Music goes on while we are isolating!
Yeah, the beat goes on as they say, so this is a page where I’ll add songs put together by a bunch of friends all adding their bits remotely, as required when we were in COVID isolation.
The group of friends are:
Don Newman, Owen Zibell (Oz), John Ducardus, James Cox, Fran Silvester and Kev Zibell.
Rob Holcombe has been the drum and percussion consultant as these have come together.
“COVID Nightmare” (K. Zibell)
Kev vocals and bass, John guitars. This is purely for fun, put together one rainy Friday using some ideas taken from press reports and my imagination.
“Butterfly” (K. Zibell, D. Newman)
Kev vocals and bass, Don guitar, John guitar.
“Slow Dancer’ (K. Zibell)
Fran vocal, James saxes, Johnny guitars, Oz guitars, Kev bass and backing vocals
“Weather Dolls” (K. Zibell)
Kev vocals and bass, Oz Lead guitar, Johnny Rhythm guitars

“A Pandemic Lament” (O. Zibell)
Oz (lead and harmony vocals, lead guitars), Don (rhythm guitar), Kev (upright bass and harmony vocal)
“Reckoning” (K. Zibell, D. Newman)
Kev (vocal and bass), Don (rhythm and backing vocals), Oz, (lead guitar and backing vocals), John (rhythm and backing vocals), James (sax)
“Isolation Blues” (K. Zibell):
Kev (vocal), James (sax and keyboards), Don (rhythm guitar), Oz (lead guitar), Kev (bass)
“Venus (In the Night)”(K. Zibell):
John (nylon and electric guitars), Oz (lead guitar), James (electric guitar and piano), Kev (bass and vocal)
“The Serpent Sea” (K. Zibell)
John (lead guitar), Donny (rhythm), Kev (bass)
“Kulkyne Sands” (K. Zibell)
Oz (lead guitar), John (rhythm), Kev (bass)
“A Minor Inconvenience” (K. Zibell)
Oz (lead), Don (rhythm), Kev (bass)