8/19/2023 0 Comments Roger daltrey oceans away![]() Goodhand-Tait also wrote some fine album tracks for the Love Affair like ‘Build On Love’ which is still played round these parts some 40 years after he wrote it. That band or their managers were obviously quick to realise that Goodhand-Tait’s songs were far too good to be hidden away on B-sides which resulted in ‘A Day Without Love’, ‘One Road’ and ‘Bringing On Back The Good Times’ being chosen as singles for the band. I can also remember this same friend being excited when one of Goodhand-Tait’s compositions, ‘Gone Are The Songs Of Yesterday’ was chosen for the B-side of the Love Affair’s single ‘Everlasting Love’ which was to eventually hit the number position in early ’68. What I do remember is a friend telling me how good the band were and, being local heroes hailing from Guildford, it felt wrong not to show some interest at least. Now, the very first gig I attended wasn’t one of Goodhand-Tait’s but if my fading memory hasn’t completely given up on me then I am sure that the Stormsville Shakers, the band he fronted, was among the first five acts I saw live. ![]() They say you always remember the first time no, not just that, but the first time you do or experience anything that you go on to do many times throughout your life. Times might change since then but in 2010 the veteran is still able to turn back the clock: this collection is augmented with Phillip Goodhand-Tait's praying before Ricky Nelson altar - now with a full band - and reminiscing about the past in "Radio, Play That Song Again" that is a fitting bottom-line to this moving concert. There's no mistaking where the mood comes from as "The Lady Lives in England" kicks the ache of its melody into the bitter-sweet gears, and "Angeltown", then a brand-new paean to London, soars in its imaginary fog. "One More Rodeo", though, doesn't lose an iota of its galloping grace, while the cinematic "Parade" and "Leon" can give Elton a melancholy run for his millions. The result is intimate and uplifting, the atmosphere working miracles with covers: it spurns "Doris Day's into an elegant rock-a-drama and transforms two Buddy Holly covers, "Everyday" and "Oh Boy", from effervescing rockers to candlelit blues. Both recorded "Oceans Away", a beautiful song that its author chose to open this unique performance, recorded for Radio Bremen in 1977 completely solo with only a Steinway to roll the voice on. A songwriter par exellence goes it alone and wins hands down.Īlways a singer in his own right, Phillip Goodhand-Tait is more famous for writing songs that other artists, such as Gene Pitney and Roger Daltrey, brought to mass attention.
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