Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east.
Willis Alan Ramsey (born March 5, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter, a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas country. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Dallas, Texas. Ramsey graduated from Highland Park High School in 1969, and was a prominent baritone in the High School's Lads and Lassies Choir. In his senior year, he played a leading role in the musical Carousel. He released the critically acclaimed album, Willis Alan Ramsey, in 1972 on the Shelter label. The album included "Muskrat Candlelight" which was covered twice as "Muskrat Love," first by America in 1973, then by Captain & Tennille, who scored a #4 hit with the tune.
Windham Hill's Michael Hedges has cited Ramsey as a strong influence on his left-handed tapping techniques. In a radio interview, Hedges claims he developed the technique listening to Ramsey's album, saying Ramsey had no idea "how I got it from him, so I guess I'm safe."
Owing to conflict with his label, Ramsey left Shelter at the end of his contract. As a result, Ramsey's fans have been waiting more than 35 years for the release of his "mythical second album". When asked where the new album is, he often responds, "What's wrong with the first one?"
Alan Ramsey (born 3 January 1938) is an Australian columnist and former writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. He first started working in journalism in 1953, for Frank Packer who then owned Sydney's Daily Telegraph. Ramsey was correspondent with the first contingent of Australian combat troops to Vietnam 1965, the speechwriter for Australian Labor Party leader Bill Hayden until 1983 and was the oldest serving member of the Canberra Press Gallery before his retirement in December 2008. He released a selection of over a decade of opinion pieces for the Herald in his 2009 book A Matter of Opinion. He is a member of the board of the Whitlam Institute, and is married to another journalist from the Fairfax stable, Laura Tingle. [1][2]
the northeast, well it's all i really know,
with dust and bricks and some cars
in the snow.
it's like new york in the late summertime.
can breathe again, even through this lovely grime.
as i said, the skyline's brighter tonight,
but this time i turned on five more lights.
it's like new york in the late summertime.
can breath again, and your bones, they feel alive.