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“Stealing The Blues” is the musical equivalent of a Found Poetry piece. Found poetry can be described as poetry created by taking words, phrases and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as a new work.

As well as voiceovers from bluesmen Howlin’ Wolf and Washington Phillips, each bar in the sung part of the composition references a different song from a variety of artists (see list below) with the “be my woman” refrain being sung by a prison chain gang listed as CB & Axe Gang.

Instrumentally, Lins adds some acoustic guitar to a lick that a certain Charles Hardin Holley recorded in his New York apartment shortly before his untimely death in 1959 whilst a group of minstrels performing some authentic medieval music at an historic re-enactment at Linlithgow Palace in June 2016 (captured by Lins on his camera and then pitch-shifted) immediately follows the prisoners at the end of each verse.

The song fades out with three guitar parts playing a mash up of Chopin’s “Death March” and riffs made famous by Cream, Deep Purple, the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix.

Verse 1: Bessie Smith; John Lee Hooker; Muddy Waters; Fleetwood Mac; Howlin’ Wolf; Jelly Roll Morton; Gene Vincent; Carl Perkins; Lead Belly; Junior Parker/Elvis Presley; Johnny Cash; Musical Youth; Vera Hall; Oscar Wills

Verse 2: Robert Johnson; Prince; Rev Gary Davis; Neil Young; King David; William Shakespeare; Mahalia Jackson; Bruce Springsteen; Mother McCollom; Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Eric Clapton; Wings; Caedmon; John Edwards

Verse 3: Glen Campbell; Bob Dylan; Chuck Berry; Robert Cray; Jimmy Rogers/Gary Moore; Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry; Jimi Hendrix; Pete Seeger; Earth Kitt; Elvis Costello; The Beatles; Pink Floyd; The Trammps; Blind Willie Johnson

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from The Secret Diary Of A Tunesmith Vol 3, released December 31, 2017
Lins Honeyman: vocals, acoustic guitar, samples
Charles Hardin Holley: electric guitar
CB & Axe Gang: refrain vocals
Chester Burnett & Washington Phillips: spoken word
Linlithgow Palace minstrels: medieval instruments

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Lins Honeyman Perth, UK

Lins Honeyman is a singer/songwriter and performer based in Perthshire, Scotland. Lins has appeared live in bars, prisons, churches and living rooms - both solo and with his band.

To keep things fresh, he goes between guitar, harmonica, piano, mandolin, dobro and ukulele and plays a range of original material, old blues numbers and the odd surprising cover or two! ... more

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