This is number four out of five original songs on the bounce. This song started out as an instrumental song written by a wonderful Swedish musician called “Ulf Pettersson”. The first time i heard it, I imagined vocals blending into it. I put this idea to Ulf and he was very positive about me trying to make something out of it. Ulf liked a lot of the stuff I did on my own, and there’s a twist on one of those coming soon. Getting back to the focus of this one though. It’s entitled “Swings and roundabouts”. There are some good points about being involved in a relationship. There are also some good points to being single. Some of those don’t mix, and this is the view of someone facing that dilemma in a relationship.
This is what we came up with.
Jeff Edwards and Ulf Pettersson - Swings and roundabouts
You can find a link to Ulf’s website on my own website at:
Here is the continuation of my father’s story.
My Dad. Part 8.
I didn’t realise when I met my father, that he was so much into alcohol. The clues were already there with his nickname of “Woodsy”. I was never that curious, and at that time I was unaware that he earned the name for his liking for “Woods Navy Rum”. Rum was his favourite tipple, though I think anything with a decent amount of alcohol in it would have done. So that’s how I finally found him. Before the knowledge of his exploits. I’m sure there are a lot of people that might criticise his life. I have done myself on occasion. The fact remains that he was my father. I feel no shame in that. After all, he helped give me life.
In the swinging sixties, drink was celebrated. Drugs were also on many menus. My father wasn’t much of a man for drugs. Drink was his vice. That’s not to say he didn’t take drugs, because he did. Though I think that was more for reasons of popularity. He didn’t go seriously into any types of drug, but he did like a bit of cannabis. I remember watching a film with my dad about the sex pistols, and he chuckled knowingly at the scenes of smoking pot in the living room. He recounted the times when the rolling stones were doing exactly the same thing in his mothers bedroom. Now that, I can believe. Somehow 
Apparently, a member of that band resides within a few miles from me.
I will say that my poor grandmother was blissfully unaware of all these goings on. Remember that she thought her son was a wonderful boy, full of integrity. Although she didn’t know these things. Just about everybody else did.
I’ve saved one more celebrity snippet for the next post. It was a tale that shocked me. Tom Jones fans look away. That’s all I am going to say right now.
To be continued…….
It’s Youtube time again.
I now have a total of 975 subscribers. 25 to go.
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The total viewing figures fo all my videos is 387,663.
Here’s another interesting stat. To date there have been 5,952 comments on my videos (not including my replies).
The last of the chain of 5 originals is another collaboration with Ulf Pettersson. I’m also going to tell you a little bit more about Ulf.