Dawn Trader Songs
The songs are listed here in roughly chronological order based on memory and recordings that still exist. We'd like to trace the exact writers of the songs at some point too . .. (some chance if the band themselves can't remember!!!! So please forgive innacuracies with writing credits too)Oh yes, we'll sprinkle the list with clips too, and try to refresh them from time to time as well ;-)
Very early songs:
Teenage Lover (later amended to Teenage Rocker) (Vizard/Evans)
The Kids Are Alright
Sweet Love
East Of Eden
Daybreak
Castle (Vizard)
The Party's Over (Vizard)
Cold Start
Mr Yellow (Allard/Barrie)
Venice Red (Allard)
Golden Valley (Allard)
Rise and Fall (Allard)
Rock N Roll Funky Man (Allard)
Nightmare (Allard)
The first Official recordings:
No One Gonna Better Me (Preston/Allard)
Orphan
Dawn Trader (Allard)
You On My Mind (Vizard)
Whole Lotta Trouble (Humphreys)
Flash In The Sky (Humphreys/Preston)
Roller (Humphreys)
Angel (Humphreys)
Running For Your Life (Humphreys/Preston)
Good To Be Back Home (Humphreys/Preston)
Take The Money And Run (Humphreys/Vizard/Evans/Preston)
Hard gigging era:
Drinking Thinking
Whiskey And Coke (Evans)
Lady Of The Road (Kealey)
Holding On
Bright Lights
Poser
Rocking Away
Take It (Vizard/Kealy/Preston/Marsden)
Lights Out Nights Out (Vizard)
New set of recordings:
Homebreaker (Evans)
Love Is All (Vizard/White/Preston)
Bad Loser (Vizard)
Spirit Of The Night
"The new wave of Mick's Last Stand" era (??!!!!)
24 Hours
Comin' In For Some Abuse
No Reason (Vizard/Evans/Preston)
Evil Steel
Turn Down (Rock And Roll) (Vizard/Evans/Preston)
All Night Lover
Down On The Mat
The Mac Era:
Lonely Nights
Mama's Rival
Why Do You Run (Coxhead)
It'll Be A Long Night (Coxhead)
Jamaica (Coxhead)
Sahara (Langdon)
Grey Horizons (Coxhead/Charles)
Slick City Salesman (Coxhead)
Known covers (from live recordings):
Roll Over Beethoven
Crossroads
Blue Suede Shoes
Tush
I Saw Her Standing There
Some Kind Of Wonderful (Grand Funk Railroad)
I'm A Man (Ace - used to introduce the band members in very early days)
