Hi there you sacred “OwlHeads”, it’s time again to join me on a retro journey through my song/demo archives. Episode 21! Wish I was 21 again… still - there’s no point in crying over spilt milk, is there.
This month’s show has some intriguing escapades, I fancy. We will travel into Edgar Allen Poe territory where a new song of mine reveals the story of America’s first ever vampire…. creepy/good. My devotion to the 70s Motown chartbuster’s albums I collected as a kid comes into focus, particularly the work of “Soul God” Marvin Gaye.
I’ll spin a more than rare demo I wrote with the man who penned ‘Boogie Wonderland’ for Earth,Wind and Fire… when my European pop roots met LA sophistication for the first time.
Bootsie helps a rich London lord get back his ‘mojo’ - M’lord’s elitist confidence was suffering, it seems. It’s a pathetic, sorry tale.
Staying with the soul vibes I’ll play a brand new song that reeks of my admiration for the Average White Band and Gino Vannelli. I even attempt a pseudo Ernie Isley guitar solo !!!
And - you’ll witness a real emergency in my studio as it happens live on the air - when my world perception is shattered, when I realize that I don’t live alone… that some other entity shares my bachelor pad with me. You’ll witness a grown man panic and dissolve into a blob of vibrating jelly of fear. Not a pretty sight, I do admit….
Sprinkled throughout will be the usual suspects - tracks from the ancient song vault of my long career.
Lovely to have your company sacred OwlHeads - lay back and strap on the headphones.
Martin
