| Chris
Conway - | vocals,
acoustic &, electric 9 string guitars, keyboards tin whistle, bamboo flute,
kalimba, mandozither, percussion |  | Dan
Britton - | acoustic
guitar, vocals, bodhrans, percussion, harmonica | Dave
Everitt - | acoustic
& electric guitar, vocals, double bass | Roger
Pugh - | mandola
- 3 | Neil
Rabjohn - | percussion
- 8 |
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| background |
| at
the time | The
Storm Thieves had recorded half an album when Christo fell ill with exhaustion.
By the time he had recovered things had moved on and it looked as if the Thieves
tracks would just lie around forever.
CC took his tracks and combined
them with tracks of his from Storm Thieves cassette albums plus a couple of other
tracks he had i the can from elsewhere.
The idea was twofold - one, to
tie up the whole of his Storm Thieves experiences and material together and, two,
to present a more forceful darker side. Flying Home was a mellow album and it
was felt he needed a stronger image and sound. He also after his illness had been
thru dark times as well so the dark album felt appropriate to the times |
| influences | Alan
Stivell, David Crosby, Dan Ar Braz, Tom Pacheco | |
technical |
The new songs were recorded at Far Heath in Northamptonshire - 24 track reel-to-reel,
mostly with midi track preproduction. Carousell and River of Lies were recorded
at CCs home on 2 track DAT, Songs taken from Storm Thieves tapes were recorded
live onto 2 trrack DAT in Dave Everitt's house in Melton Mowbray. |
| hits | Long
Day's Waiting, Turn Me Around, Carousell, Porth Ui Mhuirgaesa, On My Way, Easier
Said Than Done, still crop up at CC gigs | |
CC's
fave track | Survivors |
| retrospect | As
was deliberate, a darker, more Celtic album which proved more popular at folk
venues and was CCs calling card promotional CD for quite a while. Slow to sell
at first as Christo was finding venues but sales picked up largely due to Long
Day's Waiting, still one of CCs most popular songs. | |
if
you like this album
you might also like
Chris
Conway - Sounds Like Rain
Chris
Conway - My Mind's Island
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