2015 saw the 40 th anniversary of his seminal ‘Red Pump Special’ album, made in Nashville in 1973 and which contained celebrated Noakes songs such as ‘Branch’ and ‘Clear day’. TV, radio and live appearances continue apace and he is currently at work on a new album, ‘I’m Walkin’ here’. Become a better singer in 30 days with these videos What kind of song would you give If you had a song to give What kind of life would you live If you had a life to live Would you wanna make something good, that you could look on Give you lots of pleasure, yeah you would What about this thing that you gave What if it werent quite perfect What. Rab Noakes : Red Pump Special (LP, Album) is available for sale at our shop at a great price. Since then he has enjoyed a varied and illustrious musical life including being a member of Stealers Wheel, writing songs for hit-makers Lindisfarne, regular appearances on iconic shows such as John Peel and The Old Grey Whistle Test, lots of records, interesting collaborations and consistent touring. Rab Noakes emerged as a key player in one of the early waves of singer-songwriters in the 1970s. by Her Majesty the Queen in the 2002 New Year’s Honours for her services to music and drama and, with an album of the songs of Gerry Rafferty, and her latest release ‘Winter’ she continues to record and to play to sold-out audiences throughout the UK title of the as-yet unmade epic, but neither song nor film ever saw the light of day. Her stage career has included the roles of the original Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell’s long-running musical, ‘Blood Brothers’ and as Viv Nicholson in ‘Spend Spend Spend,’ both of which have won her an Olivier award for ‘Best Actress’. Supporting them at the concert were Rab Noakes and Stealers Wheel. As Scotland’s best-selling female album artist she has earned 6 platinum, 11 gold and 7 silver albums. View concert statistics of Water Is My Friend by Rab Noakes played live. Noakes also sang backing vocals and played guitar on the first solo album by Gerry Rafferty. He has performed with Lindisfarne, who recorded his songs ‘Turn a Deaf Ear’ on their first album, ‘Nicely Out of Tune’, and ‘Together Forever’ on their second, ‘Fog on the Tyne’. He will be turning 76 in only 190 days from today (04 November, 2022).The Brewhouse welcomes Barbara Dickson & Rab Noakes to the stage in October…įrom her folk scene roots of the late 1960’s through to mainstream chart success with hits including ‘Answer Me’, ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’, ‘January, February’ and the million-selling number one single, ‘I Know Him So Well’, Barbara Dickson has long since cemented her status as one of the UK’s best-loved performers. Rab Noakes (born Robert Noakes,, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Rab Noakes was born on the 13th of May 1947, which was a Tuesday. Lenny Bruce ( Standing Up, released 18 years ago).Show Me The Way To Go Home ( Standing up Again, released 12 years ago).Gently Does It ( Welcome to Anniversaryville, released 4 years ago) Branch (Single version) Originally recorded in 1973 in Nashville Tennessee now digitally remastered and repackaged with four extra tracks from the original recordings.Clear Day ( Red Pump Special (40th Anniversary Edition), released 8 years ago).2 - Adventures with Gerry Rafferty, released 8 years ago) Mary Skeffington - 1971 Version ( Demos and Rarities Vol.Written by: GERRY RAFFERTY, JOE EGAN, RAB NOAKES. The Downtown Lights ( Standing Up, released 18 years ago) Clear Day Lyrics by Gerry Rafferty from the Over My Head album - including song video, artist biography. posted by Lizardson at 6:46 PM 3 comments links to this post.Branch ( Red Pump Special (40th Anniversary Edition), released 8 years ago).Mississippi ( Standing up Again, released 12 years ago).The optimistic Clear Day reminds us of Rabs penchant for writing a.
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