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.