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"The wild wind that whips the waves
whistles low and misbehaves
and blows the music from their staves
sending them so far away"
Kevin Hume
"Fanfare for the common wolf spider"

A splendid and pretty much undiscovered songwriter. I was taken by the idea of music being blown from their staves. I imagined hearing music on the wind coming from the sea and built this song round a few melancholic chimes...

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Mary's in her winter coat, it keeps the chill from off her bones
Sips coffee in a window seat so she doesn't feel so alone
Her knees creak when she rises but
She doesn't mind at all
She'll amble on the seafront and
Beyond the harbour wall

Look to the horizon and inhale
The voices of the lost sing a melancholy song
On the sea breeze
On the sea breeze


A pair of star crossed lovers, hungover, stayed awake all night
They danced like Fred and Ginger now
they stumble like Bambi on the ice
With eyes the size of planets
They hold each other near and
If they stay upright,
They'll go rolling down the pier

Look to the horizon and inhale where
Kevin's words to Ann Marie are destination bound
On the sea breeze
On the sea breeze

Billy watched his father struggle, work his fingers to the bone
He wants to go to college, there's nothing but a bed for him at home
He stands above the tideline
Like many times before
A stranger in his home
Who wanders on the shore to

Look to the horizon and inhale
Tilt his head and listen, to hear the siren call
On the sea breeze
On the Sea breeze
There's a melody to hear
On the sea breeze
On the sea breeze
There's a melody to hear
On the sea breeze
On the sea breeze
There's a melody to hear
On the sea breeze

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from Downbeat Is The New Upbeat, released April 8, 2023

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Will Riding Chester

A Lancashire born, Chester based singer-songwriter with a deft and playful turn of phrase and acoustic - folk sensibilities inspired by, amongst other things, 70’s Children’s TV.

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