Jon Lawton – Guitars, Bass and Programming
Amy Chambers – Violin
Helen Maher – Accordion

About the Song

I had been listening to quite a bit of Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention and really wanted to write some kind of folk song in a traditional way. Once I got the lyric idea started I was thinking ok, so what happens? The ending idea, with the captain going off with Delphine, was one of those moments when I was so pleased with myself that I was hopping around the garden with such glee.

About the Recording

This recording session became my favourite session of all time, Jon worked up the backing track and I knew I wanted an accordion and a violin to add to the feel of the song and when I asked Amy (Violin) and Helen (Accordion) would they play on the session through Facebook I couldn’t imagine for a moment what the end result would be.
When the recording was completed I said to Jon that this “set the bar” for everything else to follow. The girls are absolutely amazing and it felt to me that some kind of magic had happened that night.