New single recorded with Cherry Cameron – video here…
https://youtu.be/WPW2HgcMg0k
Single download also
Enjoy
Chaz
... Read MoreFrom the Piano – Volume 2!
It’s finally finished and available – Volume 2 of ‘From the Piano’ – including piece for the film D.O.A… Enjoy
... Read MoreSheffield Steel
Cherry and myself have worked together before earlier this century on a cover of “last night.i didnt get to sleep” originally recorded by the fifth dimension – our version is available on my album “a bit on the side” on iTunes.
Fifteen or so years later we co-wrote and recorded “sheffield steel” which is a reflection on Cherry’s story……………this is available now
SHEFFIELD STEEL lyrics:
... Read MoreRemember all the things i used to plan back then
Ambitions and decisions were as clear as day
Achieving all my passions would come my way
No matter what they said i could or couldn’t do
But that was back then,and this is now
I never ever doubted my power
Even when the sharks were pulling me down
I would get right back on my feet and start againYou’re living in cloud cuckoo-land that’s what they said to me
But what I wanted to say to them I said in my head instead
All these lies and nonsense polluting my brain yeah
I took the 9:45 out of sheffield and got on the train
But that was back then,and this is now
I never ever doubted my power
Even when the sharks were pulling me down
I would get right back on my feet and start againLife is what you make it at least thats true for me
They kick you down you get back up
And now thats plain to see
You’re my foundation, security
And all my wishes came true for me
There was a time when it wasn’t like this
But all that is history
that was back then,and this is now
I never ever doubted my power waoow
Even when the sharks were pulling me down
I would get right back on my feet and start again
can you hear me saying
waoow i never ever doubted my power
waoow even when the sharks were pulling me down
I would get right back on my feet and start again
can you hear me saying
From the Piano
So,here it is……..From the Piano -vol 1… Honed and sculpted over many years ,these peices have often acted as a sanctuary,a counter balance to the pace and pressures of urban life.,…. a colourful,quiet space where i can drift on the ocean of my emotions.As i dont write this music down,these recordings are my only way of documenting these musical excursions. ..one day ill perform them live.
In the meantime,……enjoy,
chaz
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good evening sir
Just seeing every things shipshape captain…
OK…….today,im posting a track from the forthcoming album to be released early 2016(we hope)…..hope you like
the new website “look”…..with some interviews,links to downloads.new tracks and new/archive photogalleries…
Chaz
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Questionnaire – Remastered Album
Finally, ive remastered the album Questionnaire which was my 2nd album release on A&M records stateside.This includes the no. 1 club mix of Glad to know you.The same album was released as Chasanova in the u.k but didn’t include this particular mix.
This is the first time the LP has been available as a digital album.
... Read MoreBlockheads Documentary!
The Blockheads are 60’s generation musicians who found fame backing Ian Dury in the late 70’s. Over the course of six decades, collectively they have played on hundreds of records for, written with, and backed countless artists live all over the world, including:
Paul McCartney, The Clash, Kilburn and the High Roads, John Legend, The Eurythmics, Nick Cave, Roger Daltrey, Roy Budd, Madness, Wilko Johnson, The Animals, Feargal Sharkey, Peter Frampton, Lulu, Link Wray, Tim Hardin, Ian Gillan & Roger Glover, Sinéad O’Connor, Talk Talk, Dr John, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Nick Lowe, Paul Young, Elkie Brooks, Bob Geldof, Tom Robinson, World Party, Robbie Williams, Kirsty McColl, Steve Cropper, Alan Hull (Lindisfarne), Wreckless Eric, Cerys Matthews, Viv Albertine, Frankie Howerd and June Whitfield, The Selector, London Beat, Rachel Sweet, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys, Jools Holland, and Shane MacGowan, to name a few.
Elton John was quoted as saying that Ian Dury had the best live band in England and this reputation made them the number one session musicians in the UK, before the age of sampling and programmed music took hold. Their live performances still inspire to this day.
No one has ever told the full story of The Blockheads on film and previous documentaries involving anything to do with the band, focused mainly on the artists they were backing; this will change with this new definitive documentary we’re making with Free Seed Films. With such varied and extensive careers, we need to raise money to cover archive footage costs!
To Support this campaign please click here >>
funny faces – image 1
for some time now ive been fascinated by the ‘faces’ i see in objects around me…all be it an illusion…….heres one i took a photo of a couple of weeks ago
... Read Moregiving it large – telecaster stylee!
blockheads ripping it up of late………great gigs…..and heres a pic of yours truly……
... Read Morefeb news
hello from the errant one…………ok,so im currently tackling the korean pop market…….yipee! also at the opposite end of the scale written a new jazz ballad ” untitled as of yet. will share very soon…….gonna run through it tomorrow with sax supremo edgar jones …….also blockheads march on into a town near you-check theblockheads live for gig info…
Lastly but not leastly……..i will be posting new tracks over the following few months.-the idea is to post every 2 weeks until i run out of new material…..on soundcloud and on my site…..stand by!
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