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Steve Webster – Goodbye Farewell:


The third track on the Goodbye Farewell 4-track EP features Steve Webster doing a quite brilliant version of Goodbye Farewell. Steve worked on the track with David Martin, who did all the instrumentation.

Steve sings with Joyrider, who play at weddings, corporate events and functions, Check out their channel on youtube.com, and he has also sang with The James Martin Band at Carfest in 2019.

Steve and his wife Mel have followed The Alarm for over 30 years and we all must have been at so many of the same gigs over the years, but I only met them properly a couple of years ago at The Gathering in Llandudno. I don’t think I would have been able to put this EP together without the support of so many friends that I’ve met through The Alarm in recent years, and the support from fans of The Alarm for this release so far has been fantastic!

Steve and David in action

The Goodbye Farewell EP has four versions of the song recorded by different artists. Carol Hodge, KirbyWalsh, Steve Webster and Jason Bradley / Mike Dlugozima. Every one involved gave up their time to be involved in the project, and the end result is quite brilliant. All profits raised are donated to Bowel Cancer UK. The EP is available on CD and digital download exclusively from rivers2cross.com.

How To Buy “Goodbye Farewell”

I began writing Goodbye Farewell at the beginning of 2020. My mum, who had died of bowel cancer in 2016, was the inspiration. I got a bit stuck, so decided to leave the song until another time. In June, Kelly Smith died of bowel cancer aged just 31, and at that point I picked up the song again and finished it off and with Kelly’s mum’s blessing I’ve dedicated it to her. The song lyrics are not specific to my experience though, and are about having to say goodbye to someone.

Kelly featured in my charity book released last year called The Record. She’d told me her story, and she was always helping others and raising awareness about bowel cancer, and trying to prevent others going through what she was. She also wrote the quite wonderful foreword for the book. Kelly was one of life’s brightest shining lights, a beautiful soul inside and out, and an amazing inspiration to many x

To order Goodbye Farewell


Bowel cancer claims 16,000 lives in the UK, and is the second biggest cancer killer. However if caught early at stage 1 it is very treatable, and the five year survival rate is over 90%. When detected at the late stage 4 the five year survival rate drops dramatically to 7%. This shows how crucial early diagnosis is to getting a better outcome. Knowing the symptoms is so important.