Thursday 7 October 2010

This Small Stone (Demo Version).

I wrote This Small Stone in July and haven't really been happy with the demo versions I've recorded until this one featuring St. Anley on his concertina.
The concertina adds just the right amount of melancholy to what is essentially a song about causality.

  This Small Stone by Outa_Spaceman

The overall sound takes me back to my childhood when I had to 'look after' my father's garage.
Late Sunday evenings I would sit by the petrol pump on the off chance that someone might want fuel listening to 'Sing Something Simple' on the radio.  Radio One stopped broadcasting at around 6 o'clock and Radio 2 took over to see out the weekend in the most soporific way possible.
It obviously had a deeply profound effect on me.
The only other music I remember from those endless Sundays was by Wildman Fischer played on the Alexis Corner Show.

4 comments:

The City Folk Club said...

You can be justly proud of that, OSM.
Saint Anley sends blessings.

Le Sanglier said...

That was breathtaking. I can close my eyes and feel all the places I have been in my life that feel like that song.

OutaSpaceMan said...

Thank you for that Le Sanglier.
With luck the 'proper' version should be available in a couple of weeks.
We are working on a 4 track E.P. (free download) which we hope to use to get some gigs or, at least, impress our relatives with.

O.S.M. B:52

The City Folk Club said...

I agree, Le Sanglier.
I know that OSM values your comment.
So do I.