At The El Mocambo

All instruments performed by Nancy Simmonds except  “At The El Mocambo” with David Bradstreet on guitars, drum programming and vocals. Thanks David. Beautiful.

Recorded in Nancy’s studio in Nipomo, California, Carpinteria, California and Stratford, Ontario. Mixed and mastered by Nancy.

  1.  At The El Mocambo: written by Nancy Simmonds. Sweet memories of the club where The Nancy Simmonds Band performed for several years in the mid 80s.

2.  Colleen’s Song:  written by Nancy Simmonds in memory of her dear friend and co-writer, Colleen Peterson.

3.  It’s me:   Nancy Simmonds

4.  True Believer: written by Nancy Simmonds and Colleen Peterson.  Background vocals by Colleen and Nancy, retrieved from sessions recorded in Nancy’s studio in Carpinteria, California 1990.

5.  First Day of the Year:  Nancy Simmonds

6.  My Father’s Song:  Nancy Simmonds

7.  I’d Do It All Again:  written by Nancy Simmonds in the late 70s.

8.  All The Way To Canada: Nancy Simmonds.  Reflections of Canada from Carpinteria, California.

9.  It’s Cruel Out There:  written by Nancy Simmonds and Alannah Myles.  This song becomes more relevant in 2025 but remains hopeful for the future.

10.  Down At Thunder Bowl:  written by Nancy Simmonds in Carpinteria, California late 80’s. An odd time in life when Nancy discovered 3 dead men on three occasions. This song was written very shortly after the 3rd discovery.

11.  The Vaquero Song:  written by Dave Stamey.  Dave is the most outstanding western and cowboy writer who lived in Nipomo, California where Nancy also lived for 6 years. He is one of the most authentic story tellers of western cowboy history.

Nancy is from London, Ontario, Canada and has been writing, performing and recording since 1971.