This is the house that belonged to the
Scotsman who inspired the song Mr Moon It has apparently been owned by many
different people since he decided to return to his native land - and to
Edinburgh, the town where he was born, in the late 1980's (?)
The song has been played often on several
different radio stations and there is a lyric video on you tube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFe1NSXR8SM
Also in that version - during the playing of
the bridge - there are some words about Alex and an experience he had during
the Second World War
They are similar to those which are presented
below
This song was written for Alex Rutherford, a Scotsman I knew in
Canada, who had fought in Africa during the Second World War After being given
the task of shovelling his best friend out of a blown up tank he found himself
standing alone in the desert addressing the moon which was particularly clear
that night. From then on whenever life was hard for him he would tell the
moon about it
There are two versions of the track and both
were arranged at a studio in Glasgow Scotland www.cavasound.com One
of them features Fraser Spiers on blues harp and I continue to feel honoured
that he agreed to work on this song as well as several others
The version without Fraser is the fifth track on
the CD CUT FEET AND EMPTY SHOES and if you would like to try it out the link is
https://sheilakcameron.bandcamp.com/track/mr-moon-im-working-against-time
And now having relocated the Fraser Spiers version this has been up-loaded onto Bandcamp separately as a single The link for this one is
https://sheilakcameron.bandcamp.com/track/mr-moon-with-fraser-spiers-2
https://sheilakcameron.bandcamp.com/track/mr-moon-im-working-against-time
And now having relocated the Fraser Spiers version this has been up-loaded onto Bandcamp separately as a single The link for this one is
https://sheilakcameron.bandcamp.com/track/mr-moon-with-fraser-spiers-2