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Thursday 30 August 2012

Two New Gigs

There are two new concerts on the list to your right:

The Trio will play an acoustic gig in the splendid and unusual setting of the Grand Entrance Hall in the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe.

After having been to see Alice Bird in her Shakespeare pastiche If This Be Love, I was introduced to the museum's manager and its concert promoter and this interesting concert was the outcome.

See the Shaft:
http://alturl.com/qsh7p
http://www.brunel-museum.org.uk/visiting-us/grand-entrance-hall/

Thursday, Sept 20th (Trio)
BRUNEL MUSEUM SHAFT, Rotherhithe, 7.30 pm

http://www.brunel-museum.org.uk/events/autumn-live-music/

For tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/brunelmuseum

And in October I'm back up in the north-east for a fundraiser in Byker. Siew-Yue Killingley was a tutor of mine when I was a student. She was particularly supportive to me when I needed it most. When I discovered there was a charitable trust in her memory raising money to help students, I volunteered.


Saturday, Oct 13th (Duo/Leigh)
FUNDRAISER, St Silas' Church, Byker, 7.30 pm
http://www.syktrust.org.uk

Hope to see you!

Friday 3 August 2012

And I Have

I mentioned that a lovely couple in Backnang requested a song that they'd come to know from a CD of mine (The Beautiful and Cruel) they had bought on our previous visit. I have to admit to being proud of some of the lines.

Here are the lyrics:


And I have...

And I have been made abject by the beautiful and cruel
And I have been struck down by love and I've been made a fool
And I have felt the knife plunged in then twisted when removed
And I have been made vulnerable by ego and by need
But smiled with wry amusement as I watched her watch me bleed
As the blood seeped through my fingers confounding my belief

And I have...

And I have seen the same eyes fill with tears at my name
Then render me transparent as I tried to stake my claim
And I have been dismissed with scorn and I have done the same
And I have been made welcome in the sanctum of a queen
Who told me of her ecstasy when I was in her dream
And I have been kissed tenderly, misconstruing what It means

And I have...

And I have heard the siren call that I could not resist
Without a mast or ropes to hand and longing for that kiss
But found no lips awaiting, but only cupid's fist
And have stared into the face of one I could not read
Adaptive and chameleon in speaking and in deed
And I have turned and walked away with insufficient speed

And I know that I've been lied to and I've known it for itself
Embracing that dissembling although I never fell
And I have pondered honesty and trickery as well
And I've feared for my safety in the places I have been
And though I should have turned and run, my wanderlust was keen
And I have gone there willingly and I'm glad for what I've seen

And I have...

And I've sought for greater wisdom but I have had my fill
And I have found a harvest of grist unto my quill
And I've mused on the battle between the intellect and will
And I have been made abject by the beautiful and cruel
And I have been struck down by love and I've been made a fool
And I have felt the knife plunged in then twisted when removed

And I have...