David Mackin Music

Tommy The Trencher

My featured song for November 2022 is Tommy The Trencher from my forthcoming album The Hermitage Suite. I wrote this song with Ian Erving around 1994 in our Sunday Night songwriting sessions. It was based […]

David Mackin Music

Broken Musicians

This song was written around 1987/88 by Ian Erving and myself. It was quite an unusual style that sort of grew with performance and development. Great Keyboard playing by Darren O’Brien, drumming by Mike Mackin […]

Sketch of Vin Garbutt
Songwriters

Vin Garbutt

The first time I had the pleasure of watching the amazing singer/songwriter Vin Garbutt was in a community hall in Marske-By-The-Sea when I was supporting him with The Grangetown Boys Club Brass Band. I was only […]

Songwriters

Gerry Rafferty

If I was to try and pick out a favourite Gerry Rafferty song I would really struggle. Rafferty’s music, for me, has been a lifetime’s soundtrack. I have followed this elusive musician since I was […]

Songwriters

Nick Drake

I first heard the haunting sound of Nick Drake during my early twenties when a few friends, Bob Bruce and Ian McElroy, thought that I might appreciate his music (given my taste for bohemian-styled folk […]

Songwriters

The Legendary Harry Nilsson

When members of The Beatles have been asked over the years who was their favourite band, each gave the same answer: Harry Nilsson.  Nilsson was a one-man band. An extraordinary songwriter, hell-raiser, multi-instrumentalist and singer […]