Hanging On Like Salt #24

Short Story
Here's a video I've just edited for the song Hanging On Like Salt #24
About the video
I've tried a few times to make a film for this song, but each time I never quite managed to complete it. However fresh from a glorious visit to Wester Ross last week and the old fisherman's cottage at Badininal I managed to capture enough footage for this version. There's the view out to Lewis and Harris and the Shiants as the sunsets to the North West. There's the wee evening fire in front of the croft, and me standing on the rock under the washing line where they used to dry their nets when there was fish in the loch.
About the song
This version of the song Hanging On Like Salt is identified by the #24 tag. It's the closing track on my 2023 Album Everything In The Delicatessen which was engineered and co=produced by Joseph Murray who also plays bass and sings BVs. Drums are by Mattie Foulds and Electric Guitar by Neill MacColl.
Random Fact
I first wrote the song about twenty years ago. It was a response to hearing about the Rolling Stones and their 'Licks Tour'. It lay in cold storage for over a decade then I found the lyrics but couldn't remember the melody or chords. I reworked the song again and added the opening and closing sequence. The first time I played it live was in Dingwall at the Tea Cosey and everyone started singing along. We (davesnewbike) recorded it as part of the Tin Can and the Flood Album in 2017. The song also got positive praise from Gretchen Peters at one of her songwriting weekends at the The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh where I had the pleasure of meeting Anthony McQuillan who introduced me to the afforsaid Joseph Murray. I also met Me for Queen at the same weekend
Random Fact 2
Everything In the Delicatessen was featured album on the Iain Anderson Show in 2023, BBC Radio Scotland
Lastly
The song begins to fit like a old worn glove. I'm not too sure if it breathes life into me, or I to it.
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