Taken
at Az
Samad's Open Mic at The Venue 2013
thanks for the
pic Albert
BLUES A new
album by Peter
Brown
pre-release
copy. Produced by Peter Brown &
Khairil M
Bahar. Engineered by Khairil M Bahar.
C.
Lemang Music
2014
Every
track
(1-14) features Peter Brown on lead vocal and acoustic guitar. Additional musicians listed below. Thanks to all these fine musicians
1.
Gotta Make d’Music
A
response to
playing music commercially in a small country in S.E. Asia (but could
be
anywhere)
Electric
guitar
and guitar arrangements, electric bass & drum program:
Khairil M Bahar. Rap & backing vocals: Peter
Brown. Solo
lead guitar: Rithan
Vijay
2.
If You Leave Me (I’m Gonna Go on
Drugs)
A
light-hearted
look at a love falling apart
Electric
guitar
& guitar arrangements, electric bass & drum program: Khairil M Bahar. Harmonica: Peter
Brown
3.
Nit Head Blues
Can’t
get rid o’
dem biting insects
Harmonica: Peter Brown
4.
Lesser Being
Get
those damn
cyclists off the road – it’s my road in my Merc
Keyboards
&
backing vocals: Markiza.
Bass: Khairil M Bahar.
Percussion: Zalila
Lee
5.
Blues
When
you’re
really down, pick up that guitar and get down to it
Keyboards: Markiza. Lead
acoustic: Khairil M Bahar. Slide,
backing vocals, harmonica & silly remarks: Peter
Brown. Bass: Kevin
Theseira. Drums: Theo
Graham-Brown
6.
Ain’t Easy
She
doesn’t
recognise LOVE when it’s staring her in the face
Keyboards
&
backing vocals: Markiza.
Lead and scittery rhythm guitar: Khairil
M Bahar. Slide:
Peter Brown. Bass: Kevin
Theseira. Drums: Theo
Graham-Brown
7.
Contradictions
When
everything
in your rel is opposite to what it should be
Keyboards
&
backing vocals: Markiza.
Lead guitars: Julian
Mokhtar & Khairil M Bahar. Cello
Florian Antier. Bass: Kevin Theseira. Drums: Theo Graham-Brown
8.
Golden Moonbeams
Take
a bow
leaning over that parapet
Keyboards
&
backing vocals: Markiza.
Lead guitar & guitar arrangements: Ihzwan
Omar. Electric
guitar: Peter
Brown. Bass: Kevin
Theseira. Drums: Theo
Graham-Brown.
9.
Sad
Tomorrow
Not
the same as
love
Keyboards,
vocals: Markiza. Slide: Peter Brown. Drums: Paul Millott. Percussion: Zalila
Lee
10.
Open Mic
Rejection
stares
you in the face – yet you still keep going there to play
Lead
guitar
licks and solo: N. Rama Lohan. Harmonica: Peter
Brown.
11.
Jaded
Jump
in – no,
better not
12.
Poverty
You
need the chastening
spirit
13.
The River
Keep
it flowing
14. Insurmountable
What makes it
all worth while
THANKS TO…
God
Almighty,
parents (genetic input), wife and musical partner Markiza, elder
step-brother
Ernest Hart, Nick Mason, Incredible String Band, Bread Love &
Dreams,
Rafique Rashid, Dave Russell, Phil Davies, Soft Touch, Khai Bahar, Wong
Lip
Kee, David Sherwood, Joe Siva, Sandy Monteiro, Jasmine Low, Rafil
Elyas, Reza
Salleh, Brian
Gomez, Edward Gomez, N. Rama Lohan, all the fab musicians who played on
this
album and all who have encouraged our music. So
many thanks…