Whats the story behind that one and the brass element in the latter song?
It is a tribute to lost friends and family to the reaper, really. The brass suited it is all. The trumpet can be beautiful but it can be haunting as well. It is a lovely melody on the trumpet if I do say so myself – I didn’t play it of course but I had the idea of the opening melody line played by Jodie Kell. She then took it somewhere further and better. In addition to Jodie, we also had her brother Andy on sax and Jeff Crawley on trumpet. They played on “spy themes 1, 2 and 3” and on “Get Steady” which was going for The Jam meets soul vibe. And they nailed it every time and are lovely people. They are playing with us in Sydney at the Hopetoun September 28th (blatant plug). Q What happened to “Spy Theme 1”? Do the City Lights have plans for soundtracks? “Spy theme 1” didn’t sound right. It ended up sounding kitsch. You see the spy theme ‘theme’ was harry’s bass line played in 3 different ways (using Kit and Graeme on drums playing at the same time- check your headphones for a differen
