Produced by
Adrian York
Vocals - Barb Jungr
Producer - Adrian York
Mixer & Engineer - Calum Malcolm
Arrangements - Adrian York
Bass - Geoff Gascoyne
Drums - Nic France
Guitars - Matt Backer
Piano - Adrian York
Violin - Stuart Hall
Barb Jungr writes:
"On this new CD I wanted to dig into the feelings masked by other emotions. Deceit masks and outsiders are at the centres of these songs. And it all began with clowns; then jesters and fools. The feelings experienced by clowns, jesters and fools. It was sparked off when Christmas shopping where I found the best present. A clown, suspended from a ceiling alongside thousands of other papier-mache clowns, legs akimbo, floating above us and moving lightly in the centrally heated pre Christmas air. Suddenly, I couldn’t get them out of my head. Songs with clowns just poured through my brain.....so began a trawl through endless lists and cassettes of clown songs and books about clowns and websites and ....well, clowns! Tarot cards. Fools on hills, circus stars, white painted faces silently watching the world go by..... slowly, slowly, they found me.
Adrian York took the ideas and songs and arranged them with care and devotion. Geoff, Nick, Matt, Adrian and Stuart played like demons, and Calum recorded it all superbly. We mixed it in North Berwick, Scotland. The sea was crashing against the islands. And the sun was shining. And when John took the pictures for the cover a heron landed on the bank of the Thames below the embankment, and stayed with us till we packed in at Sunset.
Do You Play Guitar
Written by Barb Jungr and Adrian York
"We used to go to Anglesey to my folk’s caravan, me and my girlfriends when we were teenagers - wild girls. The wind blew. The sun rarely shone. Rain tap danced on the caravan roofs. In Lligwy. I fell in love in Treaddur Bay, with the tide going out, leaving the starfish in the rock pools. He didn’t play guitar. But we did play pool."
High Water (for Charley Patton).
Written by Bob Dylan
"Taken from the Bob Dylan album “Love and Theft”. Having recorded “Blind Willie McTell” some years ago, I felt like throwing myself into this extraordinary journey. And I wanted to sing another Dylan song. How could I ever stop wanting to sing another Dylan song?"
Cathy’s Clown
Written by Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers classic song about betrayal. I loved their singing, the brothers. Their sweet faces and bouffant quiffs and the way that the double vocal made the tune and you could never quite separate the two voices. The Ferris Wheel, Wake Up Little Susie. Lovely songs. Innocent. But Cathy’s Clown isn’t innocent at all. Or at least, Cathy isn’t."
This Masquerade
Written by Leon Russell
"A view of a relationship from the inside. Why do we hang on in there when we know its over and done? And we all do."
The Great Valerio
Written by Richard Thompson
"Richard Thompson is a wonderful writer. From the Bright Lights Tonight album this was first sung by Linda Thompson. The brilliant June Tabor sang it too, keeping that same vibe. I wanted to take it into the Big Top."
When Do The Bells Ring For Me
Written by Charles de Forest
"Working on Girl Talk with Claire Martin and Mari Wilson was great, and at the end of the show we had a little “wedding bells” section in which we all sang unhappy/tragic wedding songs. This lovely Charles de Forest song was mine."
Written In the Dark Again
Written by Barb Jungr and Christine Collister
"If every lover you ever had left their mark on your body - and it showed up in certain lighting........maybe they do?"
Like A Rolling Stone
Written by Bob Dylan
"Jugglers and clowns.......Bob Dylan........"
Lipstick Lips Lament
Written by Barb Jungr and Russell Churney
"I sat up in bed with the line “archaeologists of human hearts beware” in my head, got up to write it down and the song poured out."
Laugh Clown Laugh
Written by Fiorito, Lewis and Young
"The Great American song book isn’t my usual repertoire, but this is such an intense, perfect song. It came to me through the wonderful Songbirds list, for which, thank you."
Waterloo Sunset
Written by Ray Davies
"Ray Davies is just a brilliant song writer. I have loved this song for such a long time, and sung it for years. Living near the river, it’s a sunset I know."
The Joker
Written by Steve Miller, Ahmet Ertegun & Eddie Curtis
"Deceit comes in so many forms and shapes; sometimes it’s wrapped in very pretty paper. But it’s still deceit. And who wouldn¹t turn down the chance to sing a lyric with the word “pompitus” in it?"
