The Return of the Orange Sun
"The Return of the Orange Sun" is the first solo album from Vancouver singer/guitarist Ian Gregson.
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The album features original music composed and recorded at the Adanac Sound Studio in East Vancouver over the spring and summer of 2017.
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The "Orange Sun" refers to the colour of the Vancouver sun over the summer due to extensive forest fires throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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The album features vocal and instrumental tracks with influences ranging from classic rock, soul, funk, blues and jazz.
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Covers include Paul Weller's "You Do Something To Me" and Lou Reed's classic "Sweet Jane".
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About the Music
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"It Never Stopped Raining" - written in that never ending time of year where the rain just keeps coming and coming
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"Days Such As These" - a song about growing up in Lancashire in the 70's. The joke was you could kick a ball far enough it would dissapear down a mineshaft as might you also. The song echoes Bill Nelson's "Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape" in numerous ways.
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"Dancing on Your Grave" - a political jibe about those elected and in power who dance on the graves of us all.
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"No Prisoners" - a tribute to one of the greatest films of all time "Lawrence of Arabia". The title stems from the scene were Lawrence is faced with a retreating batallion and makes the choice to take "No Prisoners"
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Astronamus - an early Pink Floyd influenced instrumental.
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Pretty Woman - about a woman I was dating at the time who seemed uninterested in my music until I wrote this song about her. In order to retain her interest I made it as creepy as I could.
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"Fear of the Perfect Stranger" written several years ago, using samples from the classic British tv show "League of Gentlemen". The song is about fear of unknown precious things....
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"Don't You Think About Runnin"" a statement about the sad state of the world and how our personal relationships are affected
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"Stay Away" a Van City Soul Quartet showstopper ! A tribute to the recently departed Charles Bradley = my version of Charles Bradley's cover of the Nirvana classic
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"What I Need" an instrumental version of a Deep Purple tune
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"No Pain No Gain" another instrumental featuring some funky wah-wah work