Broken Hearts

In August 1991 I left El Salvador after living there for eight enjoyable years. I arrived in England to spend what was to be the most unpleasant year of my life. I found it really hard to settle back into life in the UK. This provided the beginning of what eventually became BROKEN HEARTS. By August 1992 I was living and working as a teacher in Bogota, Colombia. It was there that most of the rest of the songs on this CD record materialised.

Song Info

Complicated:Sometimes being married is difficult but it is worth all of the effort and work - thanks Morena.

Sand:No I won't let her slip, like sand from my hands!

One Too Many Times: A fictional song written from a big man's viewpoint: coffee, hopelessness, memories. Country and Western Songs, tears and beers in dark blue neon bars. I'll be right there boys after I dry my eyes.

Broken Hearts:A true story from my younger and more restless days.

Running To You: Written after thinking about Ireland, the Irish in North London, and the many lonely nights I spent there. The Gresham Ballroom is the dance hall in question.

Remember Me: Los Angeles. Now there's a place that left me cold, empty and disappointed. At the end of the day Hollywood is just another street.

Easy Love: Life used to be so simple but I couldn't go back to all that now. Still, you can always dream and sing songs. That's how easy love should be.

Holloway Road: Vivid recollections of my first visit to London way, way back in June 1973.

I Will Always Love You: Inspired by the honest simplicity of Catrina, my youngest daughter. When I was feeling out of it, with these words, she quickly brought me around to see the brighter side.

My Heart (Loves You): "Don't wait on the corner, wasting your youth. Live in the knowledge that love is the truth". Respect and cherish it!

Keep On Loving You: I wish that I could express how much I really love my wife. In reality I don't think that I have adequately done so. I always end up saying something that sounds wrong. 'I Love You' does not always convey the same feeling as in the spanish equivalent te amo.

Musicians

Vocals, Acoustic and Electric guitars - Terry Christian
Second vocal on "Running To You" - Alexandra Villar
Electric Lead Guitars - Ron Beals & Luis Fernando Ochoa
Bass - Ron Beals & Luis Fernando Ochoa
Backing Vocals - Dominic Crompton, Patricia Beals, and Alexandra Villar
Drum Programming - Luis Fernando Ochoa and Gonzalo Vasquez
Percussion - Gonzalo Vasquez and Patricial Beals
Keyboards - Bernie Ossa and Luis Fernando Ochoa

Along the way musical and moral support was provided by the following: Steve Dare, Juan Carlos Moreno, German Gutierrez, Black Cat Bone, RED CARTOON and several ageing, spontaneous table dancers, Many very fine live nights, with great Colombian beer and hospitality, were enjoyed by us all. GRACIAS A TODOS ELLOS!