Here’s a little song, written for my first boyfriend in early 1963, recorded for the first time at my house in 2026 with my son Tom on guitar and my granddaughter, Abigail, on lead vocals with me. Her voice sounds very similar to mine when I was her age (19).
One of the best things about revisiting my songs from the 1960s and recording or re-recording them was the chance to play and sing with my family and old friends. For example on Willow Song, my son Tom Hawkesworth plays guitar and my granddaughter, Abigail Hawkesworth, sings alternate verses with me and harmonizes with me on the choruses. Willow Song used to be called I Have Found a Summer Love – I had forgotten about it until my friend Angy, who I was in a girl duo with in the 1960s (as ‘Jennifer Lewis and Angela Strange’) remembered it was on our playlist back in the day and she still had a copy of the words. Our producer Rowland Prytherch created the harmonies and the lovely mandolin part.
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