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Upside Down: 2019

Again produced/arranged by Peter Scherr who also plays double bass. Live drums were added by Robbin Harris in Calgary.

Upside Down is about a transatlantic love affair, trying to make it work, failing but then not really moving on - the state of being 'Upside Down.' The Red Balloon' is a film from 1956, a French comedy set in Paris. 'Now it's time to fly our red balloons, chase them wildly through the night.'

The guitar is tuned C (6th and 4th) and everything else is standard, cappo at the 2nd.

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Upside Down

With my bag on my back but you are not packed
Time travels light on its own
When they call out my flight
on this warm southern night
I get up and stand right in line

Must a fool still wave goodbye
Wait forever but it’s kind of all
Upside-down,
We're all Upside Down,
We're all Upside Down

From Jackson to Maine then London again
The green apron lights pass me by
Through cloud base then home
Where birds sound like phones
Hey, are you there, on your own?

Now it’s time to fly our red balloons
Chase them wildly through the night
To get close we must let go
Smile forever but you know
It’s all upside down,

We're all upside down
We're all upside down
We're all upside down

credits

from How to Smile Upside Down, track released June 10, 2020
Peter Scherr (double bass) Robin Harris (percussion)

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Gary Hurlstone UK

I tell stories - work created over years of performing and writing. Thematically this can include just about anything!

In a varied and colourful career, I have also busked on the Chinese underground, been banned from playing festivals by the PRC Communist Party, sang at the opening of a Kitchen Appliance Shop and appeared second on the bill to a singing dog! All character building stuff.
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