ARTISTS UNITE TO CREATE ALBUM IN SUPPORT OF BAILEY GUITARS
“We have been blown away by the generosity of everyone who has contributed to making this AWESOME album- THANK YOU” Mark & Carol
A group of artists have banded together to create an exclusive compilation album in support of Bailey Guitars, one of the UK’s leading artisan guitar-builders and instrument-making tutors.The company has recently been campaigning to take ownership of the building that houses its workshops
These workshops, located on the west coast of Scotland near Ayr, have attracted students from across the world, including places as far away as Tasmania and Brazil. Bailey Guitars are running a crowdfunding campaign – via Indiegogo – to support the campaign to keep their existing workshop space: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-guitar-making-revolution
The appeal inspired musician and Bailey’s aficionado Sam Winston to create a special compilation album, and he secretly contacted a number of fellow Bailey Guitar enthusiasts and others, via social media and other means, to donate a track to the album.
Those who agreed to take part include such acclaimed artists as Little Eye and Preston Reed. In total, 28 artists, from as far afield as Scotland, England France and Canada, have contributed to the album.
The album – priced at £5.50 – is now available for download, exclusively via independent music store Bandcamp: https://samwinston.bandcamp.com/album/save-bailey-guitars-compilation-album
The full tracklisting for the album is:
- Sam Winston – With A Lullabye
- Preston Reed – Funkin’ At The Junction
- Little Eye – We Are The Kings
- John Duffy’s Cafe Orchestra – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (cover)
- Long Day Living – Then We Start A Fire
- Simon Atkinson & The Foundryman’s Apprentice – The Pawnbroker
- The MidNines – Busy
- Mandy Green – I Don’t Want To Talk
- James Thompson – Bohemian Rhapsody (cover)
- FlewTheArrow / Lee McGilvray – To The Endless Earth
- Sandy McFadyean – Distant Abbey
- MidnightSun – Scheherazade
- John James Appleyard – Harrogate Jones
- Les Glover – Behind My Lens
- Phoebe Jay Appleby – Glass Heart
- Daniel Russell & Tom Monks – Watch Your Step
- Tom Craven – Beneath The Burning Moon
- Joe Hurworth – I Don’t Know
- Tom Monks – Hallelujah (cover)
- Benjamin Longman – Robins
- James Edge And The Mindstep – Four Two Four
- Bell Lungs – Callanish Stones
- Pete Diggens & Sam Winston – Age Of Change
- Paul Creighton – Seal Song
- Highland Hotclub – Josef Josef (On The Dance Floor)
- Katee Kross – I’m Coming Home
- The Grenaways – Old Mast
- Up In Smoke – Time Just Flies
Sam Winston said “Bailey Guitars not only specialise in handmade instruments – including electric guitars, basses, acoustics, ukuleles, archtops, and even the odd Bouzouki – but are also a green, environmentally-friendly company. They use wind and solar energy to create their instruments. In my eyes, and in the eyes of their many players and admirers, they are truly special.
“The tracks on this album are not only ones by Bailey Guitar players – though there are many, many of them here – but all kinds of generous musicians who have donated special tracks for this one cause, to help Bailey Guitars and their appeal to save their workshop space.”
All proceeds from the album will go directly to the Bailey Guitars appeal. Taking ownership of the property that houses their workshops will allow Bailey Guitars to establish a permanent base for the manufacture of their signature instruments; and to run their popular guitar-making workshops, in which over 400 students have already participated.
Mark Bailey, founder and owner of Bailey Guitars, said: “We have been incredibly touched by Sam’s generosity in giving up his time and energy to support our appeal, and we cannot offer enough thanks to the remarkable musicians who have also contributed their work to help us. Every penny raised by this appeal is being ploughed into sustaining our business, and if we are fortunate enough to exceed our target we will continue to invest in our facilities to the benefit of our students and customers around the world.
“I think that for a really quite small contribution, those who download the album will receive some really great music and do some good at the same time.”
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About Bailey Guitars www.guitarmaking.co.uk
Mark Bailey founded Bailey Guitars with partner Carol Davies, in Coventry in 1998. The company’s first workshop was run from a double decker bus, making the best of whatever materials could be salvaged and re-used. Bailey Guitars was founded on the principles of sustainability and power from renewable energy sources and are now based in Ayrshire, Scotland,
It remains an innovative eco-friendly guitar manufacturing company, utilising wind and solar power, and now operates its own on-site and online guitar making workshops.
Mark has trained with some of the leading guitar makers in the world including Patrick Eggle, Rob Williams, Trevor Wilkinson and Gary Levinson. He now uses his wide-range of manufacturing skills to produce not only his own popular range of signature guitars, but also to run workshop courses that allow anyone, even absolute beginners, to create their own bespoke instrument, completely from scratch. Over 400 students have crafted their own guitar by signing up for one of Bailey’s residential or online course.
In 2015, Bailey launched their Guitar Making Academy, with the intention of inspiring musicians and would-be musicians around the world to create their own custom built guitars and bass guitars. They provide an opportunity for anyone to create their own unique electric or acoustic instruments and attain a level of craftsmanship that would otherwise be beyond their financial means, or might not be commercially available.
During the last 15 years, Bailey Guitars has pursued a policy of only working with renewable energy sources, including wind and solar power, and where possible sustainable materials. Bailey Guitars can claim to be amongst the most environmentally-friendly instrument builders in the world.