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Sand In My Shoes
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Just Another Sunday
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Years Ago
03:49
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Raining In Glasgow
04:53
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Beth On The Trampoline
03:50
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Man From Leith
06:38
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Everything that I know about you
I learned mostly second hand
From old friends and relations
Some of whom you couldn’t stand
As a young man you worked in the shipyards
In the port of Leith
Unaware that the dust from the asbestos
Would cause you so much grief
But the docks they lie silent now
Lost to our generation
Somewhere over my shoulder
Is the man from Leith
You were called up for national service
Joined the k.o.s.b’s
Became a middleweight boxer
For the regiment overseas
I love that old photograph of you kissing mum
In your uniform with your rifle
Somewhere over my shoulder
Is the man from Leith
As I sit here alone trying to understand
Who it is that I am
I know within every man
Flows the blood of his father
And somewhere over my shoulder
Is the man from Leith
Ended up raising four kids
A civil engineer
Building roads across Scotland
Took you away from here
Long winters in cold caravans
If you were lucky you got home for the weekend
Somewhere over my shoulder
Walks the man from Leith
You were the first one to show me the highlands
And Muhammad Ali
And when I too became a boxer
You were there for me
And now I travel those same highland roads
With my music
Somewhere over my shoulder
Walks the man from Leith
As I sit here alone trying to understand
Who it is that I am
I know within every man
Flows the blood of his father
Flows the blood of his father
And somewhere over my shoulder
Is the man from Leith
The man from Leith
The man from Leith
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Adrift
03:46
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Hallelujah
02:59
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Miss You CA
05:12
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Whisky Hearts
03:26
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Dean Owens Edinburgh, UK
Award winning Scottish singer songwriter, one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine
Welsh and BBC's "Whispering" Bob Harris.
His latest album, Sinner's Shrine, was recorded with musicians from Calexico.
8 official solo albums (+ 3 unofficial ones, 1 collaboration, 1 Best of.. and 3 with The Felsons)
IRVINE WELSH: Dean's music is the pulse of all our lives
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One of my favourite albums, it's also a great starting point if you're new to the music of "desert noir" legends Calexico
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Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff
by Grant-Lee Phillips
New solo album by my friend Grant-Lee Phillips. Raw and intense, just great songwriting and that superb voice
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New solo acoustic album by my "Southern brother" Will Kimbrough. Recorded during the pandemic, Will plays every instrument on the album (of course!). Great songs like "Late Great John Prine Blues"
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Bloody Noses EP
by Richard Thompson
supported by 6 fans who also own “Whisky Hearts”
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.
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J.T.
by Steve Earle & The Dukes
supported by 6 fans who also own “Whisky Hearts”
The best I've heard from Steve Earle in a while. The songs have a subtler, earthier tone, tastefully rendered in authentic sounding country/blues/bluegrass stylings. 'J.T' reminds of earlier records like 'Feel Alright' or 'Train a Comin'. Deep grief, love and compassion is felt on the final track, the only composition from Steve, seemingly written for his son. The rest, composed by JT, do confirm what a great songwriter he really was.
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 6, 2020
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