Terry Lee Hale - New Song For Leaky Sparrow 200th

Already 200 posts since Leaky Sparrow started to fly in April 2006. That’s a lot of posts friends and I am the most surprised of all! Never had I imagined that I could find enough material to share with you, which means that music is still very much alive for me and that there are still good records to listen to and shows to watch. Let me take the opportunity of this “anniversary” to thank all of you for your visits, for your useful comments and for mentioning Leaky Sparrow on other websites and blogs. Also, big thanks to my contributors and co-writers: Lucky Girl, Bookerfatz2 & Sunday Worker – for their reports from Cologne, Seattle and, of course, Paris.

For this special occasion, Terry Lee Hale has allowed me to link Big Sigh from his latest album Shotgun Pillowcase (January 2007) that you can purchase here: Borderdreams, Amazon.
This is what Terry Lee says about it: “This song and also Devil Blues (featured on Terry Lee Hale Web) were written at exactly the same time and place and I remember it well. It was in the kitchen and springtime garden at Glitterhouse Records office (Beverungen, Germany) maybe in 1998 or something. I was touring at the time and had a couple days off and so was kindly being hosted by the record company. The original song was much more jaunty and happy, almost like skipping rope kinda music. Written by a much younger man for sure. This version (featured on Shotgun Pillowcase) has been heavily edited and shortened from that first original writing. To be remembered: when it comes to song writing, nothing is sacred!!”

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Terry Lee Hale - Big Sigh .mp3 from Shotgun Pillowcase (2007)

Terry Lee Hale & Fingerbones in The Netherlands:
25/10/07 - "De Witte Bal" - Assen
26/10/07 - "Musiekpodium Bakkeveen" - Bakkeveen
27/10/07 - "Night Live Music Bar" - Volendam
28/10/07 - "Patronaat" - Harleem

Illustration: Claude Monet (1840-1926) La Pie (The Magpie). Between 1868 and 1869 - Paris, Musée d'Orsay.