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Boo Hewerdine
"Understudy"

New studio album Understudy finds Boo in reflective mood with a fatalistic yet joyful narrative running throughout the lyrics , songs about these strange times individually and globally. Some of his finest to date.
About the album Boo says...
We’ve all been going through the strangest time. This album was written in my Glasgow flat. I was unable to visit my dad in his care home. But we would talk every day. I turned 60 (I’m 25 in real life). I lost dad. I fell in love with my home life. I rediscovered the joy of writing all the time. I made new remote friends. This album is reflection of this strange time. It is a record.
Written in Glasgow - recorded with long time collaborator Chris Pepper in East Anglia

Track 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10,12 written by Boo Hewerdine
Track 3 written by Boo Hewerdine, Audrey Hewerdine & Vladimir Nosal
Track 5 written by Boo Hewerdine & Kay Richey
Track 11 written by Ben Hewerdine & Boo Hewerdine
All instruments and singing - Boo Hewerdine and Chris Pepper
Plus
Gustaf Ljunggren - Lapsteel 1/2/12
Piano 6
Flute 8
Electric Mando 7
Angus Lyon - Piano 11
Pete Harvey - Cello 5
Ben Hewerdine - Keys 11
Strings - 3/6/10 Arranged Seonaid Aitken
Seonaid Aitken - Violin 1
Katrina Lee - Violin 2
Patsy Reid - Viola
Alice Allen - Cello
The Key Notes - 7
Arranged by Simon Morgan
Simon Morgan
Stephen Fennelly
Eunan Mc Donald
Jeremy Morgan
Barry Finn
Produced by Chris Pepper at Saltwell Studio
Boo Hewerdine is published by Chrysalis Music Ltd
Mastered by Mark Freegard
Live Agent Gail Cooke @ Laughing Dog Music
Design by Martin Rowsell @ Simply Marvellous
Photography Mark Freegard
For David Hewerdine
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