The Simpleton

Willie Dowling is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and producer and has spent decades successfully composing music and songs for film, television and adverts. Willie has fronted, written and produced albums for his previous bands, had Top 40 hit singles, appeared on Top of The Pops and TFI Friday and performed on the major festival stages in the UK and Worldwide. He was the founder member of The Grip, Honeycrack, Jackdaw4 and The Dowling Poole.

Willie Dowling's music has always been a difficult one to pigeonhole. Largely because of the diversity of ideas, styles and influences he brings to bear on his work. Combined with challenging and thought-provoking lyrical themes that could paint Willie as a protest singer, he has often operated on the fringes of the genre specific radio and press juggernauts. Willie's new album The Simpleton is an album of piano driven songs.

"During lockdown I found myself wondering whether I could still write a stripped down, piano-driven song as I'd used to do all those years ago, and I wrote the song The Simpleton. To my surprise, I found I enjoyed the experience so much, I ended up writing an album of piano songs."

Witnessing Willie Dowling perform live is far more than just watching a sequence of great songs played well. His self deprecating and acerbic wit that precedes each song is as funny as many of the comedy greats that he has worked with. If there is such a thing as a 21st Century Renaissance Man, then it must surely be Willie Dowling. Independent of thought and actions, he is a philosopher, composer, poet, musician, activist, comedian, gardener. A Man For All Seasons.

1: Let Us Begin
2: Long Drop Down
3: The Simpleton
4: Sadie Goldman
5: The Cure
6: Under the Gaslight
7: The Gravy Train
8: Down the Slide
9: I Killed My Imaginary Friend
10: In the Ocean

Number of Discs: 1

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