Friday, January 23, 2009

Sounds Good To Me

Living as I do in the midst of the North of England countryside, every small village has its own local pub, most dating back many centuries. My local village of Greystoke in Cumbria’s Lake District is no exception. The Boot & Shoe Inn is a thriving, quintessential old fashioned English pub which also offers excellent food and accommodation.

In additional to the typical range of local ‘chanceries’ who frequent the pub, there is always a diverse range of tourists who visit – all of them processing a rich variety of personalities and lifestyles. Once relaxed within The Boot & Shoe, in front of an open fire with a ‘pint’ of beer in their hand, it is quite remarkable the types of discussions which take place.

In addition the friendly ‘mine hosts’ Jan & Ben and their staff add to this wonderful feeling of warmth and relaxation. At times during special conversations I get to share personal matters, usually with a regular or a member of staff. One such discussion involved the very amicable bar man called Richard Dean.

Although some of our discussions must and will remain private, one I am keen to share with you all is the fact that Richard not only has a lovely singing voice – not only prefers to sing, as he describes it as, ‘soft country’ music but that through a small local professional recording company, has released his first CD entitled ‘Black and White Movies’. If you follow this link you can listen to several wonderful tracks from this CD.

In addition to introducing you to Richard’s singing style, the purpose of writing this blog is to comment on the two-way bonds which link our two great countries, Britain and the USA. In Richard’s case, he, a bar man in a rural English pub has now had the opportunity to record some lovely original American country music tracks. In the case of my sonic horns company, Primasonics International, more and more dry processing and power generation companies in America are experiencing the practical benefits of installing our range of Sonic Horns. It just goes to prove that both good music and good material debonding equipment have a mutual appeal on both sides of the Atlantic.