See also: Ferry

Bryan Ferry is a British Auteur-compositeur-interprète , born the September 26th 1945 with Washington in the the Tyne and Wear, in the North-East of the England. Schoolboy with Sunderland, close to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he is singer in a group amateur, Banshees. He makes studies in a school of art of Newcastle, where it is interested particularly in the Pop art and the Conceptual art.

In 1968, it settles with London and exerts various trades all while being tested with the musical writing. In 1970 it vainly tries to integrate King Crimson, but Robert Fripp the address all the same with its agent of firm E.G. It then becomes acquainted with Andy Mackay and Brian Eno, students with the Winchester School off Art. After the recruitment of Paul Thompson, it is the foundation of Roxy Music . It will carry out an important career solo in parallel Its new album, entitled Dylanesque , left in March 2007, is entirely devoted to resumptions of compositions of Bob Dylan.

Discography

Albums studio

• 1973 : Thesis Foolish Things
• 1974: Another Time Another Places
• 1976: Let' S Stick Together
• 1977: In Your Mind
• 1978: The Attaches Stripped Bare
• 1985: Servant boys And Girls
• 1987: Pet peeve
• 1993: Taxi
• 1994: Mamouna
• 1999 : Ace Time Goes By
• 2002: Frantic
• 2007 : Dylanesque (Taken again S of Bob Dylan)

Compilations

• 1988 : The Ultimate Collection
• 1986: Street Life: 20 Great Hits
• 1995: More Than This : The Best Off Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
• 2000: Slavic To Love: Best Off The Ballads

See also the discography of Roxy Music

Bibliographical reference

• Michka Assayas (direction), Dictionary of the Rock'n'roll , Robert Laffont, coll “Books”, Paris, 2000,