So What`s all this SHOULDER talk - Henry Vyner

So What’s all this SHOULDER talk ?
He alone carried our anxiety
& Mightily shouldered our pain . . .
He was defiled to pay for our rebellion
His body was smashed to pieces for our sins,
The price to get us peace with God was
laid on his
GIANT SHOULDERS
Alone
from Isaiah 53
Will Houston - on the Shoulders’ of GIANTS
To accompany the book :
Love
Joy
About the Artist & the Album:
Born in Southport 1972, Henry now lives
among the mountains of the northern Lake
District with his wife, Ruth and 3 children.
He holds Masters level qualifications in
Landscape Architecture and is the managing
director of a property company (a glorified
builder!) Henry is also Assistant Pastor and
Youth Pastor of Cockermouth Christian
Centre.
“I have played the guitar since I was 7 and
been in bands since I was 17. Though I
wouldn’t class myself as a ‘Muso’ as it is not
something that has particularly defined me
as a man, more a tool to tell people about
the Lord Jesus. After a bout of cancer in
2005, I wrote the book ‘Will Houston - on the
Shoulders’ of Giants’, as a map to adulthood
for young men and women. We had a lot of
work on in 2006 and the book didn’t get
finished until spring 2007.”
Patience
“I started the album straight
away, it seemed a natural
progression.
I have only written about 4 songs
in my life but there was plenty of
material to go at from the book
and the songs came very
naturally over a 10-day period in
spring 2007.
The book has such huge
characters and vast dramas that
they cry out to be expanded in
songs; you can say so much
more with music.
We used artistic devices like the
in outdoor interviews and ‘live
concert’ feel to further
communicate the story, which
was all important to the music
side of the project.
It’s been fun, I could this for a
living, sure beats building!”
Kindness
Tom Tyson - Bass / Guitars / Recording Engineer
Visit Tom at: http://www.themusicfarm.co.uk
It is hard to express my thanks in words for all Tom’s tireless support ,
session work and vast experience that he ploughed into this album.
There cannot be a studio this side of heaven that offers such a complete
and professional service.
Tom is a member of The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
and has been a professional musician since he was 17. Less than two
years later he was working as bass guitarist with The Freddie Starr Band.
After a one year stint with the band and after many T.V. and recording
sessions, Tom joined sixties singer songwriter Gene Pitney and was to
tour the world as a member of his band. After several years touring, Tom
decided to return to his native Cumbria and establish his own recording
studio.
The 'Music Farm' is a professional 24 track studio in an idyllic two and a
half acre setting overlooking the Lakeland fells. Tom has now been in the
recording field for over 20 years and has become a successful
writer/producer, earning his first gold disc in 1998 and working as both
producer and session musician in many famous studios, including
George Martin's 'Air Studios', Trever Horn's 'Sarm', 'Pye' Studios London,
C.T.S. Wembley, 'Advision' London and 'First Run Studios' (Nashville
USA).
Goodness
Albert Lee - Lead Guitar, Piano, Mandolin
Pictures of Albert with Eric Clapton and Cheryl Crow at the 2007 Crossroads festival
Having Albert play on this album has been a huge privilege and
has meant we have literally been ‘on the shoulder’s’ of one of
the 20th century’s music Giants. Voted by Fender for 5 years as
best Country/Rock guitarist and still respected as ‘a virtuoso’s
virtuoso’ and one of the finest guitarists in the world, Albert has
played with the Beatles, the Crickets, Chuck Berry, Little Richard,
Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Joe
Cocker and Eric Clapton. It was all a bit unreal, I had met Albert
before but to see a man, taught honky-tonk by Jerry Lee Lewis,
hammering away to my ‘Bullfighters’ song was...well, very hard to
put into words....and don’t get me started on his guitar! When Joe
Cocker said “Albert’s a man who doesn’t know the meaning of the
word ego”, he was right.
Gentleness
The IRISH SESSIONS
Richard Nelson - Steel / Dobro
Richard turned his back on a promising career in Accounting to become a full
time musician, which I am particularly glad about. He has played and toured
with Van Morrison and Daniel O' Donnell amongst many others. He’s played
at the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium and
done TV appearances with Rod Stewart and Van Morrison. Today Richard
is one of the world’s foremost Steel Guitar players and I am still pinching myself
at the awesome stuff he has done for this album. Visit him at:
http://www.ricknelson.workzsites.com/page/page/1595148.htm
Charlie Arkins – Fiddle and Harmonica
Refered to in the media as a the Irish ‘fiddle-playing supremo’, this former
psychiatric nurse from Dublin has had an international music career
spanning nearly four decades and was recently awarded ‘Musician of
the Year’ at the CIEM awards by President Mary McAleese for his services
rendered to music. He has been a band member of the Virginians, the
Nashville Ramblers, the Grassroots Band, the Cotton Mill Boys, the John
Hogan band, Jimmy Buckley's band and the Robert Mizzell band. Charlie and
his family have lived in Athboy, Co. Meath, Ireland where he still remains a
much sort after session musician. (You can contact him through Richard
Nelson – see above)
Faithfulness
The LAKELAND SESSIONS
John Marcangelo - Drums & Keyboards (Hammond Organ, Piano, Strings)
Leaving his native Whitehaven, John went to Leeds College of Music and trained as a
classical musician (Piano & Percussion). It was here that he met and played with violinist Mik
Kominski (later ELO) who would later ask John to record an album with Violinski. From that
Album came John’s well known hit; ‘Clogdance’ in 1979. John went on a European tour and
recorded 2 further albums with Violinski. He has latterly worked on Cruise ships around the
world with his wife and written ‘Clog dance—the Musical’ who six night debut in Whitehaven,
June 2007 played to sold out houses. Even during this busy period, John came to finish his
work on the album. He is an awesome musician and it has been a huge education working
with such an accomplished musician.
