john west weymouth

Hi Guys - My next project is well under way!
It's called "Trusting in the Waves" - A Musical and Visual Experience that tells the little-known role that Weymouth in Dorset played in the founding of the United States of America.

“Trusting in the Waves” traces the journey of the little Ship that sailed out of Weymouth Harbour in march 1635, and what happened to the real-life characters who sailed with her.

Our fascinating story begins in early 1635 when a party of Intrepid Pioneers gathered around Weymouth Harbour. The Party was led by the Reverend Joseph Hull, a controversial clergyman from Crewkerne, and comprised of just over one hundred men, women and children from across the South West of England who sailed off to found the Town of Weymouth in Massachusetts.

A large group came from the area around Batcombe in Somerset, a woollen area, and were mainly weavers and tailors. At Weymouth they were joined by Angell Hollard, a shoemaker by trade. Angell and his family play an important part in our tale and his daughter Elizabeth, born in Weymouth Massachusetts in 1638, gives us a surprising link back to Weymouth England and our Royal Patron King George the Third, via the infamous "Boston Tea Party"

It's an amazing story !

I'll keep you all informed of when and where you can find out more and hear/purchase the CD/DVD
Have a look at my website for more details on this amazing story - just click on the MY WEBSITE link below

Live performance at 'Folk in The Hut' Wimborne - 12th March 2020

This is a wonderful story, of finding an amazing lover and soul-mate via internet dating, at the age of seventy!
The title itself comes from the circumstances of how Julie and I met. We met on our first date at the Hive Beach Café on Chesil Beach, where we got drenched by a freak rogue wave that left us soaked up to the waist. Julie then announced that she was going to spend Christmas with her Son in Sweden.
So our ‘dating’ continued over the internet, face-time and endless telephone calls, and as our virtual relationship grew it became clear to both of us that “It just feels right”

The words are deeply symbolic

"Although you're a thousand miles, you wrap me up inside your smiles"
Julie was in Sweden, calling me with the sweetest smile.

"Watch the screens and bide your time" - is what we were both doing, with internet dating, until we 'found' each other.

“Harmonies on the cyber-waves” ( our dating site was eharmony !)

“that single star in the window pane” - was the Pole Star that we were both seeing
tracking across our respective windows as we chatted on through the night

Hi there
thanks to all of you for following me and my music on here.

It was very pleasing recently to have these compliments said about me

"John writes and plays original guitar based song/poems anchored very much in the folk music tradition. His speciality is approachable, yet profound, lyrics coupled with the distinct melody phrasing that comes from the tuning he often uses ( D. A. D. F#. A. D. ) " - Les Ray ,Presenter on Cambridge105 FM

"John songs are really story telling with a poetic musical touch" - Julie W, Dorset UK

if you would like to hear more of my music you can find them here

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