015)
His band DanMingo www.isound.com/danmingo) features some famous musicians and Steve's songs have been covered by Hawkwind, The Who's Roger Daltrey and Lulu, amongst others.
He has collaborated with Jerry Richards on his Earth Lab project, UK rapper Lady Sovereign, R&B singer Christian Karter, Spirits Burning & Bridget Whisart, Loretta Heywood (Bomb The Bass), Shanks (of Shanks & Bigfoot) and the mysterious Wicked Uncle Woo on more funky stuff, along with many other notables, then and now... |
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| Friday, September 21st, 2007
Oops - left out 'The Last Chance Saloon'...
The Last Chance Saloon
In an urban forest, dead of night, dark shadows ply their trade.
Some whispered thoughts, expressions caught in pools of light and shade.
Some bodies may be captured in the freeze-frame of the moon,
while others wait for rapture in the last chance saloon.
On a magic carpet, voices low, with eyes of infra-red,
two pagan heroes out to show that ritual is not dead.
They're devil-may-care dancing to a different kind of tune,
then dreaming of romancing in the last chance saloon.
You know you've got to hold on, hold on, hold on to your self-esteem.
Yeah, hold on, hold on, hold on to... hold on to your dream.
Yeah you got to hold on.
So it's hello freedom, goodbye love, now your spirit can be free.
The darkness made you distant as you danced beneath the trees.
Tonight you dream supposing that the daylight's coming,
but the doors are never closing on the last chance saloon.
You know you've got to hold on, hold on, hold on to your self-esteem.
Yeah, hold on, hold on, hold on to... hold on to your dream.
You know you've got to hold on, hold on, hold on to your self-esteem.
Yeah, hold on, hold on, hold on to... hold on to your dream.
You got to hold on... hold on yeah.
Steve G Swindells (c) 6.1995.
This was recorded in James Warren's home studio in Bath. He played electric guitar on it and helped me with the backing vocals.
| | Posted By Steve Swindells (GB) @ 12:00 AM |
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