Released shortly after the former Mott The Hoople/British Lions bassist’s death in 2017, an inventive and diverse solo set of semi-autobiographical compositions pick through Overend Watts’s life for inspiration.
Procol Harum drummer/singer’s subsequent career taking in first own band Freedom in 1968 formed with Procol Harum guitarist Ray Royer, 1973 successor SNAFU, formed with future-Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody along with Harrison's extensive solo work.
Played exclusively by Steve on synthesizer and flute, 2018’s ‘A Beautiful Mystery’ is conceptually aligned to the main body of his recorded output. “I find my music being an emotional reaction on my part to the sound of the instrument rather than a crafting of melody and harmony,” he relates.
The music business is no stranger to eccentric creatives and British singer-songwriter Lynden Williams fits the bill nicely with this latest rich and exotic brew of pop/rock material.
“I tend to find my ideas as an emotional reaction to the sound of the instrument, rather than a crafting of melody and harmony, which seems to appear while I am improvising.”
Decades after its release, the rock psych debut ‘Volume One’ by Scottish band The Human Beast gets a fresh airing from the man who could have been their lead vocalist.
A weekend celebration of Mott the Hoople and its offshoot acts takes place in October in Herefordshire, UK ...
2025 compilation takes in Yardbirds drummer's eclectic rock, pop and blues past ...
Steve Jolliffe's gorgeous tribute to Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese reissued ....
1974 debut by UK funk/soul chart-busters Olympic Runners sets out the stall big time ....
