"Creation" - from the archives...

A bit of history here – an “insert ad” that came in Zigzag magazine, 20^th June 1971. Ah, those were the days…

"Warhol The Musical - The Demos" on YouTube...

The full YouTube playlist - something to sit back and enjoy...

“Warhol, The Musical – The Demos” - lyrics online...

The lyrics from “Warhol, The Musical – The Demos” are now available online, together with notes about the songs’ roles within the performance.

If you’re a guitar or keyboard player and happen to need the chords for a particular tune, do feel free to message me individually.

“Warhol, The Musical – The Demos” released!...

Well, it’s released! “Warhol, The Musical – The Demos” hit the online stores at midnight last night!
 
The album’s available now for download from all the Amazons, iTunes etc. and is also streaming on Spotify, Deezer, YouTube, Tidal and all your favourite services.
 
And the even better news – “Warhol, The Musical – The Demos” is included right now to all Amazon Prime subscribers worldwide!
 
I hope you enjoy this new album; but please do remember, this is not Beau! This is quite a different animal (though as a matter of interest, there are now 338 songs on Spotify’s 12StringBeau playlist)!
 
And if you’re one of the thousand-odd people who’ve already checked out the “Edie Sedgwick’s Song – We Will Be Dancing” promo vid, many thanks! If not, it's only a click away...

Smartlink to order "Warhol, The Musical - The Demos"...

Links to pre-order and pre-save the new Trevor Midgley release, "Warhol, The Musical - The Demos" have now been posted by Cherry Red.

Just four days to go...!

"Edie Sedgwick’s Song – We Will Be Dancing” on Lionheart Radio...

Many thanks to Chris McGranaghan at Lionheart Radio for including “Edie Sedgwick’s Song – We Will Be Dancing” on yesterday’s “Influences” show. 

Greatly appreciated, Chris!

Release date for the “Warhol, The Musical – The Demos” set is Friday 6^th November… 

“Cultural Appropriation Blues” on White Cliffs Radio...

Many thanks to Steve Wood at White Cliffs Radio for including “Cultural Appropriation Blues” from the “Palace Of Light” album in his latest show!

Most grateful, Steve!

(The full programme is now up on Mixcloud – CAB kicks in around the 15.20 mark…)   

"The Roses Of Eyam" - Canadian Radio performance by Soft Focus...

Just come across this live radio performance of “The Roses Of Eyam” by Marian Buechert and Soft Focus.

It was broadcast on CJSF 90.1fm in Vancouver, Canada on 7th August 2007.

More "WARHOL The Musical - The Demos" radio plays...

Thanks again to Mr Paisley for including two – yes, that’s TWO – songs from the upcoming “WARHOL, The Musical – The Demos” set today on his “Under A Paisley Sky” on rpp.fm Australia – specifically “Andy Warhol’s Song #1 - The Way It Was” and “Fred’s Song - Web Of Tangled Reason”.

 

In a dedicated Warhol segment, he also played Messer’s Cale/Reed, David Bowie and the Dandy Warhols!

 

The whole show’s now on catch up, and the Warhol section begins around the one-hour mark. 

Do not miss!

Aberfan...

 Sixty years ago today…

Let It Rock anticipates “Warhol, The Musical – The Demos”...

A nice flagging-up of the forthcoming “Warhol, The Musical – The Demos” release from the Let it Rock site in Canada. 

Many thanks, Dmitry!

“Warhol The Musical – The Demos” - first radio play...

Congratulations to Mr Paisley, of the Under a Paisley Sky show at RPP-FM Radio (Australia), for being the first in the world to play a track from “Warhol The Musical – The Demos” last night (the 15^th)! 

The song was “Brigid Polk’s Song – In The Distance”, and if you’re checking it out on catchup, it begins around the 22.30 mark. And seemingly, there’ll be more next week!

Many thanks Malcolm – greatly appreciated!

“Edie Sedgwick’s Song – We Will Be Dancing” – promo video for “WARHOL The Musical – The Demos”...

An update on “WARHOL The Musical – The Demos”, due out on Friday 6^th November…
 
Cherry Red have just uploaded a promo video of track 9 from the set, “Edie Sedgwick’s Song – We Will Be Dancing”.

 And the full running order of the release is;

 
1 Andy Warhol’s Song #1 – The Way It Was
2 Julia Warhola’s Song – Little Angel
3 Gerard Malanga’s Songs – Changing Times (Parts I–IV)
4 Billy Name & The Cast’s Song – The Sweet Messiah
5 The Cast’s Song #1 – Famous For Fifteen Minutes
6 Brigid Polk’s Song – In The Distance
7 Fred Hughes & The Cast’s Song – We Are The Business!
8 Paul Morrissey’s Song – Green Dollar Bill
9 Edie Sedgwick’s Song – We Will Be Dancing
10 Valerie Solanas’s Song – The Part We Have To Play
11 The Cast’s Song #2 – America For Sale
12 Andy & Edie’s Song – A Candle In A Searchlight
13 Ondine & The Cast’s Song – The Rise And Demise Of Andrew Warhola
14 The Cast’s Song #3 – Andy And His Camera
15 Andy’s Song #2 – In The Court Of Conscience
16 Fred’s Song – Web Of Tangled Reason
17 Andy, Brigid & Edie’s Song – Kiss Me With Your Eyes
18 Brigid & The Cast’s Song – The Shining Star
19 Curtain Call – Famous For Fifteen Minutes (reprise)
 
Stay tuned – 24 days to go!

"WARHOL The Musical - The Demos" - release date announced...

BIG NEWS, FOLKS! But first, a story…
 
Back in 2000, Steve Clayton (of the old Dandelion band, Tractor) and I collaborated on a musical based around the life and times of Andy Warhol. I wrote the songs; Steve wrote the play.
 
Despite our hiking it around ferociously, in the event the work was never produced commercially and, essentially, it went on to the back burner.
 
However, quite a few of the CDs were circulated to promote “Warhol – The Musical” and, rather bizarrely, I was told quite recently that one of these CDs had turned up on eBay.
 
A guy in the States was – is still! – looking for $240! Ludicrous, and he’ll never get it, but seeing this prompted me to take a listen again to the original recordings (which I hadn’t heard in over twenty years).
 
To cut a long story short, I’ve taken my original studio-recorded 2000 demos and re-imagined, re-engineered and re-produced them using today’s kit.
 
The result is a 19-song set, running out at some 55 minutes which, on Friday 6^th November, Cherry Red will be releasing for download and streaming as “WARHOL The Musical – The Demos” (Cherry Red WTMTD1) by Trevor Midgley
 
This, I have to stress, is not “Beau” folk material!
 
This is Trevor Midgley. There are no 12-string guitars! These are my own concise arrangements of the songs, but Cherry Red and I believe they do work both as standalone performances and as worthy demos for the “Warhol” project.
 
So, FRIDAY 6^th NOVEMBER is the BIG DAY! Much more info very soon…

STOP PRESS: for a coming event...

A rather interesting release event is scheduled for Friday 6^th November!
 
It’s something many have asked about over time. Stay tuned!