This was mentioned in a post last month, but rather than rejuvenate that thread, I’ll post anew….
New album coming from Bernard Butler, James Grant & Norman Blake in March (and on tour). Lead single “Bring An End” is rather good (see comments)
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This was mentioned in a post last month, but rather than rejuvenate that thread, I’ll post anew….
New album coming from Bernard Butler, James Grant & Norman Blake in March (and on tour). Lead single “Bring An End” is rather good (see comments)
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I’m interested in this from the Grant perspective, as James Grant releases so little of his own music. He’s more usually a songwriter/guitarist for hire.
I saw Bernard Butler solo at the Green Note in Camden a couple of weeks ago. He casually mentioned as a quiet aside that James Grant was “a genius”. He also told a very self-effacing story about how inadequate he felt when they were writing the album together in Scotland, the way that Blake and Grant were reeling out so many great songs with such ease; he took to waking up really early in the morning to get into the studio and have something he felt was worthy of the project ready for when they came down to breakfast.
Enjoyed their set at Cambridge last year, so might give this a look.
I got excited for a moment thinking this was an “On the Buses” thread. Ah well.
You beat me to, it.
I ‘ate you, Leem!
Exactly my thinking.
It’s starts off as a pretty slim melody, with Blake’s vocal too thin to carry it alone, which then the additional harmony and electric guitar render into something of delicate beauty. Lovely production, likely from the boy Butler, and it’s a yes from me.
Damn. I thought this was about On The Buses.
I like how Norman Blake seems to have embraced being older as he’s gone along. His songs always seem to represent who he is at the time he writes them; I found the last couple of Teenage Fanclub albums really interesting from that perspective. Lack of pretension.
James Grant I’ve seen live with Love and Money in the past. Damn, they were good – his guitar playing was remarkable and the songs were great.
Bernard Butler is a brilliant guitarist (maybe one of the very best ever?) and also a great producer. He seems like a good egg, too.
So it’s probably no surprise that I really enjoyed that song!