Songdog - A Happy Ending

Double vinyl edition. Limited edition of 300 copies only. This eighth album by Songdog is a collection of twelve songs by Welsh songwriter Lyndon Morgans on the subject of passing time, the damage it can inflict, and the condolences it may bestow upon a man. The songs are steeped in nostalgia for happier times ('The Cathedral On The Hill'), the pain of old certainties now on the ropes ('God Don't Believe In Me No More') or regret at love lost or thrown away ('My Heart Woke Up And Whispered', 'Gina Asleep'). While some ('Life After Love') muse on the fear of a lonely and loveless future, others explore more hopeful vistas ('G Flat Gumbo', 'A Happy Ending', 'Lavinia') in a spirit of playful re-assessment of a life lived to the full - both a harrowing and heartening account of one man's experience from sunlit halcyon days to the lengthening shadows of Time's boondocks. In addition to fellow Songdog regulars Karl 'Pod' Woodward (guitars, banjo, mandolin, piano, harmonica and string machine) and Dave Paterson (accordion and drums) - Lyndon is joined on this journey by several guest musicians, including Phil Burdett, who provides additional vocals to 'G Flat Gumbo', violinist Steve Stott, backing vocalist Colleen McCarthy, producer Alex Franklinos on bass and Geoff Mason on trombone.