Drifting ft Kevin Sampson - Rialto
Kevin Sampson [Words/Vocals]
Joe Mckechnie [Music/Production]
Rialto is an excerpt from my novel Stars Are Stars.
The book traces the star crossed love affair between an idealistic politics student and the exuberant young artist she meets at a Wire gig in Eric's Club one frozen January night. Nicole wants to change the world - Danny wants to live it, every beat.
After a dream trip to Paris turns sour, Nic & Danny drift apart, she throws herself into grass roots activism while Danny succumbs to the comforts of the brown. His reawakening comes with the Liverpool 8 uprisings. Inspired once again to record the sights and character of the streets where he lives. Danny's lens bears witness to the force for change - and the state agents trying to quell it.
The passage you're about to hear in Rialto sees Danny trying to evade the police at sunrise after a night of rioting, determined to photograph the famous old Rialto ballroom before it burns to the ground.
- Kevin Sampson
Stars Are Stars soundtrack LP available via
www.80scasuals.co.uk/eighties-vinyl-records
Making the circuit back up Parliament Street towards the Close, Danny stopped and turned to take one last look...
released October 22, 2022
A Candy Mountain release.
Candy Mountain 017
Remastered - 28/04/2024
The Liverpool Uprising 1981
Discussed by people who were there.
youtu.be/P52swhGuSrE