One day in 1987 I was looking through the records at Brashes in Chapel Street when the Proclaimers album "this is the story" came on. I was instantly captivated by their folkie sound and scottish accents. And I bought the album there and then. Got it home and played it to death. A few days later I'm in a scond hand record shop and I see this single in the racks for 50 cents. And I love the band version even more than the acoustic one on the album. So I went a bit Proclaimers for a while and formed an acoustic band called The Folk Rockers From Hell with me, Rod and Adam Duncan on violin. We supported bands like the Killjoys and Captain Cocoa and played the Punters Club, It was great fun and we even got to record a bit too. Later we changed our name to the Val Doonicans. And then just stopped after Rod went off to play with Dave Grayney and The Coral Snakes who were starting to get quite big,
Just as I was getting sick of the Proclaimers sound they released their second album. And that was good too! and they had a band..and a huge hit more of which I wll speak of later...
When you go will you send back
A letter from America?
Take a look up the railtrack
From Miami to Canada
Broke off from my work the other day
I spent the evening thinking about
All the blood that flowed away
Across the ocean to the second chance
I wonder how it got on when it reached the promised land?
When you go will you send back
A letter from America?
Take a look up the railtrack
From Miami to Canada
I've looked at the ocean
Tried hard to imagine
The way you felt the day you sailed
From Wester Ross to Nova Scotia
We should have held you
We should have told you
But you know our sense of timing
We always wait too long
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