Last weeks Colin Hay show got me hooked on a bunch of his songs. This morning I worked out the chords to "Beautiful World" and enjoyed playing it so much that I thought I'd make a quick recording of it to test out the studio Im putting together. It's just me & my ej200 acoustic, which if Im honest was always my favorite combination - must record more acoustic stuff like this!

Last Friday night I saw Colin Hay (songwriter & frontman of Australian band 'Men At Work') playing an acoustic gig in Cave Creek, AZ. It was a great show, and he's a fantastic songwriter & singer - man would I kill for a voice like that! 'Gathering Mercury' from his new album of the same name has to be one of the best songs I've heard in a while. Also did you know he's actually Scottish, not Australian?