We are back OwlHeads for a brand new season of rollicking antics! I’ll be playing even more rare discoveries from my demo song archives… the journey into the vault will go even deeper!I’ll be playing a very unusual track written with Bernie Taupin that eventually led towards the recording of his solo album “Tribe” - “White Boys In Chains”.. now there’s a title for ya!I’ll spin a demo written with soul man Paul Young; of all the tracks I wrote with Paul, this remains a favorite of mine that eventually made it onto his album “Other Voices”. I do love this demo.Can’t resist playing you another ghost story of mine - you know I’m a sucker for the mists rising over the desolate moors. And I’m thrilled to discover a truly rare demo written in the 70s with songwriting partner Brian Fairweather that succinctly illustrates our respect and deep love for American soul music of that era. Incredibly, this particular demo was produced by Tim Friese-Greene - the musician and producer renowned for his work with the band “Talk Talk”…. who’d have thought.

During the proceedings I’ll take a moment to talk about all the bass players that influenced my career growing up. I’ll rap about how I studied, emulated and learnt from the vinyl records these masters played on…. eventually becoming a pro bass man myself. I was surprisingly moved by talking about this apprenticeship period of my life…

Within the various retro rarities I’ll be playing today, I’ll take a moment to pay tribute to a fine American songwriter who we sadly lost recently. The great Jon Lind. I wrote with Jon when I first came to the US and he was seminal in helping me break in America as a young songwriter. It feels special here today to reminisce about my great friend.

So join me you feathered beauties as we start off a brand new seasonI’ll try and make it good one!Martin