Latest Album "Inspired" by Roy Dewired

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1. Muskrat Love (3:31)

2. On & On (3:03)

3 .Free Fallin' (4:09)

4. Breakaway (3:32)

5. Norwegian Wood (2:59)

6. Me & Julio down by the schoolyard (2:37)

7. Bluebird (3:06)

8. My old friend the blues (3:01)

9. Tin Man (4:18)

10. Our House (2:47)

11. Catch the wind (4:15)

The Songs Muskrat Love (Ramsey) Wishbone Music
I originally found this song on an early Captain & Tennille album. I liked the quirky lyric lines in the last verse.

On and On (Bishop) spirit Music NY
This song brings back so many memories, long hot summers, lovers lost and found. Some of you may remember me busking the song when I started out on my own, I’d play a lot of "Bish" songs to my friends.

Free Fallin' (Petty/Lynne) sbk Songs ltd
I’d play this song at my Monday night gig at the Metz Nottingham particularly for a bunch of sky divers, would you believe!

Breakaway (Gallegher/Lyle) Caledonian steam pub.
co. ltd
There are songs I’ve always wanted to perform and record, this is one of them. Some of you may remember two Scottish guys Gallegher & Lyle, I recall listening to their songs on the radio, just after leaving school, they always stuck with me.

Norwegian Wood (Lennon/McCartney) Northern songs
Well of course, there had to be a Beatle song in there some were so this is it, I like that acoustic folk feel that the Beatles created back then.

Me & Julio (Simon) paul simon
I love the rhythm of this song, those traditional African percussion instruments some of which can be heard on this track, and a great little story line too.

Bluebird (Paul & Linda McCarney) MPL
Communications ltd
If you’re a Mccartney fan like me! You’ll remember "Band On The Run" Bluebird was a favourite it has wonderful melody lines and harmonies throughout the song, yet so simple.

My Old Friend The Blues (Earle) universal mca
I was introduced to Steve Earle’s music through other singer/song writers performing and covering his songs. I chose this song because of the way he used the "blues" term as perhaps a companion rather than a impostor.

Tin Man (Bunnell) WB Music corp
I really don’t know what this song is about, but the first time I heard it I fell in love with it’s groove and those wonderful vocal textures.

Our House (Nash) giving room music. bmi
I hope this title didn’t confuse you, it would be "madness" hardly! I was always a fan of Crosby Stills & Nash again the vocal performance and lyric content of this song caught my attention.

Catch The Wind (Donovan) donovan music
My memories of music at school was one of a folk tradition we’d learn to play our six stringed instruments performing songs like this one, a typical popular folk/waltz tune I loved it!

The Musicians

Roy de-Wired
Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar on all tracks
John Reilly
Backing Vocals on all tracks & percussion on 3 & 7
Colin Elliot
Percussion on 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 & 9
Backing Vocals on all except 8
Keyboards on 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 & 10
Double Bass on 1, 2, 3
Electric Bass on 6 & 7
Cary Baylis Acoustic guitars on all except 1
Electric guitar on 3
Marcus Axelby
Electric Bass on 4, 8, 9 & 10
Double Bass on 5 & 11
Steve Beighton Saxophone on 4, 6, 7 & 11
Pete Wraight
Flugelhorn on 1 & 9
Darren Ford
Drums on 4, 8, 9, 10 & 11
Andy Cook
Drums on 1, 2 & 6
Andy Needham
Acoustic Guitar on 11
John Trirer
Keyboards on 1 & 2
Ali Heath-Cook
Backing Vocals on 7

Credits

Produced by Colin Elliot and John Reilly
Engineered and mixed by Colin Elliot
Mastered by John Reilly and
Ian Stead @ CD and C Duplication Ltd
Recorded and mixed @
Yellow Arch Recording Studio Sheffield, England

Thanks to

Our executive producer Tony McHale
all @ Flipper Music UK
all @ Yellow Arch Studios
all @ Century Studios
Cary Baylis
Anne Goodfellow
Anne Reilly
Kay Ellis
Robin Culley
Phil Lynam
To all those who hired me since I started out and all the musicians who contributed so much to this recording.
Special thanks and appreciation to John Reilly and Colin Elliot.
Cary Baylis for introducing me to the Flipper experience!
My brother and sister Terry and Beverley, Mum and Dad.
This album is dedicated to Jordan.