Henry Priestman | Purveyor of finely crafted rhyme since 1977

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More than 37 years making music.

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Henry Priestman

8 hours ago

Photo from the weekend (hard to imagine on a dreary day like today); the magical Cwm Pennant, North Wales, as mentioned in Welsh poet Eifion Wyn's lines about it, translated as "Oh, Lord, why did you make Cwm Pennant so beautiful / And the life of the old shepherd so short?"...
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Henry Priestman

3 days ago

I dedicate this song of mine to anyone starting at University today...actually, they'll be no doubt be having "the best time of their lives", so instead, it goes out to all the parents who'll be feeling a bit empty these next few weeks.
"We Used To Be You", performed on Vintage TV the other year, with me joined on guitar by the great Graham Gouldman.
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!!!Vntge We used to be you

We used to be you by Henry Priestman performed on Vintage TV

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Henry Priestman

5 days ago

Short solo acoustic taster clip of a song from forthcoming album "Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other" by Les Glover & myself (out next month)...filmed on the Llangollen Canal the other week. ... See MoreSee Less

Henry Priestman/"Beautiful Dreamers" (beside Llangollen Canal)

Abbreviated solo acoustic version of Beautiful Dreamers from forthcoming album "Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other" by Henry Priestman & Les Glover

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Album cover for The Last mad Surge of Youth by Henry Priestman

“…compares favourably to Ray Davies. These are heart-warming self-assured songs from a man confidently declaring that he’s not done yet”

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Uncut Magazine

“Clever crafted songwriting…full of proper tunes & grown-up words…a clever, wily, literate writer”

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R2 Magazine

“A lovingly crafted album… his fourth act might be his best”

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Classic Pop Magazine

“It’s all bound by Priestman’s songwriterly craft: some things age cannot whither”

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Q Magazine

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