Who and what is Blame the Moon?

For now, Richard Hunt (acoustic guitar), Steve Smith (keyboards) and Geoff Lai (electric guitar).

Richard started playing guitar and writing songs around 30 years ago (when he was 40 years old!). Armed with an average voice, lovely Sigma guitar and a newly discovered ability to write songs, he took to the stage (just a series of scary open mic nights at Talking Heads in Southampton). No big deal, but real musicians popped out of the ether, liked what they heard and a band called Skimmer was born. They played a few local gigs and a regular monthly spot at the Bent Brief in Southampton until it closed and the band stopped playing in 2015.

And that was nearly that, but with old age looming large and Richard with retirement time on his hands, there were a couple or so songs that really did need recording for posterity. So it was off to Steve Smith’s ‘Room with A View’ studio to record ‘If Time Stood still’ amongst others... Two years later (now), and with live music the only thing that AI ain’t gonna get, the songs, old and new, get another public airing under the guise of ‘Blame the Moon’, courtesy of Steve and Geoff.

So there you have it.

The lyrics are somewhere down below, as are links to 4 Skimmer songs Circa 2000, recorded at Dylan (fabulous double bass player) Clarke’s flat...... But there’s more!

There are links to a few of the latest recordings at Steve’s for good measure.