'Noah, Abel and Me'

A new song by Tim Wilkinson, a favourite of mine, and I finally got to add some guitar to it. A little 'Acrobat's Supper' reunion then, for those that remember 

Noah, Abel and Me
Tim - vocals and acoustic guitar
Me - electric guitar


Edit to add lyrics;

Noah, Abel
And me we were brothers
Of the chalkhills, we were ploughmen
We worked the furrow's run

And the curl of our blade
Unfolded how the world was made
We unstitched the hillside for a working day's wage

All the flowers of the flood
All the stars of the sea
Ghosts of weird fishes
Saw Noah, Abel and me

At the pace of a walk
We struck free from the flint and the
Chalk and the stone, blood over bone
We struck free from the flint and blood and the bone

And the earth she fell open
The earth she fell open
The earth she fell open
With a sigh and a moan

All the flowers of the flood
All the stars of the sea
Ghosts of weird fishes
Saw Noah, Abel and me

Pin a star to the sky
For each day that's gone by
Since the chalk giant swam
In a warm shallow ocean
Looking up at a far younger heaven

Noah, Abel
And me we were brothers
Of the chalkhills, we were ploughmen
We worked the furrow's run

All the flowers of the flood
All the stars of the sea
Ghosts of weird fishes
My brothers and me

All the flowers of the flood
All the stars of the sea
Ghosts of weird fishes
Saw Noah, Abel and me
Saw Noah, Abel and me
Saw Noah, Abel and me

© 2010 Timothy Wilkinson

Very nice song, James.  I like Tim's voice, but the vocal sounded a might hot thru the pc speaks, like maybe it needed some compression or limiting.

This is a nice song James.  i love Tim's vocal.  Very heartfelt performance!

Hi James,
I really like this one. The vocalist is good, and more importantly, interesting. I totally see the Peter Gabriel comparison. I might try a bit more verb on his voice, but that's an aesthetic choice (and it might not work anyway )


Dean

I recall the first time I heard an Acrobat's Supper" song (something about a hill or some such). Was mightily impressed then, still am now. I think the mix is stellar for the song... song is stellar for the mix... whatever... its all good .

Thank you Mike!

Thanks Phil, I do have some compression on the vocals, but very light.

Lynn - glad you like it, thanks a lot. I hear that PG huskiness too 

Thanks Richard! Yeah, he's good eh? 

Robby, you're welcome. To be honest I'm not sure where Tim recorded the vocals and guitar, but the performance is great so..

Thanks Dean, I did try a little more reverb but it washed the vocal out too much, so I backed it off again. Glad you enjoyed this.

Hey James, I can appreciate the talent, I like the vocal, reminds me of Peter Gabrial.

I would have to be in the mood to listen to this and go I like it but again I am being picky.  I would have to be in that reflective mood.

But because I have picked up the fact it is a reflective song means you have managed to convey the mood really effectivly.

I actually like the hiss in the background, it gives the track a realness about it, a strange warmth almost like it is tape hiss.

Apart from my grumpy old man pickiness, I think you have a real winner.

Peace Ben

John, thanks for the listen. I'm hearing the opposite actually, I think the acoustic guitars are a little low 


Shad - you have a good memory, 'Steep Hill' was 4 years ago now! Thanks for the kind words.


Thank you Tony, we'll take that compliment! 

Real Nice.

Wow!

Thanks James, appreciate the listen, glad you liked it.

Thank you Daryl..it seems there has been quite a resurgence in folk music here in the last couple of decades, lots of very cool stuff going on. Tim plays out in his local area and is going down well by all accounts. I hope to 'guest' on a couple of numbers one day. 


Thanks Tim!

Jan - hope that's 'good wow'.. Thanks for checking this out.


Danny - very nice compliments bro, thank you kindly. Me and the Tim dude go back a long way..well over 40 years in fact. 

Very nice James.

Tim has a great voice.

All the playing is superb.

Thanks Ed, he sure does.

That's a nice comparison Rik, thanks. I like Gaughan's stuff, especially with Five Hand Reel many years ago, but yes, he is very Scots..

Awesome singing Tim!
Awesome playing James!

I love this!

Poetic dreamy ballad with many surreal dreams flooding everywhere!  Totally awesome to my ears.