Name: Am I Really Here All Alone?
Brand: Philip Lewin

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tsq5319

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-03-10

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856225005319

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Philip Lewin

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Classic

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Tompkins Square

Tompkins Square label, established in 2005, is a renowned music label that has gained recognition for its exceptional releases. The label has worked with talented artists such as *William Tyler*, *Peter Walker*, *Ryley Walker* and *Michael Chapman*. With a focus on folk, old-time, gospel and American Primitive Guitar genres, Tompkins Square has also brought forth remarkable reissues of classic recordings. Their dedication to quality music has earned them an impressive eight Grammy nominations.

1975 Private-press LP now remastered from the original tapes. In his own words, today : "I was once told that one should first write about one's own experiences, then, expand to documenting the observed experiences of those around, and, finally write about what one imagines. Am I Really Here All Alone? encompasses all of the above. Something else I realized in writing lyrics is that sometimes it is good to be transparent about the meaning and others times, not so much. Unusual Day is an example of me being honest struggling to develop and maintain a relationship, but ultimately realizing it was not going to succeed. Watercolours documents a crushing experience, but is couched in metaphor. I hope that listeners will relate through their own experiences, and because my reality is implied, not specified, will not be limited to mine. Sweet Georgia is an example of me, as a writer, leaving my personal space. I think of it as an attempt to clone William Faulkner to Bobbie Gentry. The Magic Within You is actually a commission where I was asked to write a song for a benefit to be performed by Doug Henning, the groundbreaking stage magician and friend. I once heard John Prine complain that there was no point in writing a train song because Steve Goodman had already written the perfect one with City of New Orleans. Naturally, I had to write Back Home, To You, my idea of a train song where I tried to capture the movement of the train in the rhythm of the guitar. As for the other six songs, to me, they all reflect realities, experienced, observed and imagined. Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." However my question is, Am I Really Here All Alone? -Philip Lewin, 2017

Am I Really Here All Alone?

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