Michael Braccia
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Second Chance
Acoustic duo - ballads, covers and folk
Second Chance Studio:
Broadcast on Youtube every month.
We perform covers and our own songs and occasionally interview musicians and authors.
To view recorded shows just select ' YouTube recordings' (below).
Next show on Youtube:
Thursday 21 December 7.30 p.m.
Second Chance Christmas Special
Thursday 15 December 2022
Songs performed.
Second Chance:
Fairytale of New York
Mistletoe and wine
Winter Wonderland
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
White Christmas
Also, Mike Braccia read a ghost story, 'She blames me', from his short story collection, 'Banfield Tales'.
David Hickman:
Happy Christmas (War is over)
As tears go by
Hallelujah
Anna, my love
Memories (Leonard Cohen)
Thursday 19 January 2023
Songs performed by Second Chance:
Just the way you are
You've got a friend
Can't fight this feeling
Amazed
Don't Know Why
Something about the way you look tonight
A thousand years
Without you
Thursday 16 February 2023
Songs performed by Second Chance:
Woman
Against all odds
Yesterday
Ready for the storm
The Raven's Sun
Starman
Maggie May
Turning Away (Dougie MacLean)
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Thursday 16 March 2023
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Songs performed by Second Chance:
Tears in heaven
Yesterday once more
Absent friends
Stuck on you
Feel like home
Shouting at the dark (written by Tony Gillam)
Down where the drunkards roll
Love at the five and dime
Now and then
I'll stand by you
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Thursday 20 April 2023
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Bridge over troubled water
The closest thing to crazy
You don't bring me flowers
All I have
Supermarket flowers
Diary
When I fall in love
From a distance
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Thursday 18 May 2023
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Mandy
Babe
I will
Will you still love me tomorrow
I wish it would rain
Last thing on my mind
Father and son
Visiting Hours (Ed Sheeran)
All my loving
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Thursday 15 June 2023
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All my loving
Let it be me
I wish it would rain
Baby / Freebird
Everything I don't
I don't want to talk about it
Daydream Believer
Meet me on the corner
Over my shoulder
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Thursday 20 July 2023
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Performed by Second Chance:
In the arms of an angel
Walk away Renee
Everything I own
My brother Jake
She makes my day
Angie
Boat on the river
And then the rains came
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Thursday 17 August 2023
Performed by Second Chance:
The Living Years
Lost without your love
Across the great divide
The night they drove old Dixie down
Wonderful tonight
Who knows where the time goes
May you never
The wind beneath my wings
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Friday 1 September 2023
Silence is golden
The air that I breathe
That ole devil called love
Wind beneath my wings
May you never
Farewell to the gold
The Boxer
The twelfth of never
Love me tender
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Second Chance Community
The 2nd Wednesday of every month (£3 entrance)
A venture started by Second Chance in January 2023:
'Second Chance Community' is live at the Wordsley Community Centre .
The first performance was on 12th January 2023.
We will occasionally carry out interviews of musicians and singer-songwriters. Plus, plenty of music!
Entrance fee: £3 - in the main hall)
Time: please arrive by 1.45 p.m. for a prompt start at 2 p.m.
Finish time: 4 p.m.
Diary for 2023:
Next show: Wednesday 13 December at 2 p.m.
