SMITHY

       John Bisset  -   acoustic guitar

         1: Dedication
         2: Winter rain
         3: Riding Down from Bangor
         4: Fire
         5: Cock Robin
         6: Funiculi, Funicula
         7: Summer – the birds of the air
         8: Old Cabin Home

Fourth in the 'Home Series' - recorded 3rd November 2003 in Luke Lister's Smithy in Stockport, Cheshire - JB's birth town.

Some of the improvisations are based on songs from 'The Scottish Student's Songbook' - namely: 'Riding Down from Bangor'; 'Cock Robin'; 'Funiculi, Funicula' and 'Old Cabin Home'.

The others are entirely free improvisations.

'Couching in a niche where silent reflection and the exposition of himself meet, John paints splashing small drops of fretboard knowledge that leave a door slightly open, like he wanted us to peek into his own private moments without entering or disturbing his flux of thought.' Massimo Richi. Touching Extremes. April 2004

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