Time: 60:25
Size: 138.3 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front
[5:35] 1. Let's Pretend
[4:03] 2. Miss U
[4:22] 3. So What
[4:22] 4. Got To Have It All
[5:12] 5. Promised Land
[9:20] 6. Southern Skies
[5:34] 7. Dark Passenger
[4:53] 8. Deceiver
[3:52] 9. Going Down
[5:04] 10. Mississippi Lullaby
[8:04] 11. Penitentiary Blues
The remarkable thing about the album Southern Skies is that it was written, recorded and produced at RoofSpace Studios, Torquay, in the loft of an unassuming terraced house in South Devon, UK. Phil says, “I set myself a challenge to see if I could record an album, given the constraints of a home recording setup. I wanted to create something that approximated a commercial quality release.” He may have just pulled it off.
Sessions for the album began in August 2013. They finally ended three years later, in the Summer of 2016. Initially these sessions took place part time amidst the responsibilities of full time work commitments. In collaboration with a music producer and multi instrumentalist, Phil worked with SiGGy who provided the drum tracks to the already recorded guitars, bass and vocals, in the early spring of 2016. Final mixing and mastering was done by SiGGy and Phil at Muffinfunk, Stonehaven Farm, Devon, SiGGy’s studio, in December 2016.
Whilst this album is stylistically varied within the genre of Rock/Blues, the thread running throughout is a love for all forms of guitar based music. "I can only say that the songs were written from my point of view, as a fan, inspired by the music I love to listen to." Some of these compositions were written as far back as the early 80s and the mid 90s. Some songs were written during the course of the album’s recording. Southern Skies, the title track, was one of these songs. It was always intended to be the focal point for the album. It attempts to capture the stylistic diversity of the many influences on the album, in one track . There's a definite familiarity to the material on this album They have a "heard that before" vibe; like your favourite pair of shoes. A very firm tipping of the “Old School” cap one might say.
Sessions for the album began in August 2013. They finally ended three years later, in the Summer of 2016. Initially these sessions took place part time amidst the responsibilities of full time work commitments. In collaboration with a music producer and multi instrumentalist, Phil worked with SiGGy who provided the drum tracks to the already recorded guitars, bass and vocals, in the early spring of 2016. Final mixing and mastering was done by SiGGy and Phil at Muffinfunk, Stonehaven Farm, Devon, SiGGy’s studio, in December 2016.
Whilst this album is stylistically varied within the genre of Rock/Blues, the thread running throughout is a love for all forms of guitar based music. "I can only say that the songs were written from my point of view, as a fan, inspired by the music I love to listen to." Some of these compositions were written as far back as the early 80s and the mid 90s. Some songs were written during the course of the album’s recording. Southern Skies, the title track, was one of these songs. It was always intended to be the focal point for the album. It attempts to capture the stylistic diversity of the many influences on the album, in one track . There's a definite familiarity to the material on this album They have a "heard that before" vibe; like your favourite pair of shoes. A very firm tipping of the “Old School” cap one might say.
Southern Skies mc
Southern Skies zippy
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