A Letter From The Front – (Song)

A Letter From The Front is a song by Night Of Treason written by …….. The song features Mike Peters on Harmonica and Steve “Smiley” Barnard on piano. The song was released by Night Of Treason on their album Gentlemen and Hooligans on 30th April 2012.
The original recording of this song is from a 2009 EP without featuring Mike so it’s only the version from the 2012 album that includes the Harmonica introduction by Mike to this song.

2012 Album Recording
Running length 5:34
Written by Patrick Gilbert

Musicians & Credits
Peter “Pinky” Wallis – Lead vocals
Pat Gilbert – Guitar
Bill Gaynor – Guitar
Jon Wheeler- Bass
Shave – Drums
Mike Peters – Harmonica
Steve “Smiley” Barnard – Piano

Produced by Steve “Smiley” Barnard

Night Of Treason were Initially a covers band (doing everything from The Clash to Menace, Buzzcocks to Costello), they gradually introduced originals, gigged their arses off and at various gigs and festivals have been joined onstage by heroes like Mike Peters (The Alarm), Billy Bragg and Mick Jones. The Gentlemen and Hooligans album is produced by Smiley, former drummer with Joe Strummers Mescaleros and features Mike Peters on Cool Hand Luke style harmonica.
The key songs are My Town, the Ballad of the Teddy Boy (from Ladbroke Grove) and A Letter From the Front. They owe an undeniable musical debt to both The Clash and The Alarm. Teddy Boy has a tune that lodges in your brain for ages and the latter is based on the experiences of two of the bands grandfathers in World War I and avoids sloganeering with a personal narrative about the effect of war on real families.

Mike Peters joined Night of Treason on stage to perform a version of A Letter From The Front at The Gathering 31-10-2010, where Mike also performed a version of Complete Control with Night Of Treason


Click on above picture for album audio from Night of Treason – Gentleman & Hooligans album featuring Mike Peters Harmonica intro


Mike Peters joined Night of Treason on stage to perform a version of A Letter From The Front at The Gathering 31-10-2010, where Mike also performed a version of Complete Control with Night Of Treason
Click on the above picture for an audience recording