Friends of Mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b33uxPYJzpw is the latest release from Liverpool's Gary Edward Jones. Proceeds from sales will go towards the Help For Heroes charity, formed to help those wounded in Britain's conflicts.
The inspiration for Friends of Mine started when Gary met a group of soldiers at a local retail park who were collecting for Help for Heroes. On talking to them, he heard of their experiences and reasons for supporting this charity. Tragically, shortly after this meeting, in November 2011, a friend's son was fatally wounded in Afghanistan. Gary decided to put his songwriting talents to use in raising money for the injured men an women supported by Help for Heroes. The single was released at the end of 2012 and has received a lot of interest.
Gary was born and brought up in Liverpool and began playing the guitar at age 11. Despite a couple of false starts in the music business, he is now supported by a small group of musicians who understand his strengths and help bring these out without losing any of their natural emotion. Thankfully he is now gaining fans and can be seen playing around the Liverpool area (I caught him at the end of last year). Often with a story behind them, these songs touch a place deep within the listener and remain with them long after the song has ended. As a fan of the storytellers from the 1970s such as Harry Chapin, Clifford T Ward etc, I look forward to hearing more from this artist. You can listen to more of his work on SoundCloud.
https://soundcloud.com/garyedwardjones
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