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Grazie Miller (No Aigrettes) (Miller/Bottle)
You really were high above the threshold of genius
Lounging there trying while digging in to Nan True’s hole
Part of the dance is gurning and learning to grapple with your square root: A fleeting glance of dreaming wide awake
Out of the blue there’s a parallel mode; all that can be uncovered, recently discovered
Are you lything and gracing your god song tonight?
‘Cause the black cat it will sit down at the Inca delta borderline
Truly yours is no trick of the light, you glow
There’s a melody that Ed or Ian know
Underdub and you’ll blow
With your calyx above and your fretboard below
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ED or Ian?
04:57
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ED or Ian? (Miller/Bottle)
Two roads diverge: ED or Ian?
I could not travel both
And still remain one traveller, sadly
Until I rolled the dice
I looked onward far as I could
In the undergrowth and the swaying wood
With courage I blew on dandelion heads
Paths are merging
Two ways diverging
Until there's a turning in the highway
That could change the compass for a spell
Of silence
Of wisdom
A reason
Till ED or Ian
Agreed on another world
Two friends diverge: get mad get even
They could not both be right
And still remain compadres, in time
And so the die was cast
They looked inwards far as they could
Till they realised they were making good
The nightmares behind them now in dreams to share
Plans are bulging
Two friends divulging
I’m sure there’s a turning in the highway
That could be some comfort for a spell
Of silence
Of wisdom
A reason
Till ED or Ian
Agree on another world
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I Remain
04:37
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I Remain (Miller/Bottle)
Now is the time for a squeeze of the hand
You’re feeling helpless and you can’t see tomorrow
Seems what was begun has truly collapsed (oh no)
Here’s where I wanted to stay
Not leave you all (behind)
Never found a reason to it all
We couldn’t find a reason
Grief is a fathomless sky
It never ends but it changes form;
From a cave to a corridor
The light of long gone stars it bathes us even now
I Remain
I Remain
I Remain
Here is the will of the way that things are:
I’ve done my best to heal, dear friends you’ve been helpful
Now what was begun has clearly transformed (oh yes)
What has been lost can live on not leave us all (behind)
Never find an answer to it all
We’ve barely found the question (a question we have barely found)
Grief is the bottomless sea
It never ends but it changes shape;
From a place to a passageway
It’s not a sign of weakness but the price of love
I Remain
I Remain
I Remain
I Remain
I Remain
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Billie Bottle Devon, UK
Welcome to the world of Billie Bottle, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and band
leader.
"vigorous and unequivocally hip" - All About Jazz
"brilliant!" - Robert Wyatt
"their own pastoral brand of whimsical psych-folk" - Jazzwise
... more
Billie Bottle recommends:
The Cracks Within: FiWT remixes
by Lee Fletcher (feat. Markus Reuter & Lisa Fletcher)
Discover Lee's own compositions ranging from a Mike Oldfield cover to remixes of his album, Faith in Worthless Things. Ethereal and enlightening...
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allsorts
by Kate Westbrook, Mike Westbrook
This is real drama in song. Mike's highly inventive piano frames Kate's effortless attention to detail. Highlight: You Leave Me Breathless - perhaps the most achingly passionate rendition on record.
go to albumIf you like Grazie Miller (Tribute to Phil Miller), you may also like:
supported by 10 fans who also own “Grazie Miller (Tribute to Phil Miller)”
The new live EP by Ryan W. Stevenson's project reminded me, that this debut album must have been gone down the wishlist... If instrumental Canterbury stuff is your thing, this should be a no-brainer. Firmly rooted in the past (late 60s, 70s), nevertheless with a fresh sound. Guests incude The Tangent's Andy Tillison and Soft Machine's Theo Travis.
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Every Night Something Happens
by Lost Crowns
supported by 10 fans who also own “Grazie Miller (Tribute to Phil Miller)”
In 2019, I was in Salisbury and attended the Alphabet Business Convention without knowing any artist. Lost Crowns was my favourite band that played there.
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The spirit of the Canterbury scene is alive and well across this groovy, harmonic psychedelic suite.
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Restless Guests
by Otis Jordan & Band
Swirling folk-psych improvisations from Glasgow's storied Green Door Studio by songwriter Otis Jordan and friends.
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