• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Bands & Projects
    • Marty Willson-Piper
    • Marty & Olivia
    • Noctorum
    • MOAT
    • Atlantæum Flood
    • Anekdoten
      • How I Joined Anekdoten
    • The Church
      • Sleeve Notes
    • All About Eve
  • Discography
  • Gear
  • Talking
  • Lyrics
    • SOLO ALBUMS
      • In Reflection
      • Art Attack
      • Rhyme
      • Spirit Level
      • Hanging Out In Heaven
      • Nightjar
    • NOCTORUM
      • Sparks Lane
      • Offer The Light
      • Honey Mink Forever
      • The Afterlife
    • MOAT
      • Moat
      • Poison Stream
    • Seeing Stars
  • Sleeve Notes
    • Of Skins And Heart
    • The Blurred Crusade
    • Seance
    • Heyday
    • Starfish
    • Gold Afternoon Fix
    • Priest = Aura
  • Bandcamp

Marty Willson-Piper

The official home of Marty Willson-Piper

  • News
  • Blog
  • Shows
  • Songwriting & Guitar Guidance
  • In Deep Music Archive
  • Contact

Mar 10 2021

TO WHERE I AM NOW

Last day of the MOAT reviews today with others on the way apparently, we’ll post them here if they materialise. Today’s review comes from Shindig! magazine, written by Ben Graham.

Shindig! is actually a magazine I buy and is something of a sixties and Psychedelic bible so it’s nice to be included in a magazine I read. Also, it’s the one with Nancy Sinatra on the cover and you can’t beat that. I saw her live twice in America, once at The Bottom Line in New York (I sat at the next table to Debbie Harry) and with Lee Hazlewood in LA at the House Of Blues. I have her autograph on a CD from a Tower Records Sunset signing she did. At the show she showed parts of Speedway from 1968, the film she did with Elvis Presley.

My dad had a Nancy collection on vinyl which we listened to often so those classic sixties songs were ingrained into my soul, Boots, Some Velvet Morning (with Lee), Sugar Town, the Bond theme – You Only Live Twice, Somethin’ Stupid (with Dad), How Does That Grab You Darlin’, Summer Wine (with Lee), Did You Ever (with Lee), Lightning’s Girl, Sand (with Lee), Friday’s Child, Things (with Dino), Jackson (with Lee, I had the single). Although my Dad was a mega Frank fan I’m sure it was the picture of Nancy on the cover that inspired him to buy the record. So if you want to read a cool magazine that’s so cool that puts Nancy Sinatra on the cover then subscribe, they need your support. Last but not least did you ever wonder who wrote Somethin’ Stupid? No? Well, I did. It was Clarence Carson Parks II who was the elder brother of Van Dyke Parks, perhaps best known for his ill-fated collaboration with Brian Wilson on The Beach Boys‘ abandoned Smile album that turned into Smiley Smile, a much-abridged version of the original concept released in 1967. An approximation of Smile was released in 2011 as The Smile Sessions, Van Dyke Parks’ resumé is worth checking out.

I got a text message on my phone today telling me that I was eligible for the vaccine at the local medical centre – in Penzance. As I’m not allowed to fly to England at the moment it makes it a little difficult. There’s still quarantine when you arrive for 10 days at £1,750 for the pleasure, it makes me wonder when it will be coming to Portugal. Talking of coming to Portugal, Porto are through, Liverpool are through, will that come to Portugal? But back to the pandemic, the day before yesterday it was 365 new cases, yesterday it was back up over 800, and tomorrow, Thursday, is the big announcement day about the lockdown here – after 8 weeks, let’s see what they decide to do.

It was a little chilly out there today and I only managed a short trip to the bakery and to the computer store across the road to have them dispose of a printer ink cartridge. Back to the house for two sessions, Brian in Indiana and John in Seattle. Outside the seagulls were gliding like tiny white pterodactyls, floating on the air currents and following each other backwards and forwards over the roofs of the houses, disappearing and reappearing minutes later. Dogs were barking but you can never see them. We are in the back apartment so we look down on back yards, some attempts at greenery amidst the concrete but mainly bricks and mortar. Luckily three houses down, a garden with trees but opposite the neglected facade of white paint that has been peeling for so long the walls are just grey. It’s not pretty but it wouldn’t be pretty either if it was perfect.

Still not getting the CDs, we’re trying another version of the paperwork tomorrow, we’ll see.

Music today has obviously been Nancy Sinatra’s Greatest Hits (1970) and Black Sabbath’s 13 (2013) and The End: Live in Birmingham (2017) as well as Ten Years After’s Cricklewood Green (1970). Jumping around, as usual, contrasts. Nancy makes Sabbath sound doomier.

Music Of The Daze

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: Blog

Missing

This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there's any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

11209512_1669022976719710_7288437867089763325_n

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

  • spotify
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • youtube

Liking the blog?

