In 2014, I was commissioned by 'Northern Voices' to write a song for 'North Tyneside Steam', a celebration of the bicentenary of the steam locomotive, together with the story of its creator george Stephenson in North Tyneside and of steam railways in the area.
My contribution, 'A Song of Blücher', was included in the resulting book 'North Tyneside Steam', published by Northern Voices.
I performed 'A Song of Blücher' along with 'Full Circle', another railway-themed song, which I had previously been commissioned to write in 2000 for a 'A Full Head of Steam' celebrating the 175th anniversary of the first passenger steam train from Stockton to Darlington in 1825, at a launch event for 'North Tyneside Steam in Killingworth.