{"id":697,"date":"2015-01-31T09:23:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T16:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/songwriter\/?p=697"},"modified":"2015-01-31T09:23:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T16:23:48","slug":"claudia-scott-wins-spelleman-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/2015\/01\/31\/claudia-scott-wins-spelleman-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Scott wins Spelleman Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DHoriginal-788x797.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2239\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DHoriginal-788x797-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"DHoriginal-788x797\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DHoriginal2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2236\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DHoriginal2-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"DHoriginal2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To celebrate tonight&#8217;s news here the background to the track&#8230;here the original slip of paper I wrote it on&#8230;.plus a note on reverse mentioning the song &#8216;Satisfied Mind&#8217; maybe for &#8216;feel&#8217;. I never recorded it as far as I can tell.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 21st October 2001<\/p>\n<p>A blank week in diary&#8230;aged 42 \u00a0and still working at St. Catherine&#8217;s Library Oxford University as a library assistant for \u00a314k full time in 2001. About to resign following a miserable year rebounding from a relationship of 7 years with a Spanish woman.<br \/>\nI was in a quiet time writing&#8230;.and here it is.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiration is a funny thing&#8230;the song came from the sky literally&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I know that because I date everything. Written on a small piece of paper no more than a post-it note. Almost the whole lyric written in one go no edits. Then transferred to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/archive\/river\/lyrics01.htm\">archive<\/a> where Claudia Scott found the following in 2003 when I putting together The Moon Over the Downs charity disc for my father after he was diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Here the &#8216;official&#8217; online version Claudia found I not sure if I amended to &#8216;my dear&#8217; or Claudia did.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">THE DEVIL&#8217;S HOUSE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">I LIVE IN A HOUSE ON TOP OF A HILL<br \/>\nI&#8217;VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND I&#8217;M HERE STILL<br \/>\nAND I WATCH YOU EVERY DAY YOU GO BY<br \/>\nEVERY DAY OF MY LIFE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">AND THE RAIN POURS DOWN LIKE TEARS<br \/>\nFROM THE COAL BLACK CLOUDS MY DEAR<br \/>\nON TO THE DEVIL&#8217;S HOUSE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">WELL YOU DO THINGS THAT YOU DON&#8217;T UNDERSTAND<br \/>\nYOUR FEEL CONFUSED BUT YOU WORK AND PLAN<br \/>\nTHEN ALONG COMES A GIRL WITH A PRETTY SMILE<br \/>\nAND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU&#8217;RE ALREADY MINE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">COS I BEEN WATCHING YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then Claudia recorded the lovely version on the \u00a0original Moon Over The Downs in 2003 with Fats Kaplin.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F181768515&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true&show_comments=true&color=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Finally Claudia re-recorded on last year&#8217;s &#8216;Follow The Lines&#8217; which was nominated alongside four other albums\u00a0for a Norwegian Grammy (Spelleman) for Best Country Album \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F181766029&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true&show_comments=true&color=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and today the great news&#8230;Claudia pictured below with the Spelleman award \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>My mother and father\u00a0who both passed on from cancer\u00a0would be proud they met over a turntable playing Bill Haley and Fats Domino:-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/claudia.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1099\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/claudia.jpg?resize=462%2C260\" alt=\"claudia\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate tonight&#8217;s news here the background to the track&#8230;here the original slip of paper I wrote it on&#8230;.plus a note on reverse mentioning the song &#8216;Satisfied Mind&#8217; maybe for &#8216;feel&#8217;. 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