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bring atmosphere. Really what, certainly for a singer, what you deliver as a singer
and in an acoustic context can be very different, just has a different sensibility.

BiTS: There's a couple of other tracks that I want to ask you about, if I may. First of
all, am I right in thinking that song ‘One For Phil’ is for Phil Lynott? Is that right?

MS: That is right. And Brian, will you

tell us about that?

BP: Sure, you are absolutely correct.
And that was a little thing that was

got together with Rory Gallagher and
an Irish uilleann piper, Davy Spillane.
I was brought in, I got the gig to do

some harmonica on a track on an
album called “Out Of The Air” by Davy
Spillane, and that was one of the

other tracks on it. So again, that's
when Phil passed away. When Rory

passed away, we knew him quite well
and we wanted to do some kind of a
tribute that was not just doing one of
the songs. So we got together this

unusual thing that he was very
responsible for, I'd say co-authoring,

although he didn't get credit. It was a
jam that was recorded pretty much.
So with that, we took that as our chance to give Rory a tribute as well.

MS: And again, like the songs, for example, ‘Grinnin’ In Your Face’ would be one that
I've done for years as well and have also done ‘Grinnin’ In Your Face’, where I've
taken it as being an unaccompanied, maybe end of gig song for many years and just

to treat it a little bit differently with the accompaniment. But of course we were lucky
as well and we were fortunate and very proud to have guests joining us as well so
that was very exciting.

BiTS: Now tell me something about the recording please. Were these acoustic
recordings done straight or has there been any overdubbing or anything like that?

MS: I would say that there was essentially our recording process, Brian will say

more.

BP: Ian, as Mary pointed out from the very start of experimenting with tape decks
in the flat, I've taken a kind of a firm hand on the recording process. That is to say, I

sat with the producer or the engineer and tried to do what it is we want. To answer
your question, some of the songs that have just got Lluis Figueras on guitar and Mary,
went down together as they were. I think maybe one or two takes at most. I think