Shawn Phillips

We were pretty honoured to have this next performer – described by Rolling Stone magazine as “..an artist of such raw talent, ambition and good will... Phillips' main attraction is still his voice. Reedy and flexible, with a remarkable falsetto, it is a potent dramatic instrument….”

Shawn Phillips has almost twenty albums to his credit (of which millions have been sold) and a host of associations with some of the most respected names in the industry including Donovan, Paul Buckmaster, J. Peter Robinson, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and many others, yet he is virtually forgotten except by his cadre of loyal fans. The Texas-born singer/songwriter was called "The best kept secret in the music business," by the late rock impresario Bill Graham.

Beginning in the 1960s, Phillips made noteworthy contributions to popular music. He performed at the "Isle of Wight" festival in front of half a million people and even sang on the Beatles 'Lovely Rita (Meter Maid)' song one of the title tracks off their “Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Album”

Throughout the 60s Phillips worked the folk music scene in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, New York's Greenwich Village, and London. In 1967 Phillips moved to Positano, Italy, where he remained throughout the 1970s, writing some of his most well known work. This period produced the albums 'Contribution', 'Second Contribution', 'Collaboration' and 'Faces".

Shawn currently lives in Port Elizabeth with his wife and son Liam…

This track as Shawn mentions – was written in 1983 and if you listen to the words, almost 26 years later, its all come true….

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