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Chris Hopgood/Dave Lambert- Roseflower (Live)
Chris Hopgood guitarist and banjo player for top local live band “Lady Winwood’s Maggot” has recently released a new solo album called “Roseflower” which is quite a departure from the material that you would usually hear him perform with the band.
Music teacher Chris mainly recorded the album in portacabin at the school where he teaches in between lessons, he was helped by fellow ex “Maggot” Dave Lambert who added some harmonies and strings to many of the songs. The songs have a beautiful atmosphere about them and the simple but effective arrangements which really compliments Chris’s impressive vocals, but it’s the lyrics is where this album really excels on songs such as “Old Tom” and the title track “Roseflower” where the lyrics tell a collection of stories creating their own images for the listener. The album shows a completely new and welcome side of Chris that audiences have never seen before.
The eleven track album (also includes a hidden twelfth track) can be purchased from Chris directly at gigs or you can purchased it online at http://www.reverbnation.com/chrishopgood Chris has been out and about in-between Lady Winwood’s Maggot gigs performing some of these songs live in intimate settings where the music can be fully appreciated, future events will be announced on the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/chrishopgoodmusic. He was joined by Dave Lambert for one such session in the Hope Fm studios in Bournemouth recently where they performed an unprecedented 6 songs, which included four from the ‘Roseflower’ album and two brand new songs which is hoped will appear on a new recording in the future, the recordings from this exclusive session can be seen below.
Track Listing
Roseflower
Old Tom
Brye
Arrested Development
Black Crow
Now She’s Gone
Better Off Dead
Angela
Running Low
Take This Fire
I Think I’m A Soldier
Hidden Track
Videos
Artist Links
http://www.facebook.com/chrishopgoodmusic
http://www.reverbnation.com/chrishopgood
http://www.ladywinwoodsmaggot.co.uk
Videos and Words By Dave Chinery(Chinners)
