Bryan Ferry

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,

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