Closer to the Candle ALAN SILSON (with lyrics)

Alan Silson was always the guy with the cheeky grin to the left of Chris Norman in the Seventies band, Smokie. Here's a track from his 2007 solo album, Solitary Bird. See what you think.

[@user-vy1uy1pg9m]

Шикарное исполнение!С удовольствием смотрю всегда клип,Алан такой загадочный!Силсон,ты лучший ,и мы тебя любим!!!👍❤

[@henriput854]

Thanks friend , it’s a very good song , your fan Henri put Belgium 🇧🇪 cheers 👍

[@sunryse111]

My pleasure, Henri.

[@christineanne1453]

good track Victor, heard by few probably, big like. 😊😊👍👍*******

[@sunryse111]

My own personal favourite of this week's selection. Just back from four days in Limoges, France. Not really a "tourist spot" - no-one spoke any English. Even catching the local bus was challenging! Just my "cup of tea"!

[@468130]

Never knew Alan did solo stuff . Good album track Cheers Victor

[@ausblue1]

thanks Victor ..new 2me

[@sunryse111]

Hope you liked it, Pam!

[@ausblue1]

@@sunryse111 yes

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Sounds good, Victor. Another first for me. Thanks.

[@sunryse111]

Alan's the guy always beside Chris Norman in the band, Smokie. If you're unsure of them, they are well-worth checking out.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@sunryse111 I've listened to "Smokie" great sound.

[@sunryse111]

@@usmc-veteran73-77 From my home town of Bradford.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@sunryse111 I looked up Bradford on Google. WOW, a lot of old buildings. When was Bradford founded? I'm sure "way before" my hometown, Charleston, West Virginia, was found in 1794.

[@sunryse111]

@@usmc-veteran73-77 The name Bradford is derived from the Old English "brad" and "ford", "the broad ford", which referred to a crossing of the Bradford Beck at Church Bank below the site of Bradford Cathedral, around which a settlement grew in Anglo-Saxon times. It was recorded as "Bradeford" in 1086. After an uprising in 1070, during William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North, the manor of Bradford was laid waste, and is described as such in the Domesday Book of 1086. It then became part of the Honour of Pontefract given to Ilbert de Lacy for service to the Conqueror, in whose family the manor remained until 1311. The manor then passed to the Earl of Lincoln, John of Gaunt, The Crown and, ultimately, private ownership in 1620.