Song number four, A Whole Life Lived is another of Chris’ fables that will speak very well for itself. It seems that the wisdom of age is that wisdom is still to be had, but anyone who has kids of teenage years and a little above will immediately identify with this song.
Again Chris’s own comment is brief, relating to time spent working with Dizraeli & The Small Gods. “I wrote this song while working with Dizraeli. He naturally thought the song was about him and took offence before, eventually, he realized it was actually about me.”
“I’m listening to a young man tell me stuff I know already in the knowledgeable tone I used to use. I struggle with indifference as the kid looks down on me and thinks I’m rude or, worse than rude, thinks I’m confused. He’s me of course, he’s not but he has some of what I had, when I was talking shite when youth was mine. Though there ain’t no mirror here I’m certain that I wear the frown my old man wore for more than half the time”
There’s something about the way that the words tumble out of this song that just possibly owes a little to the hip-hop that Dizraeli fuses with folk music too. But before we get into awkward and frowning territory, let’s just enjoy this for what it is… Sage, funny and once again beautifully played.
Review by: Simon Holland
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Tour Dates
25 April West End Centre, Queens Road, ALDERSHOT Surrey GU11 3JD.
01252 330040 / www.westendcentre.co.uk
26 April The Anvil, Churchill Way, BASINGSTOKE, Hants, RG21 7QR.
01256 844 244 / www.anvilarts.org.uk
29 April The Junction, Clifton Way, CAMBRIDGE CB1 7GX.
01223 511511 / www.junction.co.uk
30 April The Stables‐Stage 1, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, MILTON KEYNES MK17 8LU.
01908 280800 / www.stables.org
1 May The Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, GATESHEAD NE8 2JR.
0191 443 4661 / www.thesagegateshead.org
4 May Sheffield Central Library Theatre, Tudor Square, SHEFFIELD S1 1XZ.
07835 966810 / www.wegottickets.com
5 May South Lakes Rootsfest, Lane Farm, Crocklands, MILTHORPE Cumbria LA7 7NH.
0114 2349979 / www.wegottickets.com
9 May St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, off Park Street, BRISTOL BS1 5RR.
0845 4024001 / www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
10 May Electric Palace, 35 South Street, BRIDPORT Dorset DT6 3NY.
01308 426336 / www.electricpalace.org.uk
11 May The Acorn Theatre, Parade Street, PENZANCE Cornwall TR18 4BU.
01736 365520 ‐ box office / www.acorntheatre.co.uk
12 May Topsham Folk Club, Matthews Hall, Fore Street, TOPSHAM, Devon, EX3 0HF.
01404 44498 / www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk
16 May Theatre Severn, Frankwell Quay, SHREWSBURY Shropshire SY3 8HQ.
01743 281281 / www.theatresevern.co.uk
17 May Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, The Precincts, CANTERBURY, Kent CT1 2EH
01227 831493 / www.folkinthebarn.co.uk / Box Office info@folkinthebarn.co.uk
21 May St George’s Hall Liverpool, St George’s Place, LIVERPOOL Merseyside L1 1JJ.
0151 709 3789 / www.liverpoolphil.com
22 May The Glee Club, BIRMINGHAM
Box Office: www.glee.co.uk/birmingham‐music / 0871 472 0400
23 May Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, Islington, LONDON N1 2UN.
08444 771 000 / www.pulluptheroots.co.uk
24 May The Guildhall Derby, Derby Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DERBY DE1 3AH.
01332 255800 / www.assemblyrooms‐derby.co.uk
25 May Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, WINCHESTER, Hants, SO23 8SB
01962 873603 / www.hants.gov.uk/wdc
26 May The Basement, 24 Kensington Street, BRIGHTON, East Sussex, BN1 4AJ.
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