In These Shoes? – CD – a personal tribute to the musical legacy of Kirsty MacColl, CD 1 of 2

I have long been a great fan and follower of the late, great British singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl and indeed include some 50 of her songs in my repertoire.  In part leading on from my regularly attending the annual ″Kirstyfest″ in Soho Square, London (a celebration of her life and her music) since my first time in 2013 and with encouragement from a few close friends and my fella I put together a ‘tribute to Kirsty MacColl’ showcasing a show′s worth of her songs.  Having selected a draft play-list for the show the next stage was to produce albums of most of those songs – this is the first of two, recorded in 2016.

Track listing:-
Caroline (K. MacColl)
My Affair (K. MacColl/P. Glenister)
Dear John (K. MacColl/M. Nevin)
Terry (K. MacColl/G. Povey)
In these Shoes? (K. MacColl/P. Glenister/W. Correa/M. Lastio)
Shoes – 2016 version (K. White)
The Butcher Boy (Traditional)
A New England (B. Bragg)
Innocence (K. MacColl/P. Glenister)
Still Life (K. MacColl/P. Rambow)
All I Ever Wanted (K. MacColl/M. Crenshaw)
Fairytale of New York (S. MacGowan/J. Finer)

Musicians:-
Russell Harris (brass, backing vocals); Will Kepa (guitar, percussion, backing vocals); Simon McMenamin (strings); Nigel Pegrum (drums, percussion, FX); Kirk Steele (accordion); Michael Simic (vocals on Fairytale); Libby Brockenshire (backing vocals); Andree Baudet (sax on Shoes); Larry Cash (bass on Shoes); Nikki Doll (backing vocals on Shoes); Rubina Kimiia (backing vocals on Shoes).

Taking its title from one of my all time favourite Kirsty MacColl songs, my album In These Shoes? consists of 10 tracks from Kirsty′s catalogue plus The Pogues′ Christmas classic on which Kirsty featured, all interpreted, played and sung by myself and a fabulous bunch of professional musicians.  I started with a short-list of 40 of Kirsty′s songs which, with the help of some fellow Kirsty Fans, I whittled down to 21.  From these 11 songs were selected and studio produced by the lovely Nigel Pegrum and me for this album – for the remaining 10 songs see the album Soho Square.  P.S. I added a Karen J White song Shoes, yes an original, to In These Shoes? – have a listen for the ′Kirsty′ reference!  The song originally appeared on my first studio album By Request, refreshed here with new vocal.

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ISRC numbers allocated: 
Caroline  AU-MHD-16-00032
My Affair  AU-MHD-16-00033
Dear John  AU-MHD-16-00034
Terry  AU-MHD-16-00035
In These Shoes?  AU-MHD-16-00036
Shoes (2016)  AU-MHD-16-00043
The Butcher Boy  AU-MHD-16-00037
A New England  AU-MHD-16-00038
Innocence  AU-MHD-16-00039
Still Life  AU-MHD-16-00040
All I Ever Wanted  AU-MHD-16-00041
Fairytale of New York  AU-MHD-16-00042

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