Side One
Brother Eagle Jenkins' History
The Keeper
Newfoundland
Valley Lights
Old Men & Children

Side Two
Mickey's Song
Start & End With You
The Sun's Last Rays
The Old Carmarthen Oak
Fading Away
Hearts On Fire

All words and music Frank Hennessy apart from Side 2 Track 2

Thoughts and Memories
1987—Sain Cambrian 1384M LP

Frank Hennessy solo album

   
Frank Hennessy—vocals, acoustic guitars& production

Dave Burns—Mandolin, bodhran, banjo
Tom Edwards—Acoustic double bass

Charli Britton—Drums
Gareth Williams—Electric bass
Gareth Hughes Jones—Keyboards

Engineers—Eryl B. Davies, David Roberts
Cover design by Stiwxdio Mei, Penygroes
Cover photograph by Brian Woods
Photography Ltd. , taken on Midsummer's Eve at Tinkinswood Prehistoric Burial Chamber near St. Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan by kind permission
BROTHER EAGLE
More and more North American Indians drift away from their traditional homelands and toward major towns and cities. They are increasingly caught between the conflicting old and new cultures.

JENKINS' HISTORY
One of that rare breed of individuals who put the feelings and welfare of their charges above everything else. Including personal relationships.

THE KEEPER
In this instance “The Keeper” being you, I, and all mankind, who share a world which has been entrusted to us. We are only minding it for the next generation.

NEWFOUNDLAND
There was a time, not too long ago, when men left these shores under sail to reap the ocean's store. It was a perilous life, the only certain thing about the voyage being the departure date.

VALLEY LIGHTS
The energy of youth is a powerful force indeed, particularly when coupled with hope.

OLD MEN & CHILDREN
About that special relationship between the elderly and the young, who seem to have the time to listen to each other's thoughts and stories.

MICKEY'S SONG
Who needs a band when Mickey's at the party?
START & END WITH YOU
A love song.

THE SUN'S LAST RAYS
We are all sailors, each with our own storms to weather, reefs to negotiate, and shipwrecks to survive!

THE OLD CARMARTHEN OAK
Based upon Merlin the magician's ancient prophecy: “If the priory oak should ere come down, then will drown Carmarthen town.” In the song is the word “brethyn”. It is a home spun Welsh cloth, often used to make shawls,
There is a similar legend in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Sadly, the Irish version is merely a scurrilous rumour, started by me The song translates well though.

FADING AWAY
“Thoughts and memories such as these, are simply fading away”. Agricultural and rural life has altered greatly during this century, and even now the pace of change seems to be quickening.

HEARTS ON FIRE
There has to be a better way than this.

Sain (Recordiau)Cyf.,
Llandwrog, Caernarfon,
Gwynedd LL54 5TG
(0286) 831111

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