Nero’s Watching Video

Description

Nero’s Watching Video is a cassette-only album by the British singer and songwriter Garth Hewitt, released in the US on BrierPatch Music in 1988.

This tape started off as a bit of a surprise. I tend to think of Garth Hewitt as a folk rock / roots rock / singer-songwriter artist. But the first song here is pretty much new wave, reminiscent of Steve Taylor. But just as you begin to wonder if Hewitt had made an entire new wave album, it pretty much starts and stops with that one song. Too bad there weren’t at least a few more in the style – it is pretty good. However, once you make the jump in your mind, the rest of the album is a quality roots rock album. There are also several world music influences throughout the album, as Hewitt sings many protest songs about the way we treat our world and the people in it. [Christian Tape Underground, July 2018]

Cassette tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Nero’s Watching Video”
A2. “Freedom Fighter”
A3. “Water, Water”
A4. “Zachariah the Zulu”
A5. “Living Under the Mercy”

Side Two
B1. “Namarimbe”
B2. “Rainbow Over Kampala”
B3. “So Much Better”
B4. “No One is an Island”
B5. “Road to Freedom”