ORIGINAL SONGS AND MUSIC

Banjo Reels "No Mam's in Ireland/ Wilson's Xmas cake" (T.Wilson)http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5jsOmO9wEH8

Banjo jigs "Give a jig a bad name" (T.Wilson)            http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k_7B_HhHjCM

Banjo Jigs "Martin's apple grumble" (T.Wilson)     http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a0_RvMQSws8

Banjo tunes "Ovingham bridge (T.Wilson) / Reconciliation reel (Trad)http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UPAewcDdFUE

3 banjo reels with Keith Donnelly                    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9V8k0H9hnWo

3 banjo jigs with Keith Donnelly                                  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6rbqb7B4M

Cruel love (Shirley Scott/ Wilson)                        http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oRbnJAv-UMk

TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS

The Newcastle china mettle garland                      http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtiQ0Mt3FnA

The rich miser's daughter                                              http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VBQ9HvBQMv0

Sheepcrook and black dog                                             http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gfSBjEOHVLg

The nobleman's wedding                                             http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7jyk3u6mNjE

The battle of Boulogne/ Death of Nelson                  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy2-0Ei42nw

SONGS FROM THE NORTHEAST OF ENGLAND

The Blaydon races                                                       http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y96dPzQ3Mg

The Lambton worm                                                         http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XsO7SeCvgMw

The waters of Tyne                                                http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rz2U6HcG318

Cushie Butterfield                                                           http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KH5ja3rUZuw

Keep yor feet still Geordie Hinny                                     http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TObkoxTvPBM

I have always been a singer. I sang in the church choir as a child and sang in musical productions at school. It was at school, in the late 1960's that I became interested in folk music. This was mostly due to the fact that it was on the television and in the charts at the time. It was in 1968 that I got my first musical instrument; the 5 string banjo, and this was quickly followed by the guitar, mandoline, tenor banjo and mandolla. There is something about the fact that traditional folk songs reflect the whole of the human condition that really appeals to me.

From being young I had always enjoyed Music Hall songs for their comic effect and quirky subject matter. 

I began writing songs in the early 1980's when I started to listen to a wider variety of music.

I have written many tunes that I used to use in the ceilidh band and it is a great thrill to see a room full of people dancing to something that you have made up.

In the past few years I have turned my attention to writing songs that give a melody to the fundamentals of writing and literature. They have been collected together in a single album under the title of "Writing for a porpoise."