TRACKS FROM PILGRYM CD "PILGRIMAGE" ARE :
1 - BLACK SUN
This track is about the end, ARMAGGEDON, the self realisation that we can do nothing about it !! Abuse our world, and it will certainly remember with a vengence !!! The B3 Hammond playing by Andy Wells in this piece deserves a Grammy !!!
2 - BUILDING THE PERFECT UNIVERSE PART 1
3 - BUILDING THE PERFECT UNIVERSE PART 2
The opposite to the end is of course the beginning, in this 2 part piece we have tried to capture the birth of Innocence, of life and pure enjoyment, we think Tony Drake captures that mood with a beautifully constructed Guitar solo in Part 2 !!!
4 - SONG OF THE ALBATROSS
We were trying to capture the mood of flight, of perfect peace that these beautiful birds experience in flight - basically a piano and string mellotron instrumental. Quote from Guitarist Tony Drake "In the Wah Guitar solo near the end I tried to capture the soaring and diving of the bird in flight - hope it worked"
TRACKS NOW ADDED FROM "LOST TOYS" FROM ANDY WELLS SOLO ARE :
5 - BROKEN MOON IN EMPTY SKIES. G MINOR
6 - ELEGY AND PAVANE. A MINOR
These two tracks are taken from Andy Well’s solo Progressive/Classical CD "LOST TOYS" released on Holyground Records. These are two absolutely beautiful tracks, the first brought tears to my eyes on first play as it throws images of friends lost, times lost, but also a new beginning !! The second track finishes the CD and again paints pictures, these tracks need no lyrics - TRUE MUSIC NEEDS NO WORDS !!!
BIG THANK YOU TO HETTY FOR LOOKING AFTER BOTH THIS SITE AND THE MYSTICAL RECORDS SITE, I DONT GET THAT MUCH TIME, PLUS I DON’T UNDERSTAND THESE MODERN MACHINES !!! BUT I WILL ALWAYS TRY TO ANSWER COMMENTS LEFT,
THANKS HETTY
TONES.
RECORDING IS NEARLY COMPLETE on the second Pilgrym offering, "The Great Divide". Keep your eyes open for more news on the upcoming release on Transubstans Records.
The seeds of Pilgrym were sown in 2001, with a chance meeting between Andy Wells and Tony Drake in a Bradford music store. They got talking and realised that over the years they’d played the same circuits and seen each other play, but never spoken. Andy asked Tony to lay down some guitar on his album Lost The Will To Play. Since then, it’s been a natural musical progression to the Pilgrym project - and now to their debut album - Pilgrimage.
Andy Wells has previously toured the UK and Europe with John Verity and played on three consecutive Verity albums. From there, Andy moved on to Baby Tuckoo and the very successful Voyager. Andy has written for such stars as Huey Lewis and Lisa Stanfield, and played with Mike Rutherford, Sarah Brightman and Junior.
Tony Drake played with the Ckreed Blues Band in 1967 and gigged the UK with them until late ’68 - when he moved to London to "make it". He’s played all the major venues, including support slots for T Rex, Thin Lizzy and Yes. His own band Iron Duke had Lawrence Juber from Wings on guitar and John Elliss (The John Elliss Quarter) on Hammond. Rudy and The Zipps followed from the ashes of Be Bop Deluxe and were pipped at the post at EMI auditions by Sparks.
Steve Watts, ex-Demon keyboard player and multi-instrumentalist "Creedy" joined Pilgrym full time in December 2006. They go straight into the studio to complete the much-anticipated Great Divide album. Steve is currently working on his own solo project, which will be called either The Glorious Pretension of Being or A Juvenile Fantasy. Creedy is also working on a solo project called The Privileged Vagabond.
PILGRYM have just announced that TRANSUBSTANS/RECORD HEAVEN will release the new CD "THE GREAT DIVIDE" in Digipak form on their Swedish Label.
PILGRYM are pleased to continue their long standing relationship with them, and are eternally grateful for the chance to have their releases put out worldwide !!
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