Horse with No Name (Monty Cash Style)

Horse with No Name by America (1971) - This song was first suggested to be played by a bank employee in Perth, Scotland!
In 2014 I played music at the Fringe in Edinburgh and then traveled through Scotland living vicariously on the land. In this time I also took part in a forest occupation near Edinburgh to protect woodland owned by the local university from being developed into a commercial precinct. In Perth, I found an abundant welcome on the streets as I hitched through this small city a couple of times to refill my coppers. I have always been welcome on the streets of Ireland and Scotland - such rich music cultures with a keen appreciation of the voice!

After a long sabbatical from my acoustic street material I am finally performing as a guitarist singer/songwriter again with an actual gig thanks to Mat at the Servo in Cowaramup, Western Australia!
For over 7 years I travelled in the region from between Turkey to Ireland with this music as my bread and butter. You may have had the opportunity to see me playing at the Farmers or Artisan markets here in Margs, well now you can sit and also have a damn fine beer!
This is a pretty special place, new to Cowaramup - featuring an incredible and exclusive international/Belgium beer selection (thank God! Saviours of humankind!). There will also be a food van there on the day - good times all round!
I apologize for any confusion caused by the many projects I am running/maintaining. I run a sufi whirling dervish event called In-dance featuring Balkan inspired beats playing a range of instruments with an epic loop setup. I will be starting Modal Music classes for musical development in improvisation and music therapy - I also run Sufi dance courses, another one coming up soon at the Shala in Margaret River. Some people know me from the storytelling performance of Open the Door with music last year at the Witch and Windmill in Witchy featuring fine art accompanying each part of the story by the amazing artist Amanda Forward - and others know me from playing that very interesting three string instrument from Turkey the Kemençe in random public moments. I am also working in theatre with Sari Bennet and Amy Hastie - developing the amazing show based on Sari's life story - Finding Voice - which will be performed by us for the first time as a new production company - Calibrate - at Nannup Music Festival this year in early March! Needless to say, I am very busy and filling my time with a bounty of spirit energising projects!
I once considered having a different name for every little box. I have changed my performing name many times in my travels with vagrant parts of myself scattered across the internets. I have finally settled on this geriatric misnomer. 'Monty' came from a joke about a porn-star name which features the name of your first pet and your mother's maiden name which seemed a 'good enough' transition to avoid being deported from the UK way back in 2014 as the terrorist act of being free and playing music on the street can be a little too much for the diplomacy of governments at times.
There's a quite a bit more to my story and if you read all of that - three cheers to you! In brief, if you want some down to earth, honest and freedom inspired originals with some very original versions of some of the greats come down to the singer/songwriter set at the Servo, 4th of Feb - support local business and enjoy the naturally vibrant atmosphere springing up in Cowtown!
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