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The  "Little Cigar"- EL Purito - the Bank Holiday in the UK - I shall save one for after lunch    Support the show

As Rob and Marri get their project underway here's a chill out type piece - overlay 7th's and 9th's against basic chord shapes. One to improvise over.... Support the show

As you will hear if you listen to the tune - this is one of those expressions that I have no idea what it means and why people are being critisised for being Woke . I'm trying hard, in my ignorance, to be as woke as I can be. Support the show

By Jose Luis Narvaez and published in the 1990's dedicated to "Agustin" - Barrios Mangore. . A short expressive piece . Support the show

Definitely not my comfort zone - but maybe we all want to be a superhero in certain situations. Support the show

Celebrating anyone with a positive view of the world. Support the show

The title is related to the chord sequence - I've been experimenting with overlying major and minor chords with different inversions - substituting chords for each other. Support the show

Some you win some you lose. The gift of scratch cards today ( the 30th July - when this piece was recorded ) was really special. No monetary reward but a really lovely responsibility. - Freddie's,  Godparents . Support the show

Not what I intended . The piece was originally structured as a song - by I couldn't detach the piece from the piano pattern. Something completely different to what was intended. Support the show

Them - being whoever you choose at the appropriate moment. You know what I mean .  Survival is best achieved by completely disregarding whomsoever "they" may be. Support the show

I've been putting up a lot of rather morose stuff recently - todays piece is an upbeat piece to address that issue .. and of course its Friday Support the show

A shadow or Remnant . This tune is about Ageism. It just happens. I'm not sure there is a particular age when it cuts in - but getting treated fairly / being patronised or belittled seems to happen at some point.  The lyrics here are those I have not used when this happens - but been tempted to - either sarcastically or in genuine appeal for help . I think it only gets worse as age descends u...

From about 2013/2014 referring to some very dodgy employer blacklisting employees who joined a union or who took an interest in representing their fellow workers . Nothing's changed there then  Support the show

During the pandemic a children's story " The Great Realisation" was optimistically looking at the future and how our approach to the world would change - the New Normal .  Unfortunately the New Normal in its better form is still awaited  Support the show

A sense of misgiving about how well you know those close to you - Undiscovered aspects of a personality or behaviour. Simple misgivings can multiply into major self doubt. I'll stop there - it starts getting out of hand ... Support the show

The second piece from Manuel Ponce's 24 Preludes for Guitar - Prelude No.6 in Bminor.  I've not mucked about with it - it stands beautifully on its own. Support the show

Absolutely nothing to do with Oscar Wildes novel - Dorian Gray - just a chill out piece using the Dorian mode with minimal support - and a synthesiser with the name Blue in it. I'm keen to every so often take the pulse out of a piece like this and just let it flow without rhythm from sound to sound ... may be later on Support the show

I have an up and down relationship with banks - and my bank in particular. Actually thats not true - I have a very bad relationship with banks - and my bank in particular.  When I was struggling ( actually I'm still struggling) they offered me an overdraft. Now they are starting to realise I'm still using it they want to Reduce the Balance - take a running jump ! The tune is - I now real...

The phrase "The Greater Good" first made me laugh in that wonderful send up of English Village life - the film "Hot Fuzz" . Subsequently politicians have picked it up and turned it into the most appalling catch all for untenable situations. Support the show

A band version of Furloughed - from the pandemic - I wouldn't object to being Furloughed for a few months - I missed out first time round. This has also surfaced as "Downshifting" with two guitars - previously .. Support the show

In Alcobendas between 2018 and 2020 there was a Persian Bar - very friendly very hospitable . I played around with some of the scales in Persian music that I've listened to and produced this piece called ' Now Ruz "- a tune celebrating the Persian New Year - on or about 21st March which is when the piece was put together in 2020. Support the show

The acoustic version had much more in it - than the slightly sanitised finished version Support the show

Pandemic - Round the Block - that was all I could do with Jake - our border collie. In the lockdown the Spanish Police were quite enthusiastic about enforcing restrictions on movement. If you strayed out of your immediate area some guy with a gun would come up and very politely ask you to go home. Jake and I used to walk one way around the block and then the other way just to try and make it inter...

The opener for the set with Tony and Lekan in about 2006 .  Support the show

Another tune I keep coming back to - this time with authentic "sea " noises. Support the show