An early demo by Scene Red recorded at Dolwion Mill in Drefach Felindre where we used to rehearse. This was recorded on 1st February 2012. It’s a rough recording but I like the rawness.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MEANING OF MEANING?
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THE GIRL IN THE GARNET COLOURED DRESS
Such a beautiful little girl,
In her garnet coloured dress,
The perfect image of serenity,
Carrying a pile of taboon bread,
From her grandmother’s oven,
Gold coins glinting on her cap,
Smiling at lemons in the sunshine,
With assured stillness of her head.
She stops before
Crossing the road
She crumples to the dusty ground,
Another collateral obscenity
An Israeli ricochet
Brings her down
Are we crying yet?
Are we crying yet?
Are we crying yet?
Are we?
Harry Rogers, In the old study, Sunday 16th September 2012, updated 11th May 2021.
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SCENE RED RELEASE SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM
This track from our forthcoming album is called Chasing Fireflies. We hope to finish the album soon and release it on Deep River Records. Meanwhile we in the band hope you like this.
CHASING FIREFLIES
I sit out on the deck
Watching your children play
Chasing bright red fireflies
In last rays of the day
Old knees worn out now
Else I too would chase
Pleasure comes from sunset
Lighting up your face
Spent a long long time
Chasing fireflies
Spent a real long time
Chasing fireflies
Now there is no time for
Chasing fireflies
There are things I would
Like to do on the day I die
Just for the briefest moment
Hold a bright red firefly
Listen to the nightingale
Singing as it flies up high
Know that you are smiling
As we say goodbye
Spent a long long time
Chasing fireflies
Spent a real long time
Chasing fireflies
Now there is no time for
Chasing fireflies
Harry Rogers, Pencnwcau, 2014
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Nigel Mazlyn Jones and Scene Red Live at Newport Memorial Hall 30th September 2017
This is a special event which sees Nigel Mazlyn Jones back in West Wales for the first time in many years.
Nigel Mazlyn Jones On Tour Autumn 2017
Fri Sept 22nd No 8, Launceston / Sat 30th Sept Newport Memorial Hall Pembrokeshire plus Scene Red / Sat 14th Oct Shammick Acoustic unplugged Combe Martin, Devon / Thurs 19th Oct Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, Staffs / Fri 20th Oct Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge / Sat 21st Oct Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, Shropshire – Updates see http://www.nigelmazlynjones.com
“Nigel Mazlyn Jones, acoustic guitarist and lyricist, is a veteran of the first wave of British acoustic warriors, along with Roy Harper, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Mick Softley and Mike Chapman. He returns to the front line after a five-year breather, invigorated and enthused, to bewilder and bemuse your singular and most excellent delight.” Richard Allen, Shindig!
Biography
A veteran of the ’70s acoustic music scene, NMJ weaves sounds and atmospheres with 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars and the kind of ecologically aware political commentary championed by his peers. Since 1976 he has been entrancing audiences on the live and festival circuits as well as on radio and TV. Nigel is the real deal, a battle-hardened survivor for his art, enthused, principled and still breaking the envelope. Well known on the UK festival scene, he has often toured UK and European major venues supporting the likes of Barclay James Harvest, Renaissance, Camel and Bob Geldof whilst collaborating with Steve Hillage, Banco de Gaia, Roy Harper, and Guy Evans of Van Der Graaf Generator, on various projects.
Nigel has recorded eleven albums. His first two albums, the majestic Ship to Shore and the world-weary Sentinel, have been re-released and are rightly regarded as classics of the genre. His recent release Raft echoes his early work featuring 12-string dexterity to the fore embellishing some great tunes and poignant lyrics of hope, love, wonder and exasperation at humanity. Guest players include Guy Evans, drummer-percussionist with Van Der Graaf Generator, and Rog Patterson on fretless bass. Nigel loves the natural world and once worked in conservation with the great apes at Gerald Durrell’s Wildlife Trust. Living near the Cornish coast natural influences are woven into his music creating an artistic reflection of the raft on which we all individually sail. As Nigel notes: “Like this planet, rafts are fragile.”
