Deacon Blue Star Ricky Ross Reveals He Is
Writing With Acoustic Indie Singer Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Daily Record 22nd August 2014
Deacon Blue star Ricky Ross reveals he is writing with acoustic indie singer
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Daily Record 22nd August 2014
THE
writing partnership came about after Benjamin’s single Box of Stones was remixed
online by DJ MikeA with Ricky’s hit Real Gone Kid last year.
DEACON Blue
star Ricky Ross has revealed he is writing with acoustic indie singer Benjamin
Francis Leftwich.
Ricky said: “Benjamin came up and we wrote some stuff
together. He’s a lovely guy and we really enjoyed working together.”
The
writing partnership came about after Benjamin’s single Box of Stones was remixed
online by DJ MikeA with Ricky’s hit Real Gone Kid last year.
The
Dundonian singer loved the ecoustic mash-up so much he performed it live while
touring his solo album.
In the past, Ricky has written for Ronan Keating
and Will Young as well as co-writing James Blunt’s hit High.
Now he has
teamed up with Dan Sells and Richard Jones from The Feeling, as well as John
Newman songwriting partner Steve Brooker, for two songs on forthcoming Deacon
Blue album A New House.The new LP is released on 9 September, and the video
accompanying its lead single features footage of the band - as kids.
Singer Lorraine McIntosh said: “People probably wouldn’t recognise that it’s us.
There’s footage of me climbing up a cliff in Arbroath with my Auntie Mary, who’s
not around now, and a clip of me sliding down a pole as a wee girl.
“There’s footage of Ricky a party in his old back garden too. I love old home
movies. I could sit and watch them all night. Time just disappears when you
watch them.”
Ricky added: “The guy who made the video for us was
recommended by (Scottish singer songwriter) Jo Mango.
“He goes by the
name Bob’s Train Set and he has done a really lovely job with them. We basically
didn’t want to be in the video, so we gave him some ideas.
“It’s a really
simple song but it felt like a breakthrough one for me in terms of writing for
this album.” Paul English