There hasn’t ever been somebody else fairly like Jack Bruce, the bass legend, composer and fiery virtuoso blessed with a powerfully expressive voice. On Songs For A Tailor, his debut solo album, he wove sturdy autobiographical components, each musical and private, intertwined with jazz, blues, folks and classical kinds.
Similar to the consummate musician he was once, it fused romanticism and eclectic tastes with difficult realities. From boyhood, dragging his cello throughout the imply streets of Glasgow, gatecrashing the London jazz fraternity of the Graham Bond Group, headlong into rock superstardom as Cream conquered the United States, blowing minds, eardrums and fuses, imploding within the procedure.
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On Tailor he veered clear of the power-trio structure whilst maintaining Pete Brown’s poetic lyrics, operating with fellow Battered Decoration Chris Spedding on guitar and different ace musicians, lifting a various assortment to the heights of Theme For An Imaginary Western.
Stephen W Tayler’s stereo and Encompass Sound mixes beef up an already fantastically crafted album. The extras at the two-CD/DVD are basically consultation out-takes and demos, together with early variations of 2 songs from follow-up Unity Row. The 1970 movie Rope Ladder To The Moon follows Bruce again to his Scottish roots, giving visible perception into an out of this world ability.
