It's Only The Giving That Makes You

I Can Never Make Up My Mind If I'm Happy Being A Flute Player, Or If I Wish I Were Eric Clapton.

Not To Be Mean About It, But Some Great Rock And Rollers, Like Bo Diddley And Chuck Berry, Are Pretty One-dimensional.

Unnur Birna Is A Reykjavik-based Violinist And Singer. She Has Performed As A Session Musician With Countless Icelandic And International Artists While Recording And Appearing As A Solo Artist As Well. Unnur Has Joined Me As An Unpaid Guest On A Few Icelandic Shows In Recent Years, So It Is A Great Pleasure To Return The Favour And Appear On One Of Her Songs At Last. This New Track, Sunshine, Came About In Italy, Written As An Ode To Sunlight And Happiness After Fleeing The Dark Winter In Iceland

Bring Me A Wheel Of Oaken Wood A Rein Of Polished Leather A Heavy Horse And A Tumbling Sky Brewing Heavy Weather.

In Writing Lyrics - Well, For Me, Anyway - It's About Getting Into Character, You Know? 'who Is Writing This?' In The Case Of The Original 'thick As A Brick,' Supposedly A Precocious, Very Young Child Who's Fantasizing About His Future And The Context Of All The Confusing Elements To Which School Boys Are Subjected At That Time.