BP Fallon & David Holmes premiere new single 'Henry McCullough'

In a statement explaining the song's origin, David Holmes said: “I received a phone call from BP Fallon the day before Henry McCullough’s funeral. He was heart-broken having lost his dear friend and asked could he stay at mine after he returned from the funeral. After I picked him up from the train station he asked me if he returned early enough could we record something. I started working on the music that day and then I had an idea which was to record something about Henry and their relationship. When BP returned that evening I sat him down in front of the microphone and this happened in one take! We both knew we captured a very special moment that couldn’t have been created at any other moment - magic”.

In a recent interview with Hot Press, David spoke enthusiastically about his relationship with BP Fallon.

“BP is one of a kind. I’ve always been attracted to unique people and voices. I got a call from him saying, ‘I’m coming up to Henry McCullough’s funeral. I’m heartbroken; I’ve known him since 1966. Could I stay at your place and, if it’s not too late when we come back from the funeral, do you fancy doing something in the studio?’ I was really deep into Late Night Tales at that stage and knew the trajectory of what I was trying to say. I started messing around on the piano in my living room and thought, ‘Oh, that sounds cool!’ I took it to my studio, where I’d just got this mint condition Vox Continental organ from the ‘60s, and fleshed the track out. I texted BP and said, ‘Write something about Henry.’ When he arrived at my house, he’d only managed to come up with the outro – ‘My friend the end, I know you’re not coming back again’ – so after a cup of coffee and a smoke, I stuck the headphones on him and it all came flooding out. It was the most perfect eulogy done in one take. Towards the end he croaks up and talks about missing and loving Henry; it’s such a moving recording. To capture a moment like that… it was almost as if Henry McCullough was in the room.”

This spoken word ode to the Northern Irish guitarist comes from one of the few men in this world who could properly eulogise the man. A deeply sincere odyssey of Henry McCullough's life, the song also features guitars courtesy of the one and only Noel Gallagher.

The video is a beautiful and technically complex piece of work by the young Dublin film makers from Single Cell & Speed Of Life Films.

The single will be available as a vinyl on Record Store Day, April 22, along with David Holmes' newest album Late Night Tales.