SnapShots: Diana Frangi

David Courtney “We Will Not Fall”

I have always had close ties with Shoreham through Leo Sayer and I also lived there for about four years. When I learned about the tragedy that took place in Shoreham this August I felt I wanted to do something for the families and friends of the victims and I came up with the idea of releasing one the songs Marina and I have recorded as a duet entitled ’We Will Not Fall’. I contacted Marina and we have been recording the album, exchanging vocal files and backing tracks via the internet, and it has worked out brilliantly. My friend, photographer Ian Williams, created the sleeve image and video producer Will McGuigan of Big Eye Productions produced a beautiful video. We turned the whole thing around in a week!”
Brighton-born and internationally acclaimed musician David Courtney is celebrating his 50th anniversary in music with the release of a two CD set, ‘Anthology’, an album featuring the many artists he has written for and produced over the years and the album sleeve portrait created by leading sports artist Paul Trevillion. David started his career as a drummer in a local band called ‘The Urchins’ at the age of 14, turned professional at 15 when he became the drummer in Adam Faith’s backing band. David’s first big break was as a songwriter with Leo Sayer, and he has also worked with Roger Daltrey, David Gilmour, Ritchie Blackmore, Eric Clapton and Sir Paul McCartney. The Anthology set can be found at Amazon and at all record stores.

Last month David dedicated one of his new songs, a collaboration with Russian musician Marina Kapuro called ‘We Will Not Fall’ as a tribute to the victims of the Shoreham Air Show disaster which occurred in August this year. The song was released on September 4th and is available as a download with the proceeds being donated to creating a memorial shrine where the families can go and reflect on their loved ones.
For more info: www.davidcourtney.co.uk