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Martin Stephenson’s latest CD features Jim on guitar, dobro and vocal harmonies.

‘Hell’s Half Acre – The Soundfield Sessions’ is to be released by Ramseur Records on September 18th. (We think that Jim is the one on the left of the cover picture!).

Listen to tracks from the CD now on Ramseur Records’ MySpace.

Well, Ricky Skaggs was amazing, and Kentucky Thunder too. Nice to see some old friends at the Sage … Kevin Tweddle, Prelude (all of them), Davey Harris, Christine Ringer and David. Interesting to hear Ros Rigsby being so complimentary about Bluegrass. Danny and myself are hard at work on this Dobro project … just Dobro and acoustic guitar. We have about five tunes in the bag and hope to start recording soon. We will probably record at Rod Sinclairs when he gets back from the Edinburgh Festival. Diary is a bit slow but Hey!!! Porters gig was poorly attended but we enjoyed the play. Danny’s family are real supporters. Thanks to Mick and Evelyn for the food and good vibes. ( Oooh bit ’60s that!!). Spoke to Ian Vardy who lives next door to my Aunt Betty in Kenton. He has a new guitar and is still writing songs. Ian was in the original Prelude line up, the succesfull one (media wise ). His songs can be heard on the old recordings still. Visit the Prelude website. There is one song in particular I remember called “I Don’t Want To Spend Another Day With You” which should have been recorded by somebody!! Jim H.