Tucked away in a fold of history,

a band of poets as talented, life-enhancing and

influential as that legendary band from Liverpool

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They could be called ‘The First Fab Four’, three great poets –

Keats, Shelley and Byron - plus their friend and supporter

Leigh Hunt. Now their work – inspiring, soothing,

full of beauty and vision - is available in

a unique new format.

 

John Webster                               Dave Eastoe

 

Get the album!

‘The First Fab Four’ will introduce you to - or remind you

of - four great spirits who lived in - and reacted creatively to - a rapidly changing world.

Songwriter John Webster has brought them from the

printed page into the flow of the music-scene. Melodic

indie-folk songs, underpinned by Dave Eastoe’s thoughtful,

sympathetic musicianship, draw on a wide range of their lyrics

and give the four a new and contemporary presence.

 

 Click on album cover to download; Listen on Spotify here;

get more info on the songs and their background

at Lyrics and Commentaries.

 

Opening with ‘Jenny Kissed Me’, (a medley of their love lyrics);

introducing Lord Byron in ‘Lord B. in Motion’, exploring their

political side in Marathon, Rise like Lions and Wild Spirit;

moving on to Keats classics including To Autumn, Shelley’s

beautiful Italian love lyrics, and ending with songs that see them

pass into history, this is an album to create a

distinctive and refreshing poetic space.

 

 

TRACK LISTING:

1. Jenny kissed me (Medley)

2. Lord B. in Motion

3. Marathon (Byron)

4. Rise like Lions (Shelley)

5. Wild Spirit (Shelley)

6. To Autumn (Keats)

7. On the Shore (Keats)

8. The Pine Forest (Shelley)

9. Many a Green Isle (Shelley)

10. The Funeral

11. Adonais (Shelley)

12. Epitaph (Byron)

13. The World's Great Age (Shelley)

14. So We'll go no more a roving (Byron)