As I already mentioned, Still Standing follows on from my 2006 studio album, Stand up and be counted. In the interests of completeness, here are the sleeve notes for that earlier album:
Stand up and be counted
I first came across English folk songs back in the early 1960's thanks to such people as Ewan MacColl and Martin Carthy.
In retrospect it was like discovering a gold mine and just a few of the nuggets which I have dug out along the way are included on this CD.
Everyone says that there is an upsurge of interest in our English traditions. If so, it's not before time. The airwaves are full of voices singing in assumed American accents in assumed American styles. It's time to rediscover our English voices. It's time to...
Stand up and be counted.
Tracks
1. Arthur McBride
2. Roll Alabama Roll
3. Chickens in the Garden
4. The Wild Hills O' Wannies
5. The Rout of the Blues
6. A Sailor's Life
7. The Rufford Park Poachers
8. William and Nancy's Parting
9. The Greenland Whale
10. Thornaby Woods
11. The Warlike Lads of Russia
12. Tom's gone to Hilo
13. Yarmouth Town