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Joe_Stax
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I've been listening to Rico Bell pretty compulsively this week. In particular his album Dark Side of the Mersey.
Here's some background on Rico, from the Pgh City Paper (2002):
| Quote: | | Bell's musical history goes back to early-'60s Liverpool, when the schoolboy Eric Bellis (his real name) would play hooky and hit the Cavern Club to see the local bands -- you know, like The Beatles. His musical career began a few years later playing an acoustic guitar in the folk clubs, but it wasn't until the early-'80s, while touring as a member of Leeds-based goth band The March Violets, that Bell found his musical calling. The Mekons, also based in Leeds, were starting to experiment with country music and folk instrumentation, and Bell fell right in. |
Like all Mekon solo material, it sounds different from the parent group, and is distinctly his own. It's a rootsy album from this British ex-pat, sometimes raucous, sometimes sad and swaying; excellent overall.
I'm on something like the sixth straight listen today. My favorite songs include Swing High, Swing Low, The Bar Where No One Talks and Tragic Eyes. If you can find this, it's worth your while.
There's also a great live show from the Cafe Du Nord in 2000. It highlights a lot of the songs from Dark Side of the Mersey, with a nice guitar and fiddle backing. It's at the Internet Archive, and was posted with Rico's approval. Check it out.
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JimENight
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Please help me.
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