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MT-09 Backwaters
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harmonium/guitar with a sitar-like break (OK, it's a balalaika)... more on http://www.martinstirrup.force9.co.uk/mp3mombassatrain/tmt09.htm
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
World • World Fusion
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Peak #96
Peak in subgenre #17
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
May 20, 2008
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MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:51
Story behind the song
The main tune and lyric came more or less in its final form whilst spending a couple days relaxing on a converted rice boat on the backwaters of Kerala... the thrum of the engines, the rippling sound of the water, singing from a distant church.... The intro and break were added later to enhance the Indian feel, but the sitar is actually a balalaika!
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Through still waters of green, we slowly glide Calm backwaters serene protected from the tide There’s a dragonfly murmur droning in the air There’s a languid haze of perfume everywhere Like the coconut palms we gently sway To your manifest charms I give myself away To the rhythm of water sliding ‘neath the keel We don’t need any words to say just how we feel
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