Stitched Up, by The Patchwork Alliance

Stitched Up

by The Patchwork Alliance

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	1.	The Baobab Tree (Feat. Simon Godfrey) 07:24	lyrics	buy track
	I'll tell you all of the Upside Down Tree Should have let sleeping dogs lie It began at the waters edge Basking in the evening light Caught its' reflection with the other trees Hated what it saw Complained that it was unfair to have an elephant form "Why not fruit like the fig? Why not slender like the palm? Why not bright like the flame tree? Would it have done any harm? Wrinkles cover my skin Flowers small and pale Underwhelming, invisible Not worthy of your name!" The Creator lost his cool! Struck and plucked it out Turned it over and planted it firmly, Upside down! "As you can no longer see You'll stop your moaning at me I will give you many a year To muse and disagree" Alone and peaceful stands the Baobao Tree Waiting for a Dusk glow shine A few short hours to free up the soul, to pass along life Open up in the blink of an eye By tomorrow, flower's fade ‘But I have stood here for a thousand years Watching all things start to wane”

about

Debut album by this Project led by Guy Manning and featuring a number of musical contributors

Tracks will be added here as they are fully completed, produced and mastered.

Note: There is NO plan to release this as a physical product atm
Also no official running order/sequence so as tracks are released make up your own and let us know what they are!

Money derived from the sales of each track will be used to pay for the fulfillment of the next track (primarily to pay for the production/mastering of said track)
If there is not enough income to do that then that next track will remain unpublished until such time as we have accumulated enough income to have it fully produced and then released.
So it may end up being a very short ‘album’ unless you support us!

credits

released March 1, 2024

Guy Manning: Music, Lyrics, Arrangements

Performers will be listed in detail against each individual track
In some cases there could be multiple versions of a piece where a guest performer has taken over lead vocals from Guy, but both versions may be on offer!

The FULL cast list assembled so far overall is as follows:

Keyboards & Samples: Guy Manning

Basses: Guy Manning

Saxes: Marek Arnold (Courtesy of Seven Steps to the Green Door, Cyril & his own Art Project)

Mandolins: Guy Manning

Acoustic Guitars:
Guy Manning
Simon Nicholls (Courtesy of Also Eden)

Electric Guitars:
Jon Axon (Courtesy of Genius The Fool)
Simon Nicholls (Courtesy of Also Eden)
Kevin Currie

Drums:
John Southerden
Guy Manning

Percussion: Guy Manning

Vocals:
Guy Manning
Simon Godfrey (Courtesy of Tribe of Names)
Joe Cairney (Courtesy of Comedy Of Errors)
Huw Lloyd-Jones (Courtesy of Also Eden)
Phideaux Xavier & Ariel Farber (Courtesy of Phideaux)
Julie King
Kevin Currie

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Guy Manning UK

Physical CDs are still available - check on the websites below

Leader of band - Damanek (3 albums)

Leader of project, The Patchwork Alliance

Solo Artist / Band Leader for Manning [1999-2014] (15 albums)

Former Performer,Arranger for UPF (United Progressive Fraternity)

Ex-member of The Tangent sadly ... more

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