02 May 2013
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03 May 2013
England, London
The Pheasantry, London, England, United Kingdom
Barb Jungr and Mari Wilson, Woman To Woman
13 May 2013
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13 May 2013
England
TBC, Hornchurch, England, United Kingdom
Barb Jungr Stockport To Memphis
15 May 2013
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15 May 2013
England
Brighton Festival at Komedia, Brighton, England, UK
Stockport to Memphis
17 May 2013
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17 May 2013
England
Fleece Jazz at the Stoke by Nayland Club - by Nayland Hotel, Stoke by Nayland, England, UK
Stockport to Memphis
18 May 2013
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18 May 2013
England
Hunterhall School, Frenchfield Penrith Englang UK
24 May 2013
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24 May 2013
England
Core@Corbt Cube, Corby England UK
Barb jungr and the Stockport to MemphisTrio
24 May 2013
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24 May 2013
Northern Ireland
Theatre at the Mill, Newton Abbey Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Stockport to Memphis
25 May 2013
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25 May 2013
England
Core@Corby Cube, Parkland Gateway, George Street, Corby, England, United Kingdom
Barb Jungr and the Stockport to Memphis trio
06 June 2013
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07 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
TBC, Adelaide Australia
Cabaret Festival Gala Opening Concert
09 June 2013
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10 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
Playhouse Theatre, Adelaide Australia
Caberet Faestival
14 June 2013
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15 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
Recital Centre, Melbourne Australia
16 June 2013
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16 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
TBC, Katoomba Australia
19 June 2013
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19 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
The Vanguard, Newtown Australia
20 June 2013
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20 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
TBC, Dee Why Sydney Australia
21 June 2013
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21 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
TBC, Sutherland Sydney Ausrtralia
22 June 2013
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22 June 2013
Asia/Australasia
TBC, Double Bay Sydney Australia
29 June 2013
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29 June 2013
England
Corby Community Music, Corby England UK
Album launch - Deeds Not Words
18 August 2013
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18 August 2013
England, London
606 Jazz Club, Chelsea london England UK
Barb Jungr with Simon Wallace
21 August 2013
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21 August 2013
Scotland
The Queens Hall/Acoustic Music Centre, Edinburgh Scotland UK
Barb Jungr at the Edinburgh Festival - Accompanied by Simon Wallace
22 August 2013
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22 August 2013
England
Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis England UK
Barb Jungr and the Stockort to Memphis Trio
31 August 2013
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31 August 2013
England
Coronation Park, Corby England UK
Barb Jungr's head of Snakes
03 September 2013
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07 September 2013
England, London
Crazy Coqs Cabaret, London England UK
'Here Comes the Night' with Simon Wallace
26 September 2013
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26 September 2013
Wales
St David's Hall, The Hayes Cardiff Wales UK
Barb Jungr sings Bob Dylan
27 September 2013
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27 September 2013
England
New Greenham Arts, Newbury Berkshire England UK
Barb Jungr
29 September 2013
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29 September 2013
England
The Brunswick, Hove East Sussex England Uk
The Barb Jubgr Trio with Jenny Carr and Simon Wallace
19 October 2013
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19 October 2013
England
The Music Room Pizza Express, Maidstone England UK
Barb Jungr and Mari Wilson, Woman to Woman
20 October 2013
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20 October 2013
England
The Playhouse, Cheltenham England UK
Barb Jungr and the Stockport to Memphis Trio
09 November 2013
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09 November 2013
England, London
Canada Water Culture Space, London England UK
Barb Jungr and Mari wilson, Woman to Woman
10 November 2013
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10 November 2013
England
Stoke by Nayland Club, Stoke by Nayland Hotel Essex england UK
Fleece Jazz Benefit
16 November 2013
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16 November 2013
England
Core@CorbyCube, Corby England UK
Barb Jungr and Friends, Deep Roots and Tall Trees 2
22 November 2013
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23 November 2013
England, London
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London England Uk
Barb Jungr and Mari Wilson, Woman to Woman
29 November 2013
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29 November 2013
England
The Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea England UK
Barb Jungr and her musicians
10 December 2013
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10 December 2013
England, London
The Purcell Room, London England UK
Ian Shaw's Christmas Cracker - Barb is special guest
13 December 2013
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15 December 2013
England, London
St James Theatre, London England UK
Barb Jungr and Mari Wilson, Woman to Woman Christmas Show
20 December 2013
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20 December 2013
England
New Greenham Arts Centre, Newbury Berkshire England UK
Barb Jungr and Mari Wilson, Woman to Woman Christmas Show
21 December 2013
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21 December 2013
England, London
The Vortex Jazz Bar, London England UK
Barb Jungr at Christmas
02 February 2014
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03 February 2014
England, London
Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho London England Uk