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    Every penny we get from every download of this track will be donated to the Bristol-based charity Above And Beyond. They provide money for patient care and invest in hospitals, giving 'above and beyond' what the NHS can provide.
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about

I wrote this song in late 2018, for a fundraising event in aid of the Bristol-based charity Above And Beyond. They provide money for patient care and invest in hospitals, giving 'above and beyond' what the NHS can provide.
Then in April 2020, having performed it on TV for Russell Howard's Home Time during the coronavirus lockdown, we decided to release it as a digital single. Every single penny will be going to this charity. I'm really proud of it and hope you like it.

The NHS has been stretched to its limit for years, and more recently has been under incredible strain. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to everyone who continues not only to work for it, but to fight for it.

This song is a largely personal account of some of my experiences of the NHS; about what it has done for me, my family and my friends. Ironically, I can't actually play it live right now, as A&E nurses were called upon to stitch my finger back together earlier this week (following an altercation with a bread knife whilst washing up). However, we all contribute to making the NHS "free at the point of need". So this song is as much about all of us, about our relationship with each other and a community that is stronger when we work together, to create something as wonderful as the NHS. Now if we can find a way to pay health professionals properly, hopefully we won't need charities and retired army Captains to help fund it in the future.

Like everything else right now, this was a socially-distanced recording. I recorded my vocals and guitar from my house in Bath, then sent the track onto a team of stunning musicians and technological wizards. Huge thanks to every single one of them, especially Dave Draper who mixed and mastered the whole thing so brilliantly.

In case anyone wants to know, here is an article from 2011 about the "twenty billion pounds in cuts" that kick-started the Tory austerity plans. Ancient but interesting reading. www.theguardian.com/society/2011/oct/17/nhs-cuts-impact-on-patients-revealed

credits

released May 26, 2020
Guitars - Dave Draper, Chris Webb, Gavin Osborn

Drums - Joe Smillie/Dave Draper

Bass - Tom Granville

Keys - John Hare

Trumpet - John Hare

Vocals - Gavin Osborn, Emily Ewing, Amy Osborn, Humphrey Osborn, Bertie Osborn, John Hare, Jennie Hare, Isabelle Hare, Nick Parker, Flo Parker, Emily Larkin, Josh Hampson, Emily Hampson, Richard Jackson, Becca Smithers, Tom Parry-Wicks, Jane Parry-Wicks, Andrew Stevenson, Richard Kieswick, Stephanie Kieswick.

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