Will Millar
Make Believe Days
1976 - Stony Plain SPL 1002 LP
Side One
Make Believe Days (Will Millar and Bud Dant)
Melanie (Mike Smith)
The Dutchman (Mike Smith) [1]
Daffodil Lady (Will Millar)
Country Joe and The Groupie (Will Millar) [2]
Winter World of Jacquelyn (Will Millar)
Side Two
Laurel and Hardy (Ron Coden) [2]
M'Lady's Garden (Will Millar)
Southern Comfort (Will & George Millar)
Sunshine Song (Will & George Millar)
Johnathan and Me (Will & George Millar)
Woody (Will Millar)
Credits
Will Millar: vocals, guitars & mandolin
Al Weib: lead guitar
Jerry Sheff: bass
Kat Hendricks: drums
Hans Staymer: harmonica
George Millar: rhythm guitar & vocals (special thanks to my brother)
Carol Weib: vocals
Robbie King: piano
Derek Bramtton: harpisord
Arranged by Al Weib
Engineered by Keith Stein
Recorded at Creative Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2 Will Millar: vocals
Tommy Banks: piano, vocals, arrangements & more
Paul Hann: vocals, buitars, banjo
Trevor Dunn: electric guitar
Bob Walker: bass
Tommy Doran: drums
P.J. Perry: clarinet
Don Evoy: banjo
John Allen Cameron: fiddle (courtesy of Columbia Records)
Recorded at Century II Studios, Edmonton, Alberta
Engineered by Les Bateman assisted by Rick Erickson
Mastered at J.A.M.F., Toronto
Remixed by Holger Petersen & Les Bateman at Century II
Photos by Bob & Diane Silk
Layout by Rob Storeshaw
Screening by Rob Davies.
Produced by Will Millar and Holger Petersen
Sleeve Notes
There was a time — as long ago as yesterday
When I believed in Magic.
Spells and charms lurked in the wood
In patchwork fields of stoneclad hedges
In my early growing pains.
Surrounded by story-telling Grannies,
Button-keyed accordian Fathers,
Religious Bible-thumping Uncles and
Home-baked bread Mothers
In Irish country kitchens.
They all left me with a trace of Celtic madness
A Daylight Atheist! Ready with temper, years, and temptation.
With an imagination that even believed in "Unicorns".
I've stumbled close to some loving souls
One more than the rest left in me a pocketful of rhymes.
And an empty heart for loving.
Dwelling often on the past, I sometimes wonder was it all a dream,
A daisy chain of Make Believe Days,
Once I penned the thought — "A man must look forward,
Turn all his songs mute, for youth can't be played on old battered flutes,"
Yet my flute today is as good or better than when new —
So then, my boy, take it away
There's many more rhymes to roll
And tunes to weave and play.
— May I share a moment with you then,
For tho each man's daydreams are secret things,
I'm sure you'll find a trace of mine in yours,
Then you'll understand the songs I sing,
Songs of Make Believe Days
Related release
Sunshine Song & Jonathan and Me: 1976 - Stony Plain SPS 1003 45
Songs of the Irish Rovers - Volume One: 2007 - Chacra Music
1 This track is included on this digital release … available at eMusic, Amazon, iTunes & Rhapsody.
My thanks to Charlene Emerson — Will Millar and Irish Rovers Scrapbook — for supplying the information on this recording.