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With the Piano following the lapping flow of the river and the dawn chorus echoing around Stanley’s boat, a Mandolin introduces the Swallow and the steady pulses of the river are presented with the gradual addition of Fretless Bass, Percussion, Reeds and Woodwinds and finally the full Orchestra.

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Stanley steered the boat into the middle of the river.
He had worked out his own system for using the craft so he could cover parts of the pool he couldn't dream of touching from the bank.
He congratulated himself on this unconventional method.
Then he switched the outboard off and the boat hung suspended at the top of the pool, in a smooth glide and secured by a rope and hook fixed to the opposite bank.
He then sat in the middle of the boat and unpacked his take bag.
A mist hung over the pool below him. He looked downstream to the Heron and beyond to the growing sunrise.
A feeling of pure contentment rushed through his veins.
The world around him was waking up and all around him life flourished.
Birdsong filled the air echoing and dancing with the lapping of the water.
A swallow appeared.
Its acrobatic flight captured his attention and he revelled in its grace and control in the air.
Stanley took its arrival as an omen of his good fortune, like most true anglers, and in spite of his beliefs, he was prone to superstition.
The swallow dived and leaped and climbed in the air above the river.
It circled over slow water above the large outcrop of rock (that gave the pool its name).
The first brush of the sun had lifted the temperature and the dawn hatch of flies were leaving their river womb.
The Swallow plucked them from the air as they rose from the water in their millions.
His rod secured, he lifted his flask from a pocket on his bag and toasted the sun, whispered a Hail Mary, then swallowed a large Malt.
Yes,
The warmth of the whisky rushed through his body. He put the flask in his pocket, lifted the fly rod and began to cast.

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from The Salmon​’​s Tail - Music, released June 21, 2018
Location Recordings by The Tunesmith.
Orchestral Score Recordings - Kevin Murray
Guitar - Mandolin - Kevin
Fretless Bass. - Mario Lima Caribe
Djembe and assorted Percussion - Ronnie Goodman. - Kevin

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Kevin Murray Dundee, UK

Composer, Musician, Songwriter - Tunesmith is shorter!
lives with a cat in a Glen in Scotland where the local wildlife tolerates and encourages students of Music.
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