New single soon dudes. It's heading off to radio land right now. The peoples choice.
And so what happened. Sheffield City Hall December. All my stuff; Reilly/dolphin/ angels Most said it was the best ever. Heard my songs on the radio again. Once when at the traffic lights, the car next to me had the same channel on, window down....strange feeling. I looked at her and said 'Great song' she smiled and nodded. I felt like an idiot. And so Christmas where i sat back, looked at my family and took it all in.
How it's changing with the nephews grown up and new babies keeping the big wheel turning.
In between Christmas and New Year a mad flurry of Angels gigs night after night. A welcome diversion to focus my wandering questioning mind. This was one night;
A big part and I mean a very big part of being a musician is hanging around waiting to go on and do your thing. That time in between sound check and performance can drag and drag and usually involves crap food, tedium and headaches from strip lighting. I find it very hard to relax at this time and it doesn’t seem to matter if it’s a big or small gig, solo, Angels or Dolphin. Tonight the food is better, prawn salad, haggis and cracked pepper chips and good old pork pie. The lighting too is better than usual and the background music is pretty cool, Bonnie Raitt live. Yet still I have that pre gig uneasiness, which will disappear only when I get on stage. I’m sitting here and I’ve no idea what the 1st song will be. I’ll look out at the audience when I get up there, decide on one and shout it out to the band and away we go.
(Later)
TV GUIDE CAN ONLY SHOW SO MUCH OF A TITLE EG LAST OF THE….. AND WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE SUMMER WINE
BUT NEW SHOWS YOU HAVE TO GUESS
THE GOLDEN AGE OF….
IS IT rock n roll
Cinema
Space travel
No it’s the GOLDEN AGE OF CANALS
(Even later)
I could see the light
Even when I closed my eyes
It was so bright
And it called me on and on
I could hear that voice
Calling out my name
So far away so clear so loud
Through the valley of hope and joy
Over the mountain of despair
Over the sea that makes the man out of the boy
Oh tell me when tell me where tell me
Where did I take that wrong turn
I could see the map
Tattooed in my brain
Indelible
With a red cross, at the destinations name.
Like a kiss on a letter of love
Like a big blue open door
Like the open wings of an angel from above
Oh tell me when tell me where tell me when
When did I take that wrong turn?
There was also an escape to Filey alone to write and disappear. Staying at my friends lovely place overlooking the sea. The 1st morning full of good intentions i took a walk along the sea front. A school party of very young kids in single file with a teacher at the front, one in the middle and one at the back were walking towards me. I passed the teacher at the back and about a hundred yards ahead of me i could see a lone child at the railings looking out to sea. I shouted to the teacher. 'You've got a straggler!" He looked at me with panic in his eyes and said thanks, running to the the hooded child. he reached the child who turned around startled. It was a 60 odd year old dwarf lady just out for a walk! oops.
OK this isn't a proper blog but i have to restart the engine you see. Especially as i'm now a tweeter. please follow me @johnreillymusic
How diverse this big ball is. 2 people leave the ride. A million miles apart in every way. One threw away God's great gift and one just laughed like fuck till the end!
'It's the way i tell 'em"
See you soon
SAT 10TH MARCH - PLUG SHEFFIELD - MY NEW BAND
