I wasn’t particularly planning a covers album. Gerry Marsden sadly had just died,and I was sitting around in the basement, playing major 7th chords, as you do, andI started singing “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” to myself. So I switched onthe machines with the pretty lights and recorded it. Just vocals and guitar. I sent it tomy best man, Chad Fischer, and said, “See what you can do with this”, and he did.It sounded more than delightful to both of us. He said, “Send me another”. And so itwent, until we had ten. Quite enough for the moment.The song choices were simple. “Waterloo Sunset” was playing through the soundsystem at Southampton Docks in June 1967, when I was boarding the Fairstar withmy family, heading for the New World. What a sendoff.“Wichita Lineman” has fascinated me for many reasons. It was a hit for GlenCampbell, yet written by Jimmy Webb, a master songwriter. This was intriguing in andof itself. It contains one of the greatest lines in modern music. (You know which oneI’m talking about.)I worked in my parents record store in the 60’s in Saltcoats, Scotland, and it seemedDusty Springfield always had a hit on the charts. “I Just Don’t Know What To Do WithMyself” was produced by Johnny Franz, whose team created the closest thing Britainhad to the Phil Spector ”wall of sound”. Dusty Springfield’s voice is divine.There are so many Beatles songs one could choose to try and do justice to it’sridiculous. “Norwegian Wood” contains a classic, simple and elegant melody, and Iwould occasionally perform it live in a dropped D tuning, so that one sprang to mind.Chad suggested “Ooh La La”, the Faces song, written by Ronnie Lane and RonnieWood and sung by Ronnie Wood. I loved Rod Stewart and the Faces, and wasconsidering a few others. However, Brooke Fischer, Chad’s wife, fancied “Ooh La La”.I’m a big fan of Brooke, so on it went.“Driving With The Brakes On” is simply one of the best songs ever written. I love DelAmitri, and Justin Currie’s songwriting. When I first came over to live in California inthe early 90’s I would listen to this song driving home late at night.“Across The Universe”... well what can you say? A staggering lyric, and equallybeautiful music and melody.That one BLIND FAITH album had a big impact on me in 1969. And “Can’t FindMy Way Home” is one of those songs you could attempt on acoustic guitar. So that’swhat I did.And lastly, we all became obsessed with The Harder They Come in the early 70’s,when it was shown in the cinemas in Melbourne. The music and sound of Jimmy Clifftranscends time. Many people have sung “Many Rivers To Cross”; indeed dare I say,it is a singer’s song. My brief to myself was to simply deliver it and not get in the wayof the brilliance of the song itself.

• 1. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
• 2. Waterloo Sunset
• 3. Wichita Lineman
• 4. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
• 5. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
• 6. Ooh La La
• 7. Driving With the Brakes On
• 8. Across the Universe
• 9. Can't Find My Way Home
• 10. Many Rivers To Cross