Скачать или смотреть Paddy Cummings & The Homebodies - Agenda 21 (fields a' burning) - Stuart Black

After a bit of a break we’re back with our fourth release in a series of twelve songs, all covers of great Melbourne songwriters, re-interpreted and recorded in isolation by some amazing local musicians.

“Agenda 21 (fields a’ burning)” by Stuart Black features:
Paddy Cummings - Vocals, Piano
Brett Wood - Many, many Guitars, Drums
Claire Cummings - Vocals
Mark Brunott - Bass, Mandolin

Stuart Black was my musical and songwriting collaborator in the late 80’s through to the mid 90’s, fronting Darkhorse and Minor Detail prior to that. Before that Stu fronted Regular Boys with Josie Jason and drummed with blues legends Pip and Gerry Joyce in Joyce Brothers.

I met Stuart at an audition for a NZ born again christian hair metal band. Neither of us Kiwis or born again christians, at least we had hair metal in common. He said that as well as drumming he could sing lead, so we took off and started writing tunes for our own band, and that was that.

Stuart has an unstoppable and unforgettable voice, a unique meld of soft celtic timbre, blues journeyman and menacing rock growl, and none of us had ever heard anything like him, and would never again. He has a sense of melody and placement that will slice through modes and scales but sit on the ear like there was never any other way to hear it.

Agenda 21 (fields a’burning) was written in the late 80’s for today’s existential crisis, and opening this time capsule it is eerie to hear the resonations of his worries realising themselves today before our eyes.

I hope you enjoy Brett, Claire, Mark and myself as we reinterpret Stu’s timeless and relevant song. Brett set this one up, playing drums as well as guitars and establishing the foundation mix for us to add our parts.

Listen to / watch the original Darkhorse version here:    • Darkhorse - Agenda 21 (fields a' burning)  

Follow:
Brett Wood:    / @brettwood1091  
Paddy Cummings: https://linktr.ee/paddycummings
Claire: https://linktr.ee/witchinghourmusic

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