Driftwood - When You Gonna Heal Me
BEST OF: Driftwood - When You Gonna Heal Me
A student college band that was a force of nature. I saw Rita and Mags performing together at the university Irish bar and was blown away by their harmonies. After a few beers, I plucked up the courage to talk to them and asked if they would be interested in putting a band together. Over the next two years, I wrote songs for Driftwood, we rehearsed, gigged, were featured on local radio and became a well-known band on the university campus and around the music scene of Sunderland, England. We sadly split up in 1995 after two years, owing to the fact that studies had ended and the real world was beckoning for everybody.
What is left are some great demo recordings, fortunately organised by Mags. I have some of these recordings and this song here “When You Gonna Heal Me” is one of them, recorded onto a DAT tape machine in Rita's student house living room in 1995. Out of all the bands and solo projects I have done, it is Driftwood that hurts the most. The band really could have been big, we were young, great-looking, cool, very talented musicians and had the songs. We had everything but unfortunately the planets weren't aligned for us.
With this audio recording, what I have done here is simply hacked in with a smidge of noise reduction, getting rid of some of the tape hiss. And used a bit of mastering in the 2013 Magix Movie Maker software that I have, very basic but it sounds okay. Justice will be done though for these three darlings of my past. AI is on the march and the possibilities for the audio quality on Driftwood's songs will be mind-blowing. It would be nice for the world to discover what they missed back then but at least sonically justice will be done.
Song "When you gonna heal me" written by Rob Redhead in 1995
Driftwood are:
Rita McNulty - Vocals & Bodhran
Mags Allred - Vocals & Fiddle
Rob Redhead - Vocals & Guitar
Originaly recorded onto DAT tape.
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PROMPT:
a man playing a guitar in front of a microphone, inside a spaceship caravan, space whizzing past outside of the windows,
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2. Ticket to Heaven
3. The Guitar Man
4. Turn Your Back on the Devil
5. Bird on the Wind
6. Space is Fake
7. I've Had Enough
8. But Trouble Followed Me
9. Candy Apple Red
Written, Recorded and Performed by Rob Redhead 2019-2023
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Where can I buy me a ticket to heaven
where can I avoid the road to hell
I'm on the lonely street, I'm on a deadbeat uh-uh
when can I free my soul from prison
when can I break free from this spell
I'm on the lonely street, I'm on a deadbeat uh-uh
in this crazy world poor little boy and girl
buy me a ticket to, buy me a ticket to
all our suffering.. busy and bustling
buy me a ticket to buy me a ticket to heaven
solo
the lord, he knows that I'm a good guy
my lord, he gave us heaven and hell.. why?
I'm on the lonely street, I'm on a deadbeat beep, beep
in this crazy world poor little boy and girl
buy me a ticket to, buy me a ticket to
all our suffering.. busy and bustling
buy me a ticket to buy me a ticket to.
Words and Music by Rob Redhead.
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4. Candy Apple Red
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6. Turn Your Back on the Devil
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8. Only 3 Chords in Rock N Roll
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10. You on my Mind
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7. Shine Your Light On Me
8. When we remember love
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8. I Feel The Same
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Bought myself a six string
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school was a done thing
i was livin on a shoestring
Everybody's sayin its a shot in the dark
you got the spark - but its a shot in the dark
shot in the dark
Joined a band I got lucky too
we all just needed a breakthrough
hit the road saw city lights
got drunk and into fist fights
Everybody's sayin its a shot in the dark
you got the spark - but its a shot in the dark
shot in the dark
dont let them dreams fade away...
solo
Everybody all around
gettin married and settling down
me I got my six string
gonna do ma own thing
Everybody's sayin its a shot in the dark
you got the spark - but its a shot in the dark
shot in the dark
shot in the dark
shot in the dark
shot in the dark.
Written and Recorded by Rob Redhead/Redhead with Horns
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8. XXXL
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