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Hello and welcome
to the Pete Scrowther website, created on the occasion of the release of my album "The Heart of the Song".

The new Little Johnny England album is now available, featuring 3 Scrowther songs, "Tournament of Shadows" (the title track), "Steeltown Saturday Night" and "Lily of Barbary" (the fourth version of this song on CD, and I haven't even got round to recording it yet!). There's also an arrangement of the traditional "Plains of Waterloo" by PJ Wright and myself. The album is, of course, wonderful, and can be bought here. The band have also just released a double retrospective CD featuring 5 of my songs. Available here.

Two Scrowther songs, my version of "Long Black Liner" and PJ Wright's recording of "Lily of Barbary", are included on a 2-CD charity album, "Never Chance Your Luck Against the Sea". This excellent compilation of songs to do with the sea and sailors also features tracks from Fairport Convention, The Oyster Band, Brass Monkey, Show of Hands and many other folk luminaries. You can order it here.

The heart of the song

Musicians:
Pete Scrowther
vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola
PJ Wright
electric, acoustic and slide guitar
Felix Mueller
electric bass guitar, double bass
Beat Aschwanden
drums
with:
Elizabeth Schneeberger
violin
Christian Roffler
Hammond B3 organ

Order "The Heart of the song"

More music by Scrowther

The Heart of the Songs: The Songs

Rue D’Enfer
Devil woman lures hapless drone to eternal damnation in amusingly named Genevan street. An actual street! (Mark Twain also found it amusing)

The Heart of the Song (mp3, 64kb)
Abstract musings on the power of song. No drones involved.

Jenny
Ancient history. The end of summer, the end of an affair.

The Way Things Ought to Be
We all know how things ought to be. We’ll get started on it tomorrow, in the meantime have another drink.

Sunk Without Trace
Ship of love goes to the bottom after collision with extended nautical metaphore.

Like the Moon at My Window (mp3, 64kb)
Hapless horticultural drone in pre-execution confession. Hanging as cure for insomnia.

Copper’s Son
Put-upon constabulary brat over-compensates with life of crime.

Long Black Liner (mp3, 64kb)
Quayside complaints in the Age Of Steam. She leaves him.

Take Me With You
More quayside complaints, this time in the Age Of Sail. He leaves her.

The Witherstone (mp3, 64kb)
Hapless serving drone meets undefined (but undoubtedly unpleasant) fate in earth (female) magic incident.
Contact: pete@scrowther.com