From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #742 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, February 22 2014 Volume 15 : Number 742 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Glasto, Album, East Coast Tour [Tracy Connell Subject: RE: [AVALON] Glasto, Album, East Coast Tour I loved seeing Bryan at Glastonbury Abbey last year. Bit of an adventure for me. But I presume here she means Glastonbury Festival? Not sure about that personally. Not really my thing. I hope to make it to Henley though, and if he did Dublin again like last year - - that would be great. Looking forward to more dates coming through.... > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:46:34 +0000 > From: roxyrama@yahoo.co.uk > Subject: [AVALON] Glasto, Album, East Coast Tour > To: avalon@smoe.org > > BF is to play Glastonbury amongst other summer festivals and then tour the > East Coast of the US before releasing an album later this year according to an > insightful interview in Drummer magazine with one of the many drummers BF is > currently working with - B Cherisse Osei. B > > "Although the first couple of > months of 2014 are quiet for Cherisse, the rest of the year is already fully > booked. Sessions for the new Bryan Ferry album are completed, and finishing > touches are being put to the record, which will be released some time this > year. As Cherisse comfirms, she has been in some pretty high-level company in > the studio. bThatbs right, Steve Ferrone, Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta is on > there, J.R. Robinson, Jim Keltner, Nile Rogers, David Gilmour, some real music > legendsb& and me!b > So with so many top-line drummers working in the studio, > how is the decision made about who is right for each song. bItbs all down > to Bryanbs feeling for what will suit the song,b Cherisse confirms. bHe > may say that Steve Ferrone will sound great for this song, andB Andy Newmark > will sound good on that song. Obviously different drummers bring a different > sound and a different vibe to the table, and a singer will decide what he or > she wants for the song they are working on at the time. Bryan has such a big > back catalogue, and he may want a new version of something he did 20 years > ago, so he will ask me or one of the others to replace the drums and put > something different on the track. Sometimes he tries several drummers out on > the same track, and then chooses the one he likes. Bryan is very much a > hands-on musical director, he does direct through the entire song to get what > he wants. Bryan is very good at communicating what he wants, and he is > very specific. He will say something like, the drum fill on the second verse > is not right, I want it like thisb& he is very good in that way, which makes > life so much easier for the musicians, we all know where we are which is > always a big help.b > > Cherisse has a full schedule that will take her up to > Christmas this year, as she confirms. bI start rehearsals in March for > another tour with Bryan Ferry. We go the west coast of America through April, > and then to Europe in May. In the summer we are playing loads of festivals, we > are at Glastonbury, and Coachella Festival in Palm Springs. In the autumn, we > go back to the States and do the east coast, so a full year of touring with > Bryan." > > Chris > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #742 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest