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As Pete was writing material for the last George Cowley album, 'Not Yet Dead', he realised that he was writing love songs and songs of regret and loss that did not fit neatly with the 'mainstream' Cowley material, lacking its surreal and humorous underbelly. Always having been a great fan of real country music (Cash, Steve Earle, Son Volt, Willie Nelson, Flying Burrito Bros, New Riders of the Purple Sage) and having included country style numbers on Ride Again ('Line Dancer’s Car' ) and Not Dead Yet ('Bride on the Tide' ) , Pete decided to do an album of country /alt.country /Americana material using a core of GCE members and supplementing them with other local country folk like Becky Pearman (drums) and Nick Davis (guitar). The Cowley Cowboys are in the studio from Nov 2008 and hope to have the album out by March 2009. Songs are written both by Pete and Tommy Pope and there is one song 'Old Songs Don’t Let You Down' that is dedicated to our old, deceased pal, Fin Steel. Watch this space…. |