"Roberta Rogow"

Chandler's Tales captures the 'spirit' of the novels written about John Grimes. If you read the books you will love the song! Thanks Roberta.

The tune is an old one, called "The Chandler's Wife", which was later taken over and made into a novelty song called "The Thing". I used it because it seemed to fit... at that time (late '60's, early '70's) very few SF heroes had a real sex life. A few chaste kisses, a discreet liaison, or a reference to a previous romance, and Captain Whoha would be off saving the Galaxy, while his female companion of the moment hovered behind him. One of the reasons I enjoyed the Grimes books was that there were females in them who were more than set decoration...
Roberta

"Chris Conway"

Hailing from Michigan USA, multi-instrumental wizard Chris Conway has built his career in the UK , becoming one of the most fascinating musicians on the scene. Age of Miracles is from his Earth Rising album.

This is a song about many things - mostly about dreamers. I got the chorus from a pulpy sci-fi novel by A. Bertram Chandler, the title from a sci-fi novel by John Brunner. The first verse is about the 3rd World seeing few of the C21st wonders, the 2nd verse is about old love, and the 3rd about non-standard, "boheme"-type people.
Chris

Check out Chris Conway's web site at www.chrisconway.org