Tour Dates

Instagram

Redeyed lad of the lowlands 🎵 📷 @oliviaelek Redeyed lad of the lowlands 🎵

📷 @oliviaelektra 

#danelectro #danelectrobass #redeyerecords #pleasantrylane #pleasantrylanestudio
You usually don’t spend the day in the studio an You usually don’t spend the day in the studio and the night at a gig but if you put the studio next to the gig then there’s a greater chance. So @salimnourallah did just that, he put the gig and the studio next to each other and made it possible for me to spend the day recording and the evening playing live 🎵

📷 @drewliophoto 

#galacticheadquarters #happinessarecordlabel #pleasantrylanestudio #salimnourallah #oliviawillsonpiper
TO WHERE I AM NOW A visit in the studio today fro TO WHERE I AM NOW

A visit in the studio today from old mate Mark Burgess from The Chameleons who has been hanging in Texas recently. I was thinking about the two of us growing up in the northwest of England and all these years later finding ourselves in such an unlikely spot together. We fixed a few issues in the universe and I carried on recording some guitars until Mark had to leave. Mark had played at the Galactic Headquarters next to the studio this year as Olivia and I had four years ago and this reminded me to remind myself to remind everyone to remind their friends that we will be playing there with Salim on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, for the ultimate in intimate performance. You can get tickets here (follow link below).

CONTINUE READING: https://martywillson-piper.com/2022/12/to-where-i-am-now-1045

KEEP IN TOUCH: https://linktr.ee/mwillsonpiper

📷 @salimnourallah 

#markburgess #thechameleons #chameleonsvox #pleasantrylanestudio #happinessarecordlabel #martywillsonpiper #oliviawillsonpiper #moatband
📷 @argirgirl 📷 @argirgirl
TO WHERE I AM NOW Sadness manifested in a buildin TO WHERE I AM NOW

Sadness manifested in a building, today we went to visit Paisley Park. Prince built Paisley Park in Chanhassen, about twenty minutes southwest of Minneapolis. It opened in 1987 and he recorded his later albums there. Apart from Prince, REM also recorded and mixed Out Of Time there, recording Kate Pearson’s vocal on Shiny Happy People vocal. Madonna had Prince play guitar on three songs from Like A Prayer and the two co-wrote Love Song, finishing it remotely due to Madonna not being able to stand the cold weather and the rather desolate location of the studio. Of course, there are things around but it’s not in the city and it’s not in the countryside, it’s in a suburb, no distractions, just what Prince wanted.

CONTINUE READING: https://martywillson-piper.com/2022/12/to-where-i-am-now-1032

KEEP IN TOUCH: https://linktr.ee/mwillsonpiper

📷 @argirgirl 

#paisleypark #prince
Marty & Pablo! 📷 Rod MacQuarrie Marty & Pablo!

📷 Rod MacQuarrie
At last, a proper door stop. 📷 @judgeschamber At last, a proper door stop.

📷 @judgeschamber 

#grammysitting 👵
🌵 Texas Acoustic Dates 🌵 31 December - DALL 🌵 Texas Acoustic Dates 🌵

31 December - DALLAS
7 January - CELINA
12 January - HOUSTON
14 January - AUSTIN
15 January - SAN ANTONIO

With @salimnourallah and @joereyesmusic

More info here: https://mailchi.mp/e47ede06acd6/texas-acoustic-dates
Doors & Delays 🎸 @workshop21_guitarclinic #the Doors & Delays 🎸

@workshop21_guitarclinic #thedoors #fenderstratocaster #fenderhotroddeville #nashtelecaster #rickenbacker
Load More… Follow on Instagram

Mailing List

In Deep Music Archive

Songwriting & Guitar Guidance with Marty Willson-Piper
ORDER HERE

"These are awesome sessions that I highly recommend for guitar players of all levels. Very informative, frank discussions on everything related to guitar and music in general. Definitely a must for anyone pursuing songwriting."
(Stephen G., VA, USA)

"Marty knows how to bypass scales and get to the heart of feel and timing. His musical knowledge spans multiple cultures and genres. Perhaps most importantly, Marty is a cool dude. I highly recommend his guitar guidance." (Jed B., MN, USA)

"Ok, so you’re sitting in your home and Marty is across the world but is actually right here teaching you how to play guitar and write songs. He is a delight to talk to and he is your teacher, meaning he wants to see you get something out of his lessons. You know he’s paying attention and wants to steer you in the right direction. I am so grateful and humbled that he offers his time in this manner. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone who admires anything from his enormous body of work. How often do you get to learn from somebody that inspired you in the first place? Amazing." (Ann S., CA, USA)

Missing

This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there’s any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

11209512_1669022976719710_7288437867089763325_n

MARTY WILLSON-PIPER © 2023 - Front Page Images by Hajo Müller