Wordsley Community Centre (main hall)
Wordsley Green
Wordsley
Stourbridge
DY8 5BN
Email for information:
michaelbraccia@hotmail.com
Thursday 12 January:
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Songs performed by Second Chance:
All my loving
Unchained Melody
Homeward Bound
When I fall in love
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Songs performed and all written by Tony Gillam:
Doing wrong
Without the drums
Instant Poet
Swiftness www.tonygillam.co.uk
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Collaboration: Second Chance and Tony Gillam:
Meet me on the corner
I don't want to talk about it
Groovin' (chosen by Tony)
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Thursday 9 February:
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Songs performed by Second Chance:
When you were sweet sixteen
Diary
The sound of silence
Did you think of me
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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
Overwintering (Gillam)
Telstar (Meek)
Tidligere (Gillam)
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Collaboration: Second Chance and Tony Gillam:
Handbags and gladrags
Desperado
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Thursday 9 March:
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See link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ViTZbcjeD4B19CHe7
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Songs performed by Second Chance:
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Can you feel the love tonight
The joker and the queen
Amazed
Leave right now
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Songs performed by Julie Gorman (all self-penned):
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Angels without wings
Ice cream man
Waiting patiently
Black country roads
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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
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What happened in between (Gillam)
Flag of convenience (Gillam)
Riding along (Gillam)
Buckets of rain (Bob Dylan)
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Collaboration: Second Chance,
Tony Gillam and Julie Gorman:
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First cut is the deepest
Daydream believer
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See link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ViTZbcjeD4B19CHe7
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Thursday 13 April
Songs performed by Second Chance:
Bridge over troubled water
You don't bring me flowers
Closest thing to crazy
Hello
Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
Can you eat pineapple sage (Gillam)
Instant Poet (Gillam)
I started a joke (Bee Gees)
Songs performed by Julie Gorman:
Castaway
It's all just talk
Cover of the Rolling Stone
Songs performed by Alan Warden:
It doesn't matter any more
Will you still love me tomorrow
If
Fly me to the moon
Songs before The Collaborators:
Make it with you
Just the way you are
Thursday 11 May
Songs performed by Second Chance:
Feels like home
Turning Away
Dimming of the day
Windy Harbour
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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
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Without the drums
Dead translator
If you could read my mind love
(Gordon LIghtfoot)
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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:
Children of the revolution
You know
Tide is turning
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Songs performed by Gary James:
Beverley Daydream
2AB
Brierley Hillbilly Boogie
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Songs performed by The Collaborators:
First cut is the deepest
Daydream Believer
Hot Love
Thursday 8 June
Songs performed by Second Chance:
Visiting Hours
Songbird
All I have
Let it be me
Tears in heaven
Here there and everywhere
Walk away Renee
Beeswing
Your Song
How long will I love you
Songs performed by Julie Gorman:
- written by Julie unless specified.
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Have I the right (The Honeycombs)
Louie Louie (The Kingsmen)
Little castle on the hill
Mystical Julie
Standing outside (Garth Brooks)
The Red Strokes (Garth Brooks)
When I was young (The Animals)
Runaway (Del Shannon)
I love rock n roll (Jett)
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Thursday 13 July:
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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
Can you eat pineapple sage
Overwintering
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Songs performed by Second Chance:
She makes my day
Maggie May
Something stupid
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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:
Too soon (Gorman)
Do you wanna dance?
Wild Thing
Baby I love you
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Songs performed
by John Mosedale:
Excess baggage
Tommy Cooper:
Conspiracies
Twenty-seven
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Collaboration:
Be my baby
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Thursday 10 August:
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Songs performed by Second Chance:
Yesterday
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Angie
The night they drove old Dixie down
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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
Instant Poet
Places of interest
Swiftness
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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:
Crooked House
The one I love
Great balls of fire
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Songs performed
by Christopher Crompton:
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Life in the valley (Crompton)
Clare to here (McTell)
Let the storms roll (Crompton)
Hard Times (Crompton)
Vincent 52 Black Lightning (Thompson)
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Thursday 14 September:
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Songs performed by Second Chance:
Candle in the wind
Supermarket flowers
When you say nothing at all
Unchained melody
You raise me up
Jessie
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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
South wind / Pineapple Sage
Instant Poet
Tourdion
No plans
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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:
Will you?
Little castle on the street (written by Julie)
It's a heartache
Stir it up
Ice cream man (Julie)
Start again (Julie)
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Songs performed by The Collaborators:
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Nights in white satin
Meet me on the corner​
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Wednesday 11 October 2023
Performed by Second Chance:
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Heaven
She
Homeward Bound
Everything I don't
Green green grass of home
Let it be me
Flying without wings
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Performed by Julie Gorman:
I'm on fire - Bruce Springsteen
This River - JJ Cale and MoFro
Someone you loved - Lewis Capaldi
Are we alright? - Show of hands
Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett
My own way - mine
Desperado - The Eagles
Lay down - The Strawbs
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Performed by Tony Gillam:
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WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN
FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
CATCH THE WIND (Donovan)
(ISN’T IT) ABOUT TIME
SHOUTING AT THE DARK
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Wednesday 8 November 2023
Performed by Second Chance:
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Can you feel the love tonight
In the arms of an angel
Baby can I hold you
Moon River
Thinking out loud
You (written by Michael Braccia)
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Performed by Tony Gillam:
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Abnormal Load (Gillam)
Living in November (Gillam)
La Tendresse (Brel)
Without the drums (Gillam)
The Letter (Carson)
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Performed by Julie Gorman:
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No goodbyes (Gorman)
Nightfall (Gorman)
Haunted (Shane McGowan)
Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Angel of the morning (Chip Taylor)
Amarillo
Runaround Sue / Teenager in love / Hound Dog
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