´´TURTLE DOVE ´´ 1968 ( LEO BENNINK )

´MUSIC BY: LEO BENNINK / GUITAR & BLOCK FLUTE BY: LEO BENNINK , I WROTE THIS SONG ON A RAINY DAY, IN MY BEDROOM , ON ´´ THE TORTELLAAN´´ BIRD NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE HAGUE IN 1968 , AND I RECORDED THIS SONG ON A 2 TRACK REVOX RECORDER. I LIVED THERE IN A BIG HOUSE, CLOSE TO THE BEACH, WITH SAXOPHONIST JOHN VENNIK (THE MOTIONS) AND OUR ROAD MANAGER AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE. I ALSO WROTE THE BIG TOP TEN HIT ´´ FREEDOM ´´ THERE ( JAPAN AND HOLLAND ) IN THE SAME PERIOD AS THIS SONG ´´ TORTLE DOVE´´