What the Press said about Nigel live:
MOJO “There is a complexity to his approach, ferocity edged with a brittle beauty, joy of living pervades often rainbow lit.”
UNCUT “Since the mid-70s NMJ has quietly been making some of the best acoustic music in the UK.”
F’ROOTS “A first-rate producer of acoustic brain food.”
Selected Album Reviews
MOJO “Beautifully woven folk rock”
UNCUT “… lyrical inspiration, daring instrumental tracks that shine. 8 out of 10”
SHINDIG! “entirely original acoustic folk sound, some of the best acoustic music in the UK”
R2 (ROCK’n’REEL) “An undoubted musical maverick, there is something profoundly elemental about his music”
SHINDIG! “Ship to Shore, NMJ’s 1st album from 1976, is one of the great UK 70s singer-songwriter albums. Easily holding its own alongside the likes of Roy Harper, Nick Drake and John Martyn, Ship to Shore captures that free-spirited innocence and optimism which momentarily eclipsed the commercial considerations of the music industry”
UNCUT reviewing a 2014 reissue of his 1976 album Ship to Shore
“Ship to Shore was a breath of fresh air in the fallow folk years of 1976, a distinctive combination of sincere songs, shape shifting acoustic guitars and glissando techniques. A well-known figure on the live circuit he featured as guest act for many bands.”
LINKS:
Press photo downloads: http://www.nigelmazlynjones.com/pages/contact.html
www.facebook.com/nigelmazlynjones
YouTube video NMJ and Phil Beer live 2015 Bacon Theatre Cheltenham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbW239x9b8k
SCENE RED
Possibly the most underated band in West Wales Scene Red have been playing most of their gigs in LONDON for the past few years. Based at LTS Recording Studios in Llanon this band play their own brand of indy rock/funk and are ready to release their second album in time for xmas 2017. The band comprises the following members, Harry Rogers – Vocals, Rabbie McAdam Duff – Lead Guitar, Andy Duff – Bass Guitar, James Fereday – Drums, Joy Fereday – Saxophone.
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Piccadilly Sunday Conversation (Scene Red Street Mod Mix)
This is a special Harri Boy Rogers home mix of Piccadilly Sunday from the Scene Red album Tales From Dolwion featuring extra vocal tracks featuring a dialogue between Harri Rogers and Maggie Nicols. It tries to recreate a street conversation between two young West End mods in Soho in the early 1960’s. This is best listened to on headphones…..
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Hunting Lizards In The Long Grass
HUNTING LIZARDS IN THE LONG GRASS
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
THE SUN IS SHINING BRIGHT
GROWN-UPS ARE STILL SLEEPING
ANOTHER DRUNKEN NIGHT
GET SHORTS AND SANDALS ON
A SLICE OF BREAD AND HONEY
OUT THE DOOR WITH FISHING NET
AND A JAM JAR ON A STRING
GO DOWN TO THAT WASTE LAND
NEXT DOOR TO THE HARBOUR
WHERE THE BOATS ARE BOBBING
AND ALL THE FLAGS ARE FLYING
GREEN BACKED BEETLES GLEAMING
THE SEAGULLS SHRILLY SCREAMING
HUNTING LIZARDS IN THE LONG GRASS
WHILE DREAMS ARE DAILY DREAMING
I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
ON MY OWN OUTSIDE THE SALOON BAR DOOR
WITH A BAG OF CRISPS AND A GLASS OF LEMONADE
THE WAY THEY LEFT ME ON MY OWN AGAIN
ON MY OWN AGAIN
ON MY OWN AGAIN
CORNFLOWERS BLUELY SWAY
GRASSHOPPERS CLICK ALL DAY
HUNTING LIZARDS IN THE LONG GRASS
WILL TAKE THE PAIN AWAY
BACK TO THE BUNGALOW
EVERYONE IS UP AND DRESSED
LOOK AT THE JAR OF LIZARDS
THEY SEEM MILDLY IMPRESSED
HUNTING LIZARDS IN THE LONG GRASS
ALWAYS TAKES THE PAIN AWAY
HUNTING LIZARDS IN THE LONG GRASS
ALWAYS TAKES THE PAIN AWAY
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Scene Red – When We Were Young
Scene Red with special guest Maggie Nicols playing their improvisational piece “When We Were Young” live at Harrifest 2012
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Scene Red – Kindred Souls
Scene Red with special guest Maggie Nicols playing “Kindred Souls” live at Harrifest 2012.