Mandy Leonard - Female Backing Vocals
Mandy has been vocally trained since the age of 6. Mandy is a qualified vocal coach and
has helped many singers to accomplish their dream of becoming professional performers.
She and Steve were great to work with, they made doing multi layered vocals look so easy
and we had a lot of laughs.
Steve Falcon - Male Backing Vocals
Steve sings and plays guitar in the same band as Mandy and over the past few years has
performed all over the world on various major cruise lines, and in international 5 star
hotels. He has worked with Albert Lee, Alan Hawkshaw (Olivia Newton-John), and Mik
Kaminski (ELO), Jackie Rawe (Shakatak), and often works with ITV television and BBC
Radio
Find out more about Mandy and her band ‘Impulse’ at: http://www.impulselive.co.uk
Humility
The SUPER-MUMS
Clare Emerson - Lead Female Vocals
Clare grew up in the New Forest and moved to Penrith, Cumbria in 1997
when she and Graham married. They now have 4 wonderful children, (0
to 7 years) who they home educate. Clare is a worship leader and
Sunday School teacher at their home church in Penrith where Graham is
now the Pastor. Clare is one of those dynamic, busy mums and I really
appreciated her taking so much time out to sing on ‘Dora’s song’.
Ruth Vyner-Brooks - Lead Female Vocals
Having Ruth sing on ‘I will wait’ was something I had secretly wanted but
never thought possible as Ruth is naturally quite shy and even after 10
years of marriage I had never taken her to have a lead female voice –
typical husband! Anyway she suggested it one night out of the blue so we
got on the grand piano and even though it is a very difficult key for a
woman to sing, she sounded really good and very expressive. Most of the
love ballads on this album were inspired by my relationship with this
remarkable woman and it couldn’t have been more real doing this
particular song with the woman who had waited and prayed since she was
a girl for God’s choice of partner for her. (She laughingly said just now that
‘Musical’ was on her ‘desirable but not essential’ list when she prayed for a
husband!)
Self
Control
Damon McRea – Guitar
The Nippers
I taught Damon in Sunday school since he was about 9 and it does not seem like
yesterday when I gave him and his friend their first guitar lessons! I think he is the one
person I’ve ever taught that has actually carried on playing! Turns out he’s a load
better than me now, which I’m glad about! Damon is in another successful band called
‘Brightside’ and had just finished working as a Life Guard to train as a Police
Community Support officer. He loves all things musical from contemporary pop to
classic rock, ska and blues. God sent him a dream showing him that I would invite him
to play with us, so when I called him the next day to ask, he didn’t take too long to say
yes! He’s done an awesome job on the song ‘Rejoice’ and I also aim to get a rocked
up version of ‘If the Rocks could speak’ on the website that we recorded together.
Charlotte Boustead – Actress / Student
Charlotte is Jonathon’s older sister and another one of my better-behaved Sunday
school students from long ago. Charlotte has recently graduated from Lancaster in
Health Care and Social Science and is currently at Durham training to teach these
subjects in secondary schools. She did the voice of the nurse in the dramatisation
Jonathon Boustead – Actor
I’ve known Jonathon since he was a very cheeky 7 year old in my Sunday School
class! It has been a privilege and a delight to see him grow up into such a godly young
man. He started his acting career at School when he played Bill Sykes in ‘Oliver’ and
Fat Sam in’ Bugsy Malone’. He then took Drama at GCSE and A level before getting a
place at University of Cumbria to study Drama with Creative Writing. When he has
finished there, Jonathon hopes to work in Theatre, film and Television as an actor. He
was the voice of Will Houston in the Hospital Drama on the CD, my friend Eileen, (a
retired nurse!) was the voice of the nurse and I did Dr Abdullah. If you wish to hire him
now, you can get in touch through this website.
1 Fruit with
9 Flavours
= 1 New life
The PROs
Valerie Morgan – Audio / Dramatisation recording and
production
I’ve known Val for years but only had a vague idea about what she did before I
contacted her in the summer of 2007. It has been amazing to work with
someone so reliable, creative and professional; she managed to turn my vague
ideas into a series of stunning audio productions and dramatisations as if it
were the easiest thing in the world, which, of course it is not! Val first cut her
teeth in journalism while working for CNN in Atlanta, USA. She returned to the
UK in 2001 to begin a career with the BBC and she's been making radio and
television programmes ever since. As a keen globetrotter and conservationist,
Val has also worked with endangered Leatherback Turtles in Costa Rica and
Whale Sharks in Australia. Nowadays, Cumbria is her home and base as a
freelance writer and producer.
You can contact Val at entilent@yahoo.com
Alexandra Boustead – Art and Photography Genius
Yes, you guessed it; Alex is Jonathon and Charlotte’s sister and another
graduate of my Sunday school. Alex has done a first rate job of packaging the
image of the album and I am very grateful to her for working to such tights
deadlines. I turned up for Sunday lunch at her parent’s and asked if we could
have the shoot after I’d finished my ice-cream! I borrowed some trendy shirts
and hair wax from her brother and gave her 50 minutes to shoot me before I
dashed off to a meeting. As you can see she pulled it off in classic style,
imagine what she could really do if she had more than 2 minutes to plan it!
You can book her at alxmb@hotmail.co.uk.
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