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Thanks, Roy is the best- and this is his best song. Have you seen my newer version here - czcams.com/video/XNuLB1QcsG0/video.html

Thank you so much, it is an honour and a privilege to be able to sing these songs

Thanks! I'm really glad I managed to get a decent performance recorded. It's such a great song, the guitar part is complete genius.

Thanks! I love it too!

Where are you based? Where do you gig ?

I'm in the lovely county of Wiltshire. I don't do many gigs, a Roy Harper Tribute show is not an easy thing to gig with! When I do play it tends to be in the South of England or the Midlands. If you know of a venue that would be interested, I am always open to suggesitons!

I'm in Yorkshire so very unlikely I'd get to see you,I'm a drummer, I know HQ backwards,Bill bruford of course x

@@mikeh4441 there is an outside chance that I could do a Yorkshire gig, but it's quite a slim chance. I really don't know what happens next with this. It's a shame your not closer - we could do a band version of the game!

Thank you for the lovely review - I love your description of me "this Jon Pollard upstart"! Attempting to perform a Roy gig and "be" Roy Harper for the evening is an incredibly scary thing to do. He is such a unique and incredible talent and the songs are SO difficult. Who am I to think I could do such a thing, just some upstart! Ultimately, it's about us all getting together and celebrating the man and his music. I am not Roy Harper, I'm just a fan. I'm glad you had a good time.

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks! Hats off to (Roy) Harper!

Thank you! The practicing must be paying off!

Thanks, I love this song too. I always thought Valentine was very close to Stormcock, I only realiseed recently that Lifemask came in-between!

Thank you for your kind words. You have hit the nail on the head, it was that sound that really got me when I first saw him live around the early 90s. I've been trying to recreate those sounds and I'm getting pretty close I think. It needs to be loud! I don't think there are any recordings that really do it justice, or maybe I haven't heard them in the right state of mind! I hope you can make it to the May gig - and you can see how close I get!

Hi Jon, thanks for the reply. Looking at your website today I see the date of the next gig is 27th April, not May as I thought yesterday. If that's the case I unfortunately can't make that one :-( Hope it goes well though and that you will be doing more in the future. If so, I'll try to get to the next one.

Thank you for your lovely comment. I've been singing Roy Harper songs for many years now but only recently started to find an audience of Roy fans out there. Check out my website for gig details jonpollard.co.uk

@@jonpollardmusic Thanks Jon, I'll check it out. A suggestion : go out as a Roy tribute act; name yourself Boy Harper!

Boy Harper, that's not bad! It's a tricky thing to get right, I'm currently using "Jon Pollard sings Roy Harper", which is accurate but not very snappy. I might be a bit old to be a 'boy' though!

This one went pretty well. Roy Harper songs are hard to perform, but I think I just about got it.

Thanks! My next gig is in Malvern April 27th, maybe that is near to you? I guess you could be anywhere in the world!

Just so happens I'm in Cheltenham - I'll try to be there @@jonpollardmusic

It would be great to see you there!

Roy is such a phenomenal talent that it is hard to reproduce what he does. Plus he has a special magic all of his own...

It's an epic song - but then most of Roy's songs are epic! They have such a depth and breadth that they make most songs seem shallow and insubstantial. It is such a pleasure to play these phenomenal songs to people who appreciate them.

Thanks - this is a difficult song to perform!

I saw Harper in the 70s in Bristiol. He sang Me and my woman with a more rock side to it, brilliant. We can we expect One For All? @@jonpollardmusic

It's tricky to plan a set of Roy Harper songs when they are all so long! 4 or 5 songs can take an hour to play, so it's generally a question of which songs do I cut.

These are the songs I play to people who are not Roy Harper fans!

Thanks for the lovely feedback, this is one of my all time favourite songs to sing, maybe THE favourite. I sang it yesterday, doing a run through of my set for three next gig coming up in October. It's such a great song and it pushes me right to the edge of what I can do. Great fun!

