This month's feast of sound from Thea Gilmore to all her lovely Angels In The Abattoir is a cover of Mark Knopfler's Piper To The End. Thea original had a new song ready but 'technical issues' got in the way so we will have to wait for that. Anyway... this appears on the documentary Victor that was broadcast by the BBC earlier this month.Thea says "It just so happens that Mark is a very good friend of the guy who wrote the novel 'Victor'.. a lovely man called Rick Stroud.. so imagine the sweat on Nigels brow when he realised that his guitar solo would be under the scrutiny of the Knopfler himself! Luckily, word came back that he loved our version.. and he was also pretty busy playing support to.. err, Bob someone at the time so all was fine!"
It's a great version that is true to the original and Nigel is superb.
Also Thea appeared on The Andrew Marr show... very brief but see it here...
7 comments:
I've never joined the Angels group, but I'm tempted. Is there a way to buy up the previous "songs of the month" that she's issued?
Not sure. Thea has made previous songs available before. Check the website.
Unfortunately, for non-members I don't see any information about my question on her website or the Angels website. And the inverigo.net site - which used to be a good spot to chat with other Thea-philes - has vanished into the ether... :(
Yeah sorry... I've just been onto the site and you can buy previous songs (this year only) for 79-99p a song, once you have subscribed.
Thank you. I think you may have made up my mind to take the plunge. Late xmas present for myself. :)
How please can I acquire (purchase?) an mp3 of Thea singing 'Piper to The End'? I couldn't see how to subscribe to AITA
The Angels programme is currently being revised and Thea is not accepting new members until it is sorted out. Older songs are not always made available to new applicants - sorry.
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