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Yan tan tether mether

by Grahame Stuart Booth

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1.
Fellside 05:10
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2.
Rigg 02:50
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3.
Ghyll 04:08
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4.
Staithes 03:41
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5.
Yan, tan, tether, mether 04:32
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6.
Keld 04:26
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7.
Garth 02:57
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8.
Flax 03:53
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9.
Anthem to God's own country 07:08
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Yan tan tether mether which is 1,2,3,4 in the Swaledale dialect traditionally used in sheep counting, evolved from a project which was to illustrate a story that I had in mind about a young Victorian Yorkshire lad who embarked on a coming of age journey from the mills of what is now West Yorkshire to the North Sea coast of Whitby and Staithes. As I began to write the various pieces, the structure slowly changed until it became more of a celebration of the various places that I had envisaged the characters visiting rather than as an accompaniment to the characters.
Indeed some of the credit for the album’s title must go to the late Jake Thackeray who epitomised the phrase in his folk song, ‘Old Molly Metcalf’ and also to the fact that ‘..and a 1,2,3,4..’ was more or less always the count in used by the drummer before the rock band began to play.
So in this musical tribute to Yorkshire, I’m afraid that you wont find many mellow brass band sounds (there are one or two exceptions) but instead, a more Mike Old (and in my case very old) field’esque kind of music expressing the hills, vales and coast of God’s own country.

The track titles all have relevance and are explained alongside their names.
I hope you enjoy the compositions and are not too disappointed by the lack of cornets and horns!
Track 1: Fellside - a hillside
Track 2: Rigg - a haystack or ridge
Track 3: Ghyll - a small ravine
Track 4: Staithes - a fishing village near Whitby
Track 5: Yan tan tether mether - 1,2,3,4 in Swaledale sheep counting
Track 6: Keld - a well or spring
Track 7: Garth - a grass paddock near to a farmhouse
Track 8: Flax - grown and used to create linen thread woven in the mills of West Yorkshire
Track 9: Anthem to God’s own country - needs no further explanation.

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released March 22, 2017

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Grahame Stuart Booth Manchester, UK

I have been composing music off and on since being a teenager back in the sixties. Now I am retired, I have the time to experiment with VST instruments and realise some of my compositions in ways I could never have imagined.
Although not a skilled musician, I have such wonderful tools available to me that nowadays this is no longer a hindrance to producing my music. ... more

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