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THE PACE TO BE - Fri 6 Sept 2024

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Blue Plaque - Feenstra and Simpson

The song celebrates the 160th anniversary of the National Heritage Blue Plaque scheme, which serves as a historical marker of the achievements of people in the past with buildings of the present. As lyricist Pete Feenstra explains; “I first had the idea of writing an article about the symbolic historical lineage in London after the 1997 unveiling of the Jimi Hendrix blue plaque. I thought about the significance of what has been called London’s “invisible history”, which much later became the basis of a song. Then I discovered that 2023 marked the 160th anniversary of when the commemorative plaque idea was first presented to the House of Commons by William Ewart MP in 1863. This in turn gave me the first line of the song. Some of the names fitted the second verse perfectly, but I struggled with music for the bridge, until John applied his musical vision.” John Simpson: “Pete's lyrics put me in mind of a Ray Davies or Ian Dury style narrative with some original subject matter. I set about coming up with something suited to that”. The final piece in the jigsaw is Stuart Ridgard’s video which seals a creative triumvirate of words, music and images. There's a lot of famous, people since 1863, Livin’ round the corner, not far from you and me, Fame shines its spotlight, on everything they do, See them on a clear day, in perfect shades of blue. chorus Cities full of history, and now they want it back, Find it on an outside wall, framed in a blue plaque, A name, date and achievement, written in three lines, A long lost bereavement, which just came back in style. See Mahatma Gandhi, and Charlie Chaplin too, Dickens, Newton, Mozart; Lennon & Keith Moon, Karl Marx in Camden, and Virginia Woolf, Handel down to Hendrix, they all went too soon. chorus Cities full of history and now they want it back, Find it on an outside wall, framed in a blue plaque, A name, date and achievement, written in three lines, A long lost bereavement, which just came back in style. Bridge Olden days of chivalry, remind us of our past, Helping solve a mystery with one we hope will last, Giving us a meaning, to everything we do, Must be more to living, than simply being cool. chorus Cities full of history and now they want it back, Find it on an outside wall, framed in a blue plaque, A name, date and achievement, written in three lines A long lost bereavement, which  just came back in style.

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Feenstra & Simpson - Blue Plaque

#feenstraandsimpson The song celebrates the 160th anniversary of the National Heritage ���Blue Plaque scheme, which serves as a historical marker of the achievements of people in the past with buildings of the present.

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Haunted Man - Feenstra and Simpson

‘Haunted Man’ is the second single by the pop roots-rock duo Feenstra And Simpson, which comprises award winning songwriter/lyricist/promoter and author Pete Feenstra and former Wilko Johnson championed Feelgood Band pain man, multi instrumentalist and indie artist John Simpson.

 The song is a Hitchcock inspired tale of paranoia under the sun.

 Pete explains: “The idea came from a visit to a recycling plant in South West France. In the summer it is surrounded by corn which seems to grow very quickly and very high.  And before you know it, you are surrounded.

 This put me in mind of the Alfred Hitchcock movie ‘North By North West’.  I then called up John.”

 John: “Pete sent me the lyrics  and suggested a man on the run in a Hitchcock type scene. Using the ooh’s and aaahs harmonies I tried to make it sound ghostly and other worldly, almost like running through that cornfield.”

The song made  #78 on Hit Tracks Top 100 in The Netherlands.

‘Haunted Man’ is a successor to the duo’s debut single “Your Eyes Gave You Away’ which achieved over a thousand youtube hits in the first month of its release.

Raw Ramp magazine summed up the duo’s musical style thus: “The jangling guitars and pop harmonies owe much to the ching ‘n’ chinkle tunefulness of acts like Tom Petty, the Traveling Wilburys, Nick Lowe, and The Byrds.”

Pete Feenstra: petefeenstrablues@gmail.com 07720 290 417

John Simpson:   Johnsimpsonmusic@btinternet.com 

Facebook: John Simpson Music / Pete Feenstra  / www.feenstra.co.uk

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The amazing Marcus Malone and Pete Feenstra of Black Pearl are my very s...

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Feenstra And Simpson - Your Eyes Gave You Away

pop music to the new world

Pete Feenstra words and musically clever bits and vox John Simpson 

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Time to put on your Sun hat!

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The amazing Marcus Malone and Pete Feenstra of Black Pearl are my very special guests

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THIS IS BLACK PEARL! Compilation Video

Check out the album at https://www.musicglue.com/black-pearl-1/ 

website: https://blackpearlmusic22.com/ 

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THIS IS BLACK PEARL!This is a video mash up of the self titled debut album by Black Pearl, a rock, blues, funk, Americana, gospel.

website: https://blackpearlmusic22-com.inprogress.uk/