John Dunnery and Wayne Wilkinson are what you would call ordinary working class guys. They both work on a building site, they both have steady girlfriends, John has a couple of kids and Wayne has a 1989 Mercedes car!  They are both around 30 years old and they both had to travel far and wide to get work and put food on the table. They both like a pint and they both like to watch football and boxing. You could almost say that they are your everyday, run of the mill, average guys on the building site, apart from one thing …………..  Songwriting!  That’s right, for some strange reason , when you put these two carpenters together they write the most amazing songs.

Singing in his broad Cumbrian accent, John declares “I don’t mind if the sun don’t shine on me, I’ve got my house and my car and a little money” admitting later in the song that he had given up on himself and his right to fulfil his artistic vision. He had settled for less when he always knew he was worth so much more.

There are no frills with this CD. John and Wayne are not trying to sell you a cheap gimmick, nor are they  trying to take over the world but in this humble first recording  they do remind us of our tendency to go climbing up ladders only to realise later in life that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.

In the last year the guys have toured with Paul Young, Vonda “Ally MacBeal” Shepard, Francis Dunnery (who produced this album), Marti Pellow, Beautiful South offshoot Homespun (featuring Sam Brown on vocals), Belinda Carlisle and Glen Tilbrook.

A couple of Northern carpenters trying to come home. You gotta try!