I did go at it a bit quick, didn't I? At that point in the day I really didn't know if my voice was going to function at all, so it was a bit of a panic. I've spent a lot of time watching bad speech's videos, they are a great resource. My next job is to see if I can get more echo on the vocals and more effects on everything, really go to town!

Thanks!

Thanks, I sing these songs because I love them - and it's great to get your positive feedback. I hope Roy would approve!

I'm absolutely certain that he would, peace be with you my friend 🙏

I'm copying the master, hopefully I am a worthy student!

Wouldn't it be great if more people heard these great songs? I have a Roy Harper tribute gig booked in for October 28th near Milton Keynes - jonpollard.co.uk/news/roy-harper-tribute-gig I will be playing 2 x 45 minute sets of Roys music including all the songs on Stormcock.

Thanks - that's a shame you were here and didn't know about it. Mostly I publicise stuff on Facebook, which seems to be where the local music news lives. This is my music page facebook.com/jonpollardmusic

Thanks! The way the two guitars work together is a work of absolute genius - by two geniuses. I have studied this song a bit more since making that video and I think I've got it a bit more "accurate". The more you delve into his songs the more you find!

@@jonpollardmusic It's a firm favourite of mine as most aficionados of the canon may attest! Here, you really capture that solo guitar experience that seems to fill in so many gaps two guitars achieve. I hope that makes sense? I am only talking with lay persons ears appreciating the music, so I don't know the "academic" terminology! xx

Thanks! Most of the news goes on Facebook, you can see the gig details here: facebook.com/events/s/jon-pollard-stormcock-roy-harp/907033093638937/

Well thanks for the compliment. We live at the whim of the algorithm...

Thanks! 🙂

I had to tune the guitar down a couple of frets and change the key, I think I just about managed to pull out off. It's all about that "far across the universe" bit, what an amazing song

That's right, loops, played live - no pre recorded backing tracks. Immense fun to play!

The tryuck is in the string bending!

Thank you, it's a beautiful song.

That's my favourite Roy Harper song. I never get bored of playing it.

@@jonpollardmusic OMG, this has always been a privilege to see performed live. One of my officially favourite versions is the one recorded by I think Dave Burnham, when he set up a live gig in Brighton, circa 1992? I'd have to look in my library, but Nick played second guitar / lead - the crescendo at the end, amazing!

Thanks Adrian, I just love singing Roy Harper songs. There is nothing else like them and Burn the World is one of my absolute favourites. It really gets a lot out of an acoustic guitar.

Luckily I bought the wrong harmonica years ago, couldn't use it for anything because it was in the wrong key. And then, hey presto, it works for sledgehammer!

It's a slow burn... In a world that demands instant gratification

Thanks! Now I've just got to find the right venue to do it in front of an audience

Thanks!

Thanks, is one of my all time favourite songs to play and sing. I've got a different version here - I think it's better. czcams.com/video/6PiBAO3mFxk/video.html

Cheers Terry, will do!

Thanks!

Thanks for the follow and all the positive comments. It's really nice to get feedback from Roy Harper fans!! He should be better known.

@@jonpollardmusic I have been a fan of Roy Harper ever since i saw him at Stonehenge all those many many years ago. He is very much underated.

That must have been a great gig - I've seen some of the video footage. Once people have seen Roy play live, they seem to become fans for life. It's an experience that stays with you!

I've more or less got "commune" worked out. The singing is really hard - remembering the words is hard! There should be more videos to come at some point in the future, I'm currently recording some of my own songs and it's taking a long time...

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It's one of my favourite songs to sing, glad you liked it

Thanks!

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Thanks! :o)

@@jonpollardmusic You're welcome. Keep up the good work!!

Thank you Marc, it's all about the "feel"! João has been a huge help in getting the technical guitar bits right, they can be very tough. These videos are mainly from two Facebook live gigs I did. That was the one and only time I've played Frozen Moment in front of people. 🙂 When we are free from lockdowns i would like to play these songs to people in real life... Somehow...

@@jonpollardmusic Well, maybe you could do one of those gigs up here in Manchester! 🙂

That would be great! 🙂

Thanks! That's very nice of you to say so!