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The Piper Plays His Tune
£12.00
A completely solo project coming out of the UK Covid19 lockdown, where John Hackett writes, sings and plays all the parts himself.
Full Track List:
- Masters of my past
- Broken
- In love
- Crying Shame
- Broken Glass
- Julia
- Too late for dreamers
- Clown
- Loved by you
- There you go again
Lyrics can be downloaded here: Piper – lyrics
SKU: HKTRX012
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