I wrote this song in 1988 after hearing the song ‘I Forgot That Love Existed’ by Van Morrison on a late night radio station. I played it ...

I started to write this song on the train between Dublin and Belfast in 1988 while on tour with the singer/songwriter Tanita Tikaram. T...

This music was written by Jo Clack in 1986. I added the words and Jenny Clements played the tenor horn. We originally recorded the song a...

Rain is the oldest song on this collection. I wrote it for a girl when I was 18. She wasn’t that taken with the song, and as it turned ou...

Jo Clack set William Blake’s poem ‘London’ to music when we recorded our album ‘Blake Songs’ to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the ...

I wrote Wings in 1989 and recorded it with Chris Fallon at the controls in Myco Music Studio. Once again, the master tape was so worn tha...

I wrote The Hook after moving to Wapping and hearing the stories of the local dockers and their families. Jo Clack knocked the song into ...

This song was written in 2004 by Rupert Orton and myself for the second incarnation of Gaffer Hexam featuring Orton on lead guitar, Don A...

Another William Blake poem set to music by Jo Clack. We were asked to perform a selection of these ‘Blake Songs’ at Tate Britain on 28th ...

Jo Clack wrote the music to this in the mid-‘90s. I wrote the lyrics after a couple of encounters with a fellow called Ray Levine at Soho...

I wrote this after a promoter told me he could triple my fee if I put together a Johnny Cash tribute act! I was dismissive of the idea at...

In the late ‘90s I met up with the poet and novelist Iain Sinclair. I asked if he’d be interested in writing some song lyrics for me. A c...

Jo Clack and I wrote this in 2010 and recorded it at The Cream Room with Rob Clydesdale in 2013. Jo and I first met at St. Mark’s School ...

I began this song on the 6th December 1988. I only know that because of the opening line! I wrote this for The Tender Trap. We began reco...

Here is the tracklisting on Spirit Songs - The Best of Paul Howard. Credits to follow. Irish Ivan's Spirit Song The Holy Hour Winter's He...