SIMON AND THE HARMONIC SUN TRAVELLERS :: Every Day In The Sun

WARNING: THIS RELEASE CONTAINS CONTENTS FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION!

Over in the bush
Shake shake the apple tree
My little rooster
Puff the magic dragon (Peter Paul & Mary cover)
There's a worm at the bottom of my garden
Old man winter
This little light
Growing song
Chicky chicky chick bok bok
The garden song
All the birds have come again
Skip to my lou
It's a beautiful day today (Moby Grape cover)
Lily pond (Vashti Bunyan cover)
Thank you (Tully cover)
Every day in the sun

Simon McLean: singing, acoustic and electric guitar
Sylvie McLean: singing, violin (songs 1 & 11)
Eryn Wright: singing
Diego Zaragoza: percussion, banjo, harmonica, singing
Bella Vita: violin
Rod Coe: double bass
Ben Cox: drums
Danny Widdicombe: dobro and pedal steel
Seraph Hrubos: piano
Children singing: Malia Barron, Rosie Barron, Seraph Hrubos, Autumn Manu-Gorman, Sylvie McLean, Leia Zaragoza, Levi Zaragoza

Recorded and mixed by Diego Zaragoza at Golden Tone Studios, South Golden Beach NSW Australia. Mastered by Adam Dempsey. Artwork and design by Anouk Smith.

Simon joined his first band Jupiter, at 18, playing on the Sydney music scene, with a few EPs released on the Summershine label in the early 90s. Alison Galloway, the Jupiter drummer, went on to form Smudge and is also in The Sticker Club. Moving to the UK, Simon eventually formed another band January, who were signed in 2000 to Alan McGee’s Poptones label, releasing their debut album I Heard Myself In You internationally in 2001.

Fast forward into another lifetime, Simon found himself living in the Northern Rivers of NSW. While working as an early childhood teacher, ideas for arrangements and how the album could sound started to form. In spring 2022 the timing was finally right and the sessions for Every Day in The Sun took place at Golden Tone Studios in South Golden Beach, north of Byron Bay. The studio’s owner Diego Zaragoza recorded the album, also adding percussion, banjo and backing vocals.