Skidders (aka Steve Skidmore) is back with a brand new single taken from his critically acclaimed studio album ‘Friends & Family Vol. 2’. The album contains further songs after last year’s ‘Friends & Family’ album, written and dedicated to his friends and family members. About this third single, Monday Is Calling, he says:
“I met David Bristoll working at an Engineering company in Pershore. I quickly found out we had a very similar sense of humour and enjoyed arranging many practical jokes, that normally ended up going well, but sometimes we rode our luck.
David is amazingly practical and has built beach buggies, clocks, banjos (he doesn’t play any instruments, but fancied making one) and his latest project is building bottom up, an old Volkswagen Beetle.
David’s wife, Siân and her mother, Margaret, are also terrific friends and terrific fun. We’ve holidayed together and now David does not work Mondays, we look forward to Monday picnics and pub lunch outings as regularly as we can make.
David often enjoyed forays with my late brother in law, Bob (see Bobby Dazzler on the album ‘Friends & Family Vol. 2’), particularly when my home brew was on tap.”
Description:
Monday Is Calling’ is an original electric guitar instrumental, composed and recorded by Skidders. It has undertones of blues, jazz and even funk with melancholic passages.‘
About Skidders:
Skidders (aka Steve Skidmore) is an English producer and guitarist who writes and records music in blues, rock and jazz genres. His motto “He can’t sing, but he can play the guitar”, whilst borders on reality, means most self-penned songs are instrumental allowing him to showcase his unique style and sound. This also ensures compositions are well suited to TV and Film ‘sync’ use.
Projects and ventures are numerous and eclectic. He’s half of duo Bukechi, who were BBC Introducing’s Band of the Month (see article here…), played alongside Dexy’s Kevin Rowland and supported the likes of Midge Ure, Roger Chapman (Family), John Power (the La’s); The Feeling & Jon Gomm.
After completing his third album, ‘Friends & Family Vol. 2′, current work includes session guitar work for artists including Cotswold’s legend Andrew James and composer Kylolus. Although playing live has been put on the back burner somewhat during the Covid pandemic, Skidders’ fourth album, ‘Feckem Hall’ will be a long term project starting in 2022 and geared towards playing live.
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