I had 2 requests this week, Ken wanted to hear 2468 Motorway for no better reason than it’s a good track I think 🙂

Another Ken asked me to play Little Green Apples as a thank you to his wife Pam for “putting up with him ” for the 33 years they’ve been married <3

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This week’s Hidden Talent were Phil & Tilley

They started writing music together in the autumn of 2012 surrounded by the New Forest, an ancient woodland situated on the southern coast of England, an inspiration for these lifelong friends. Phil and Tilley play a blend of alternative acoustic/folk music, with influences from artists such as Xavier Rudd, Ben Harper and John Martyn. They incorporate their own ideas, using a slide guitar, the more traditional acoustic guitar and an unusual, fold-up-for-travel, upright bass, to create a sound that is uniquely their own.

A yearning for travel and playing music has seen them play in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium and South East Asia, but their story continues to take them wherever the music allows them to go.

I played their new track – Sail On. Phil tells me it’s a song about a family member who has passed on while they have been travelling, so a very personal song I imagine.

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Playlist:

Billy Joel – Tell Her About It
Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You
Will Young – Evergreen
Billy Ocean – Everything’s So Different Without You
Lenka – The Show
The Lightening Seeds – The Life Of Riley
The Moody Blues – Blue Guitar
The Eagles – Hotel California
Bobby Goldsboro – Little Green Apples
T Rex – Desdemona
Phil & Tilley – Sail On
The Bangles – Eternal Flame
Counting Crows & Vanesssa Carlton – Big Yellow Taxi
The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
Fat Boys – Wipeout
Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue Remix
Ellie Goulding-Every Time You Go
Eternal – Angel of Mine
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney – The Girl Is Mine
Genesis – Turn It On Again
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
Tom Robinson Band – 2468 Motorway
Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground
KC & The Sunshine Band – It’s The Same Old Song
Katie Melua – Closest Thing To Crazy
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
The Who – I’m Free