Bill Fay Group

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Bill Fay Group : Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Yesterday after work I went to a musical library and I was really tired . So I took a magazine and dozed away in a chair. In the beginning there was a Hendrix record playing and then the librairian put on a new record. It was a very quite record and I listened only with half an ear, but I got more and more interested. It was obviously a songwriter and  the record reminded me of Nick Drake and John Cale with a strange arrangement. So after half an hour I got up and asked the libriarian and he showed me the CD,  'Bill Fay Group : Tomorrow and Tomorrow'. These are recordings from 1978 to 1981 and they are beautiful. Bill Fay sings and plays keyboards together with a standard rock group : drums, guitar and  bass but they have a really strange sound, very athmospheric, a mixture of Nick Drake and Tortoise. It sounds very modern and timeless in the same time.

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Alucard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 10 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 3888	Topic: Bill Fay Group Posted: December 16 2005 at 12:28
	Bill Fay Group : Tomorrow and Tomorrow Yesterday after work I went to a musical library and I was really tired . So I took a magazine and dozed away in a chair. In the beginning there was a Hendrix record playing and then the librairian put on a new record. It was a very quite record and I listened only with half an ear, but I got more and more interested. It was obviously a songwriter and the record reminded me of Nick Drake and John Cale with a strange arrangement. So after half an hour I got up and asked the libriarian and he showed me the CD, 'Bill Fay Group : Tomorrow and Tomorrow'. These are recordings from 1978 to 1981 and they are beautiful. Bill Fay sings and plays keyboards together with a standard rock group : drums, guitar and bass but they have a really strange sound, very athmospheric, a mixture of Nick Drake and Tortoise. It sounds very modern and timeless in the same time.
	Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear "Hey there! Rotter's Club! Explain the meaning of this song and share it"

Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: December 16 2005 at 13:52
	I've got two friends who are really into Bill Fay. One of them is a big Nick Drake fan as well. I still must check him out. My friends and you make me curious.

Alucard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 10 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 3888	Posted: December 16 2005 at 14:03
	Check it out! This is the best music I discovered this year(still two weeks left...) I wait to have his first record to see if I add him here!
	Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear "Hey there! Rotter's Club! Explain the meaning of this song and share it"

Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:32
	Well, that certainly is a recommendation! From what I heard from him until now (my friends let me hear a few songs) he sounds very original. I'm getting curiouser and curiouser .