These links will take you to John McGrails Singles available at Spotify and iTunes

These links will take you to The Headwhiz Consorts Singles at Spotify and iTunes

Why Oh Why

John McGrail

I wrote the lyrics sitting in the back seat of a taxi while I was in Thies, Senegal back in 1990. The music came to me the following May! It's been sitting around for a long time. December 2022.

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We're Better Than That

John McGrail

Was playing my Gibson ES 335 through my Vox amp plugged directly into the studio. (No sound came out of the speaker as it was a headphone/direct out jack) The sound of it was really cool and I was just strumming and enjoying the sound when this song came out. I think the lyrics came in the moment and then added to while I went on a bike ride a

Was playing my Gibson ES 335 through my Vox amp plugged directly into the studio. (No sound came out of the speaker as it was a headphone/direct out jack) The sound of it was really cool and I was just strumming and enjoying the sound when this song came out. I think the lyrics came in the moment and then added to while I went on a bike ride a little later. It's nice when things just come out and are there! November 2022.

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Cold Puddles

The Headwhiz Consort Moderne Internationale

This is a composition written by Babakar Wade for a trio of piano, mallets and english horn. The performance was recorded live at the Rosecliff Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio on February 29, 2022. The players are Mairead O'Connor on piano, Lady Brett Fastley on mallets and the english horn part is supplied by Jean-luc Sartre who is actually using

This is a composition written by Babakar Wade for a trio of piano, mallets and english horn. The performance was recorded live at the Rosecliff Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio on February 29, 2022. The players are Mairead O'Connor on piano, Lady Brett Fastley on mallets and the english horn part is supplied by Jean-luc Sartre who is actually using an EWI (electronic wind instrument). October 2022

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