Dean wrote:
Windswept2 wrote:
AzArtist wrote:
Hipsters,
What a great piece of music history from AzArtist & Smudge.
It’s difficult to imagine a time when ‘The Taste Tarantula ‘ was reluctant to perform, particularly given the number of shows we have enjoyed since ‘88.
Doubtless all will be explained in his biography ?
Salutations a tous,
W2
Ferry has talked openly about this in the past. The Avalon tour being the "straw that broke the camels back" and him deciding that he was going to become a studio musician henceforth, making comparisons with Duke Ellington etc. One interview from Q Magazine in 1988 records an amusing incident at a lunch with his record company where he totally ignores a question from them about getting back on the road. It was only during the As Time Goes By tour in 1999 that he began to appreciate the importance of singing to an audience again and he really hasn't stopped since then.
Hipsters,
Dean is correct and W2 has also read much of this stuff but, in his not so humble opinion, it is far from the full explanation.
If you look at the time line there were effectively three five year hiatuses before he regained his touring mojo post the towering achievement that was the ATGB tour.
There could be many reasons .......the mysteries can only be resolved by the biography.
Let’s hope he’s using the lockdown to make Rake’s progress.
Bonne sante a tous et keep Ferrying on !
W2