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Scene Red – An All American Boy – live at Harrifest 2012
Scene Red playing “An All American Boy” at Harrifest 2012
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Scene Red – Hunting Lizards In The Long Grass (live)
Scene Red playing “Hunting Lizards In The Long Grass” at Harrifest 2012
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Scene Red – Go Guitar
Scene Red play “Go Guitar” Live At Harrifest 2012
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Scene Red – Waiting For The Tide To Turn
Scene Red with special guest Annika Fehling play “Waiting For The Tide To Turn” live at Harrifest 2012
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Scene Red – Waiting For Lilith To Call
Scene Red – Waiting For Lilith To Call – live at Harrifest 2012
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An All American Boy
I finished writing this song lyric on 28th February and a week later this happened… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17330205 .
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
THEY POSTED HIM OUT TO AFGHANISTAN
HIS DAD HOPED IT WOULD MAKE OF HIM A MAN
LIKE IT HAD FOR HIM OUT IN VIETNAM
RISKING LIFE AND LIMB FOR UNCLE SAM
HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HIS MUM WERE REALLY SCARED
EVERYBODY SEEMED AS IF THEY CARED
HE WAS
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
HE SPENT MANY WEEKS FIGHTING WITH THE TALIBAN
GOT A NEW TATTOO THOUGHT IT PROVED HE WAS A MAN
GREW A BEARD THAT MADE HIM LOOK LIKE CHARLIE CHAN
THEN HIS GIRLFRIEND WROTE HE WAS IN THE DUMPER VAN
THAT’S WHEN THE SITUATION BEGAN TO GET HIM DOWN
THAT WAS WHY HE RODE HIS JEEP INTO KABUL TOWN
HE WAS
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
DRINKING ILLEGAL HOOCH WITH THREE OTHER GUYS
HE LOST ALL REASON ANGRY TEARS FILLED UP HIS EYES
PICKING UP HIS M16 HE RAN AMOK IN THE NOONDAY SUN
SHOOTING SHOPPERS WILLY NILLY FIRING ON THE RUN
A SNIPER WITH A LAZER SIGHT AIMED A BEAD OF RED
SLOWLY PULLED THE TRIGGER AND SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD
HE WAS
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
AN ALL AMERICAN BOY
Copyright: Harry Rogers, Aberbanc, 28th February 2012
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Scene Red rehearsal video “SON”
I wrote this after hearing that friends had lost a son in Afghanistan. I could not really reflect their anguish at such a loss so I decided to write a poem based on feelings that I might feel in a similar situation. The lyric follows and has become a song that Scene Red are rehearsing for the upcoming recording session.
SON
Son, as I stand here, all alone
Looking down, upon your stone
I remember passing out day
You’d grown so tall, and oh so brave
You looked so smart, so very proud
And the band was playing, very loud
I stood with your mother, by my side
Both of us swollen up with pride,
But a feeling niggled, deep inside
In my heart of hearts I knew someone had lied
I knew the donkeys had lied to the lions
In pursuit of new fires for their irons
Son, it is very hard to take,
Son, I know I made a big mistake,
Son, I knew the war was one big fake
Son, your mum and I ache and ache
We’ll never, ever, get the chance
To see you dance your wedding dance
Son, oh son, my lovely son
Son, oh son, my lovely son
When you were still a little boy
I brought you a bright shiny toy
I thought you’d have a lot of fun
Playing with your new toy gun
Now I know what I must do
This is the promise, I make to you
Whenever I meet fathers and sons
I’ll tell them all, smash up your guns
Fathers and sons – smash up your guns
Fathers and sons – smash up your guns
Do it now – do it – for my son!
Copyright: Harry Rogers – Aberbanc 3/3/2010
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Scene Red rehearsal -Kindred Souls
Scene Red rehearsing one of my lyrics, Kindred Souls in a great version at Dolwion Mill in January with special guest on vocals and keyboards the very wonderful Maggie Nicols.
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