TWO NEW VIDEOS - October 2021
SMOKE
Weird scenes inside the bunker. A break in - a chase - and lots of smoke! The aptly titled track is from my last album 'Through A Glass Darkly', available to download or buy everywhere. This is part 1 - part 2, The Gal That Got Away follows on in the next video.
Music track produced and arranged by Pete Millward
Guitar - Eugene Pao
Camera - David Whitney
THE GAL THAT GOT AWAY
More weird scenes down the bunker, then moving on to various locations before the story ends. Did I say story? Well sort of. This is part 2 of the strange tale of NIL. The music track is, again, from my last album 'Through A Glass Darkly', available to buy, download or stream everywhere.
Music track produced and arranged by Pete Millward
Flute - Rob Hughes
Camera - David Whitney
ALMOST BLUE - a new video (April 2021)
A beautiful song by Elvis Costello, originally issued on his 1982 album 'Imperial Bedroom'. The eerie and haunting quality of this piece is said to have been inspired by trumpeter Chet Baker and his 1950's recording of the American songbook standard 'The Thrill Is Gone'. In fact, Baker recorded a 7 minute version of 'Almost Blue' in the twilight of his career. He was also the featured trumpeter on Costello's magnificent recording of 'Shipbuilding'. For those interested, the friendship and collaboration of these two artists is more fully documented on Wikipedia. The film clips and stills are from 'The Big Combo', the brilliant and disturbing film noir directed by Joseph H Lewis in 1955, starring Cornel Wilde and Helen Walker, seen here, with Richard Conte, Jean Wallace and Lee Van Cleef.
Shamus Dark - vocals
Adrian Sledmere - ambient guitar
PRODUCED & ARRANGED by Pete Millward at Drum Studios, Hong Kong
Latest release March 2021
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
NEW SINGLE OUT NOW AND AVAILABLE AT ALL GOOD DOWNLOAD AND STREAMING PLATFORMS
A very different version of a song made famous by Frank Sinatra way back in the 1960's. The video is below.
Valentines Day 2021
A new single to coincide with Valentines Day 2021. This my second recording of what is probably Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart's most famous song. Available now from all good streaming and download stores.
Shamus Dark - vocals
Alan Dunn - piano and keyboards
Dedi Madden - electric guitars
Victor Unukovsky - acoustic guitar solo
Andy Dewar - programming
PRODUCED by Andy Dewar