
{"id":388,"date":"2014-08-20T11:21:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T10:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/?p=388"},"modified":"2014-08-23T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T15:06:41","slug":"sweet-science-by-findlay-napier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/sweet-science-by-findlay-napier\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Science by Findlay Napier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-389\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2014\/08\/Sweet-Science-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet-Science\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2014\/08\/Sweet-Science-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2014\/08\/Sweet-Science-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2014\/08\/Sweet-Science-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2014\/08\/Sweet-Science.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The first single from VIP: Very Interesting Persons album. Each song is a story of someone who has lead a very interesting life.<\/p>\n<p>The term The Sweet Science of Bruising was coined by sportswriter Pierce Egan in his 1813 collection Boxiana; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference weeks before his fight with Jimmy Garcia featherweight champion Gabriel Ruelas \u201cPromised to make someone pay\u201d. Later that day he had a premonition that something would go terribly wrong during the fight.<\/p>\n<p>During their Las Vegas fight Garcia collapsed and sunk into a coma. He died a week later. After Garcia\u2019s death Ruelas swore that every time he got into the ring he saw Jimmy Garcia&#8217;s ghost staring at him across the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Former member of multi-award winning Scots trad. band Back of the Moon Findlay Napier is Scotland&#8217;s rising singer singer songwriter. Following on in the tradition of Karine Polwart, Dougie MacLean, Rab Noakes and Michael Marra he delivers upbeat musical vignettes on a host of interesting subjects all in his native accent.<\/p>\n<p>His new album VIP: Very Interesting Persons was co-written and produced by Boo Hewerdine is due for release very soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findlaynapier.com\">http:\/\/www.findlaynapier.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Single title:<\/strong> Sweet Science<br \/>\n<strong>Single artist:<\/strong> Findlay Napier<br \/>\n<strong>Single duration:<\/strong> 3:00<br \/>\n<strong>Record Label:<\/strong> Cheerygroove<br \/>\n<strong>Catalogue No:<\/strong> CHEERY002<br \/>\n<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Findlay Napier &amp; Boo Hewerdine<br \/>\n<strong>Publishers:<\/strong> MSCP\\PRS &amp; Chrysalis Music Ltd<br \/>\n<strong>Explicit?: No<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Search Terms:<\/strong> Singer, Songwriter, Acoustic, Story Song, Guitar, Lapsteel, True Story, Concept Album<\/p>\n<p class=\"follow-cat-feed\"> Follow these topics: <a  href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/english-language-songs\/feed\/\">English language songs<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/feed\/\">Releases<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/song-writer\/feed\/\">songwriter<\/a><\/p><div id=\"downloadinfo-panel\" style=\"display: block;max-height: 200px;overflow: scroll;width: 100%;margin-bottom:15px\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first single from VIP: Very Interesting Persons album. Each song is a story of someone who has lead a very interesting life. The term The Sweet Science of Bruising was coined by sportswriter Pierce Egan in his 1813 collection Boxiana; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism. 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