My version of the Sam Cooke song "Bring it On Home To Me".
Sam Cooke is considered one of the most influential soul artists of all time and is commonly referred to as the "King of Soul" for his distinctive vocals and pioneering song writing. During his tragically short eight-year career, Cooke released 29 singles that charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Pop Singles chart, as well as 20 singles in the Top Ten of Billboard's Black Singles chart. In 1964 at the age of just 33 Cooke was shot and killed by the manager of a motel in Los Angeles.

Vocals & Arrangement - Nigel Spiers
Drums - Craig Scott
Bass - Neil Swainson
Organ - Chris Nole
Organ Solo - Charles Treadwell
Piano - Kevin McKendree
BV's - David Wise, Shane McDonnell & Armand Hutton

Here is my version of the Jazz Standard "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" - a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
Recorded by just about every Jazz and R&B artist in the last 100 years including: Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dave Brubeck, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, James Booker, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Doris Day, Brenda Lee, Frankie Laine, Keely Smith, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson and Rod Stewart to name just a few.

Featuring:
Vocals and arrangement - Nigel Spiers
Bass: Neil Swainson
Piano - Miles Black
Drums - Craig Scott
Guitar - Oliver Gannon
Sax - P.J. Perry

A little ditty I wrote recently in the Jump Blues style made popular in the 1940's by artists such as Louis Jordan, Roy Brown, Amos Milburn, Lionel Hampton, T-Bone Walker, Wynonie Harris & Louis Prima.

Music & Lyrics: Nigel Spiers
Vocals: Nigel Spiers
Drums: Wes Little
Bass: Dave Roe
Guitar: Pat Bergeson
Lead Guitar: Brent Mason
Piano: Kevin McKendree
Piano: John Jarvis

Here is my version of the Jazzy Blues Standard "All of Me" in a Western Swing style featuring some
superb Western Swing Soloists; Piano - John Jarvis, Fiddle - Andy Leftwich and Pedal Steel - Paul Franklin.

It was written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931 and has since been recorded over 2000 times.
Some of my favourite interpretations are by Louis Armstrong; Count Basie; Ella Fitzgerald;
Dinah Washington; Sarah Vaughan; Duke Ellington, Willie Nelson and Django Reinhardt.

Vocals & arrangement: Nigel Spiers

Bass: Neil Swainson
Rhythm Guitar: Oliver Gannon
Rhythm Piano: Miles Black
Piano Soloist: John Jarvis
Pedal Steel Rhythm: Tommy Hannum
Pedal Steel Soloist: Paul Franklin
Drums: Terry Clarke
Fiddle Soloist: Andy leftwich

My version of the classic R&B song "Cry To Me" by Bert Berns.

Bertrand Russell Berns (November 8, 1929 – December 30, 1967), also known as Bert Russell and
(occasionally) Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s. His
songwriting credits include "Twist and Shout", "Piece of My Heart", "Here Comes the Night",
"Hang on Sloopy", "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", and his productions
include "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Under the Boardwalk".

He died on December 30, 1967, aged just 38 of a congenital heart condition.

Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Piano: Kevin McKendree
Drums: Wes Little
Sax: Chris West
Horns: Chris West
Sax: Tom Keenlyside
Bass: Dave Roe
Bass: Dow Tomlin
Organ: Chris Nole
Guitar: Jack Pearson

"Sitting on Top of the World" (also "Sittin' on Top of the World") - a
song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon. They were core members of the
Mississippi Sheiks, who first recorded it in 1930.
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Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Bass: Dow Tomlin
Horn Section: Chris West
Drums: PG Artist 4
Piano: John Jarvis
Sax: Mark Douthit

One of my all-time favourite songs. Written in 1926 by Jazz Pianist Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe,
known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton.
My version is in Western Swing style.

Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Drums: Craig Scott
Bass: Byron Scott
Fiddle: Andy Leftwich
Piano: John Jarvis
Guitars: Andy Reiss & Darin Favorite

Written in 1929 by Jazz Pianist Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton.

Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Drums: Craig Scott
Bass: Neil Swainson
Piano: Kevin McKendree
Trumpet: Don Clark

Written 1n 1927 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by George A. Whiting. Here's my version in
a Western Swing style.

Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Drums: Brian Fullen
Bass: Byron House
Guitar Rhythm: Darin Favorite
Guitar Solo: Brent Mason
Piano: Miles Black
Pedal Steel: Tommy Hannum
Pedal Steel Solo: Paul Franklin

Here's a song I wrote about my love of Western Swing Music made famous by bands like
Bob Wills and The texas Playboys in the 1940's and 50's. More recently bands such as Commander
Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Asleep at the Wheel and Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
have taken up the mantle.

Music & Lyrics: Nigel Spiers
Vocals & BV's: Nigel Spiers

Drums: Craig Scott
Piano: John Jarvis
Guitar: Brent Mason
Bass: Byron House

Here's a new Swing song I wrote recently featuring Horns and Vocals.

Music & Lyrics: Nigel Spiers
Vocals and BV's: Nigel Spiers

Bass: Neil Swainson
Drums: Brian Fullen
Guitar: Oliver Gannon
Piano: John Jarvis
Sax: Mark Douthit
Horns: Chris West

A blues standard written by Willie Dixon for Little Walter and released in 1955 on Checker Records,
a subsidiary of Chess Records.

Vocals: Nigel Spiers & Carmel Courtney

Bass: Neil Swainson
Drums: Terry Clarke
Guitar: Oliver Gannon
Piano: Miles Black
Sax: Carmel Courtney

A new song featuring the fabulous guitar playing of Brent Mason.

Music & Lyrics: Nigel Spiers
Vocals & BV's: Nigel Spiers

Bass: Dow Tomlin
Drums: Shannon Forrest
Guitars: Brent Mason
Piano: John Jarvis

Originally released on our 2000 Album "Old Dogs & New Tricks", this is a completely new version.

Music & Lyrics: Nigel Spiers
Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Bass: Neil Swainson
Piano: Miles Black
Drums: Pat Steward
Guitar: Oliver Gannon
Horn Section: Chris West
Alto Sax: Mark Douthit

Written by Eddie DeLange & Louis Alter, and first heard in the movie "New Orleans" in 1947.

Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Tuba: Brad Muirhead
Drums: Joe Poole
Guitar: Oliver Gannon
Trumpet: Al Matheson
Banjo: Ron Thompson
Clarinet: P.J. Perry

A new Jazzy Blues featuring the Guitar of Oliver Gannon.

Music & Lyrics: Nigel Spiers
Vocals: Nigel Spiers

Piano: Miles Black
Bass: Neil Swainson
Drums: Craig Scott
Rhythm Guitar: Oliver Gannon
Guitar Soloist: Oliver Gannon