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Turquoise Blues

by Colin Williams

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Well your compass is set and your fate it is sealed Dice have been cast like the cards you been dealed And you no theres no future in wasting away You could steer by the stars set your sails and slip away Cause there must be someplace you belong And you feel like you ought to be gone Now your sails have been flaked much too long Like the seadogs in old Luperon There are sailors who’ve sailed Over all seven seas That end up in hurricane holes such as these Where the roots of the mangroves They wrap around your soul Where your forever young, long before you get old But the boats never move in the bay On their anchors they swing and they sway Sun he beats down everyday On the seadog in Luperon Bay Captains and sailboats in harbour they rot Escaping the world in a land time forgot Where the chicos are cheap And the days always slow There’s no weather window so why should you go And you call for the Captain to come But he’s drunk far too much of the rum At the end of the days setting sun Keeps those seadogs in old Luperon
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King Canute 03:00
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Mombassa 07:22
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Kodachrome 05:22
They're cashing in their pension plans, getting tickets for the tourist trail Camcorders and a pocket full of cash and a post card in the morning mail And poverty is picturesque you want to paint it in Kodachrome, a perfect record in 35 mil and then they put it in a drawer back home They've been to Dominica, been to Goa Costa Rica and cuba wasn't half as bad as Bali in the winter, But Mauritus and Mombassa beat Sri Lanka and Barbados And Africa gets better all the time Cultures they Kalidascope, gotta capture it on Kodachrome A perfect record in 35 mil and put it in a drawer back home Been to Accapulco, Marakesh and Colordo, Alice springs was dusty, the pyramids looked rusty, Thilands got the preachers, jamaica got the beaches But Africa gets better all the time.

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Almost all of the songs on this album were written in the Dominican Republic by a guy called Col Williams,aka Eaglei except Gone in Gambia and Mombassa which were written in Africa, These songs were recorded over a number of years, by The Beat Combo, and the Legendary Lakes Blues band. This Compilation,is taken from those recordings. Col was the bass player and singer of both bands, and a Rock and Roll legend in the backwaters of Cumbria, in England. He's now adopted a new stage name and become a live-aboard sailor, in the Dominican Republic "living the dream",and sailing the Caribbean islands. They say he's a bit like Jimmy Buffet, and having recently listened to a few of JBs' tunes I would have to somewhat agree. If you enjoy a little humor in your music delivered with a variety of island rhythms, and a sense of style then this album should be in your collection.

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released June 25, 2014

Ewan Blackledge, Juliet Hext,, Doug Gilham, Terry Wilson,

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Col Williams UK

The songs are inspired, from my real life encounters. I almost always try to see the humorous side of life. All the songs here we're written on my holiday escapes from those cold English winters. Now I have given up my home on dry land and have bought a sailboat to search out new adventures and find those moments that inspire another Col Williams song. ... more

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