Phil Salter – Genoa’s Set
Phil Salter – Genoa’s Set
“Genoa’s Set” is a song that is about losing contact with old friends, regretting the allowing that to happen, and the then going about finding and tracking them down again.
My good friends Pete and Sue owned a small/medium sized sailboat and obviously knew about sailing. They also had a friend named Garold, a fellow that I had met on a number of occasions who had sailed a boat from Seattle to Brisbane solo in about 1982; I remember having an afternoon on Garold’s boat with Pete & Sue and Garold in the Brisbane harbour one afternoon in January 1983.
So sailboats were becoming a part of our lives. Garold introduced us all to the American singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett as he’d bought cassette tapes over with him on the boat. As a result we’ve been huge fans of Jimmy now for a very long time and would probably never have heard Jimmy if it hadn’t been for Garold. So thanks to Garold! (Jimmy Buffett fans are known as “Parrotheads” and I like to think of “Genoa’s Set” as a “Parrothead” song. I was interviewed while I was in Paris in 2014 at a Jimmy Buffett concert and have a brief appearance in the 2017 movie” Parrot Heads”, a movie about Jimmy’s fans. (I even got my name in the credits!)
When I was writing the song I remember sitting or should I say “drinking” with Pete and Sue and asking them questions about boats, wanting to know the names of the parts, sailing terms, sails etc so they helped me with that and ultimately the name of the song being “Genoa’s Set”.
I think of it as a country song, I think that my music fits the country genre more than any other and I think there are country music influences in the song; like for example the banjo. The well known Australian Country Music artist Jim Hermel taught me to play banjo when I was I think 15 years old, and I’ve always been a hug fan of Jim ever since. He very strongly influenced my direction in music, and I’m lucky enough to these days still be in touch with him and his wife Virginia.
“Im thrilled that Genoa’s Set has finally been released and given it’s long deserved chance!”.
Written by:
Philip Barrie Salter
Album Label:
N/A
“Genoa’s Set” is a song that is about losing contact with old friends, regretting the allowing that to happen, and the then going about finding and tracking them down again.
My good friends Pete and Sue owned a small/medium sized sailboat and obviously knew about sailing. They also had a friend named Garold, a fellow that I had met on a number of occasions who had sailed a boat from Seattle to Brisbane solo in about 1982; I remember having an afternoon on Garold’s boat with Pete & Sue and Garold in the Brisbane harbour one afternoon in January 1983.
So sailboats were becoming a part of our lives. Garold introduced us all to the American singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett as he’d bought cassette tapes over with him on the boat. As a result we’ve been huge fans of Jimmy now for a very long time and would probably never have heard Jimmy if it hadn’t been for Garold. So thanks to Garold! (Jimmy Buffett fans are known as “Parrotheads” and I like to think of “Genoa’s Set” as a “Parrothead” song. I was interviewed while I was in Paris in 2014 at a Jimmy Buffett concert and have a brief appearance in the 2017 movie” Parrot Heads”, a movie about Jimmy’s fans. (I even got my name in the credits!)
When I was writing the song I remember sitting or should I say “drinking” with Pete and Sue and asking them questions about boats, wanting to know the names of the parts, sailing terms, sails etc so they helped me with that and ultimately the name of the song being “Genoa’s Set”.
I think of it as a country song, I think that my music fits the country genre more than any other and I think there are country music influences in the song; like for example the banjo. The well known Australian Country Music artist Jim Hermel taught me to play banjo when I was I think 15 years old, and I’ve always been a hug fan of Jim ever since. He very strongly influenced my direction in music, and I’m lucky enough to these days still be in touch with him and his wife Virginia.
“Im thrilled that Genoa’s Set has finally been released and given it’s long deserved chance!”.
Written by:
Philip Barrie Salter
Album Label:
N/A