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Words & music by Tony Floyd Kenna.

Tony – The idea of Mother, the person of Mother has been addressed in so many great and evocative songs, just think of John Lennon, Pink Floyd…. Many of us just grow up and take our mothers for granted and perhaps only realise how important and loving they are…when they’re gone. There are so many thoughts of what we could, should have, done and said. The words of this song are simple, it’s hard to know just what to say. The emotion is calling out, in simple terms you just want to be able to say something, even though you may not be quite sure what that something is. So I pretty much took the first words that came into my head as I felt these would surely reflect the deeper emotions and memories. For me the song needed to be strong and full of that emotion and passion, the ‘chorus’ would just be a moment of focus and energy, a moment to imagine your Mother and all that she meant to you. A simple strong riff structure served, and seeing as this is the album closer I based it on the riff from the opening track, Wheels Of Steel. Sort of circle of life. Most of it is first take, purposely not too polished or refined, I wanted to capture a rawness, the cry to the Heavens. Unusually for me I didn’t work it all out beforehand, I just turned on the recorder and played and sang it as it came to me. Of course this meant that I then had to go back and map out what I’d done for the overdubs ! Joe said the song sounds ‘personal’, I think this means that it worked.

Joe – What can I say? – I’m sure he’s right .

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from Dark Side Of The Night, released February 25, 2012
Tony – Bass, Lead & rhythm guitars, Vocals, Boss drums, production, recording & mixing. Joe- Lead guitar.

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Tony Floyd Kenna Dublin, Ireland

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