Freehand songs

[Angelofthenorth]

Yo, Kevvo ::
I really like your Freehand CD with Joe Who wrote the words for the Lion?
Do you have any plans to record together again?
The world will be a better place if you do!
 

[Cocker Freeman]

Here, Angel, why don't you just ring him up?

I've not heard this album, by the way, but a combination of Dempsey/Broughton sounds very interesting indeed.

Sorry, no question just yet for you Kevvo.  

[Zoe]

No question yet but I love this album too, Prossima Volta is just beautiful and Leaving in a hurry blues very clever.

[kevin dempsey]

Hiya,
well, I wrote the words for 'The Lion'. You didn't say wether or not you thought they were any good, so maybe I should of asked you that first. Should I tell you what I was thinking when I wrote it or...............
Joe and I are recording again, in fact yesterday we did the first mix, of one track that is, not the whole thing. The track is called 'The Recovery Shuffle' recorded immediately after leaving court in Birmingham.
I was appealing against my driving ban.
kev

[Cocker Freeman]

How did you get on, Kev? Or shouldn't I ask?

[Amethyst (Jenny)]

I was about to ask 'did you win?' too Cocker"

 

[kevin dempsey]

My sentence, was reduced from 6 months to 3 months, which is up on 2nd nov. hurray!!

[Cocker Freeman]

Nice one.

Anyway, Kevin, how often do you get to work with Joe Broughton and how did you two meet up?

[Angelofthenorth]

KE - E - -E - E - EV
           Of COURSE I like the words to the Lion. I think it's a very complex song which goes in a range of interesting directions.
                              Angel  

[kevin dempsey]

Hi there Angel,

thanks for that. By the way, Frankie, who 'left his Belfast home' is my dad
kev

[kevin dempsey]

Hi Cocker Freeman,
I've worked with Joe quite alot over the last six or seven years. We've made two albums so far 'Every other World' and 'Freehand', and we're recording the third one now, in fact we have just mixed the first track, that I mentioned to someone on this site already, 'The recovery Shuffle'.
The first time I met Joe was probably 20 years ago, Whippersnapper (3 piece) had just come back from Porugal and we we're playing at  Burnley Mechanics, and af6er the gig Joe came up with his mum  (he was 13) and had a chat with me and Chris Leslie. Chris handed over his fiddle and Joe  played for us for a few minutes, even then it was stunning!! I met him a few times after that at different gigs and events and then one day he rang up and asked if he could come over and have a play which he did and we've been playing together ever since. We've done quite a lot of festivals, home and abroad as well as lots of folk club and arts cenret gigs, and are quite busy in December then January 2010 as well as April and may 2010. We run a course together if france, usually the first week of July,(www.creativevacances.com) and due to that week being booked out already are lookin at anotrher week in early september. Check out our Myspace site. Anyway, that's about it,
thanks
kev