Rick Kemp - Perfect Blue [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Rick Kemp is best known as the bass player in the premier Folk-Rock band Steeleye Span u2013 a position he held from 1972 through to his final farewell in 2016 (there was a 14 year gap from the mid 1980s). This detracts from the fact that as side projects and away from Steeleye he's also played with Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Michael Chapman, The Maddy Prior Band, The Backroom Boys (Gerry Conway, Jerry Donahue, Doug Morter), the rocky Ceilidh band Whapweasal, Devil's Watch and, more recently, BN&K (Paul Burgess of 10CC, Ken Nicol ex-Steeleye and Rick) as well as sessioning on and producing albums from The Johnstons to Swan Arcade. Being remembered as the bass player also obscures the fact that he's a very accomplished guitarist.r

rRick Kemp has a long list of songs he has composed some specifically for Steeleye like the recent Cromwell's Skull and others which have been picked up by other people. His most famous songs are Deep In The Darkest Night u2013 covered by The Eurythmics with Maddy Prior and Somewhere Along The Road u2013 covered by Cathie Ryan, Emily Smith and a host of others. Since turning his hand to solo gigs these two songs appear on the new album.r

rBoth of the previous albums were in a band setting whereas this new one sees Rick mainly on his own with his guitar. Of course he has added some bass to some tracks, but has dubbed on all the harmonies himself. When you hear these harmonies you realise just how much Rick contributed to the Steeleye 'sound'.r

rAll the songs except one are Rick's: some very new and some which have been fermenting for years. The one exception is one written and performed here by Rick's daughter, Theresa Kemp, Stars. For this Rick takes a back seat, but Theresa joins him on Somewhere Along The Road which they sing together. There is a sprinkling of embellishments along the way with Rick renewing acquaintances with Doug Morter (guitar) on Stars, Ian Kellett (keyboards) on Stars and Somewhere Along The Road, Richard Adams providing drums on Lowland Sky, Linda Adams (keyboards) on Long Time Ago and a local community choir on Somewhere Along the Road. This all adds up to a hugely enjoyable, listenable album with songs on a range of topics from the personal to observations on life and the human condition.

Waiting For Tomorrow

Race Against Time

Lowland Sky

Open Door

Deep In The Darkest Night

Bluetune

Perfect Blue

Where Are They Now?

Special

Georgetown Skyline

Stars

Somewhere Along The Road

Seasons

• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5017116028328

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