TONIGHT WILL BE FINE by LEONARD COHEN. Story by Luke Davies.
Listening to most music has been so much harder for me since the stroke and I had not been keen on revisiting older recordings and demos of ideas stashed away on various hard drives.
MOVING UP IN CLASS by THE NIGHTHAWKS. Story by Luke Davies.
No sending a link on your phone back then. It took time and dedication to record a LP to a tape for one of your mates.
WHEN THE MINSTREL PASSES by BRODERICK SMITH. Reflection by Luke Davies.
Years later I would come to see and hear what a talent Broderick Smith was, mixing various music styles into his sound, always with some nice blues influenced harmonica licks thrown in.
JUST LIKE THAT by BONNIE RAITT. Story by Luke Davies.
Every now and then there’s a song that comes along at a time in your life when you’re most ready to respond to it.
PRETTY PAPER by ROY ORBISON. Story by Luke Davies
Christmas songs and carols are often a reminder of the ideal family experience, but that is not the case for many.
RECYCLE AND REUSE by LUKE DAVIES. Story by Luke Davies.
I had been making instruments from reclaimed objects for a few years by then and came up with the mad idea of getting a band together to play them. I had to make a few more instruments often with bits sourced from op shops and garage sales.
OVER THE RAINBOW by EVA CASSIDY. Story by Luke R Davies
I came across a song that I hadn't listened to for ages, a song that when I first heard it, was a real life changing moment.
DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Music and story by Luke R Davies.
So with the help of the University of YouTube my new music adventure began.
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, A FILM. Story by Luke Davies
It was a bit of an eye and ear opener. Not that I haven’t heard some of those Springsteen songs before, but I wasn’t really listening at the time.
TRILOGY by MARCIA HINES Story by Luke Davies
Getting my driving licence back was tedious and a bit of an exercise in hoop jumping. But the Marcia Hines tape in the old car was a treat.