Jeremy Spencer: Bend In The Road auf 2 LPs

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The Record store day release now available for all. From original Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac member and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee - Jeremy Spencer. Packing a "vintage vibe" immediately apparent in Jeremy's painterly stroke, "Bend In The Road" fuses his artistry as consummate slide guitarist, singer, songwriter, interpreter, illustrator - man of the world. His evocative watercolor graces the gatefold cover recalling enduring albums when records were the sum of their parts and made with consequence. Within is a correspondingly crafted collection of songs coming from the deepest core of his heart. It's an intimate journey, but one that will connect deeply and repeatedly with listeners. He sounds as authentically fiery and tasty as he ever did, but displaying a far wider guitar palette, insight and conviction that have continued to evolve since his long absence from the public eye. In Fleetwood Mac, Jeremy shared the spotlight with reticent star-super nova, Peter Green, embodying Elmore James riffs and vocals obsessively and uncannily. He possessed an equal fervor and absolute command of quintessential rock n' roll personifying personal hero Buddy Holly and his ilk spot on. "Bend In The Road" is an upshot of being asked to consider working with compatible younger musicians to produce modern material. And yes, he had considered it. From the seed of idea came such an encounter with beyond-his-years accomplished guitarist and blues aficionado, Brett Lucas, who coincidentally fronted a Fleetwood Mac cover band, "Rattlesnake Shake". In Brett, Jeremy found a schooled simpatico player analogous in both musical understanding and gentlemanly humility – virtues not readily in vogue that resonated profoundly.

The Detroit quintet sessions provided a perfect storm association, wildly prolific generating 32 tracks! Jeremy's Elmore ("Cry For Me Baby", "Stranger Blues", "The Sun Is Shining"), Buddy and compatriots' influences ("Earthquake", "I Walked a Mile in Sorrow") impeccable blues and rock rendering remain intact and vibrant, but so is a collaborative nature selflessly trading guitar licks and support with Lucas (playfully on "Jambo", epically on "Aphrodite") in the way Green and Kirwan shared on the torching "Like It This Way" and iconic "Albatross". With "Homesick", J. S. gets to fulfill a 45-year old desire to record the author's signature song that opens the album. On the album's elegant "Merciful Sea", Producer Brett manages to persuade Jeremy to reveal his hereto unsung, intimate affecting piano playing for all to marvel. Throughout one can hear an expansive range of influences from Django to Knopfler and Jeremy plays them effortlessly and seamlessly incorporating and making them his own as naturally an easy fit as that of his beloved ceramic slides. This record is a career culmination of technique meets soul invoking a transcendent "Layla-esque" quality with ist escalating emotive sequencing ("Refugees" into title cut, "Bend") of spiritually driven and invested songs ("Blind Lover", Come To Me", "Desired Haven") that recalls LPs of yore (yes, proof they can still be made), without sounding dated, intoxicatingly assured and relaxed, out of the blue resonant, a lifetime in the making - guaranteed to grow from affection to cherish with subsequent plays.