(ProgJazzRock) Pete Brown & Ian Lynn - Party In The Rain (1977) - 1977, FLAC (tracks)

Pete Brown is perhaps best known for his song writing collaborations with Jack Bruce
for both Cream and for Jack's solo albums. His lyrics for such classic songs as White
Room, Sunshine of Your Love, Politician and I Feel Free have been hits for both Cream
and artists such as David Bowie and Belinda Carlisle. These songs still feature as
the highlights of stage shows by both Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce and have been used
in soundtracks for such regarded films as Goodfellas and True Lies.
Pete Brown began his career as a professional poet in 1960, performing regularly with
others such as Mike Horowitz (with whom he formed The New Departures poetry and jazz
group). Highpoints in this period included Brown and Horowitz representing Britain at
the Paris Biennale in 1961 and performances at The Royal Albert Hall in 1965 and 1966
with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Robert Creeley.
Always a lover of jazz and blues, Pete was a regular feature of the burgeoning
British Blues and R&B scene of the mid-Sixties. His friendship with pioneer Graham
Bond led to him collaborating with both Graham and members of The Graham Bond
Organisation; Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith. When
Ginger Baker formed Cream with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton in 1966, Pete was invited
to collaborate on original material by Baker. Although the Baker / Brown partnership
failed to bear fruit, Pete established a very productive partnership with Jack Bruce
that was to continue throughout Cream's existence and into Jack Bruce's solo career.
Pete's first group was The First Real Poetry Band which featured John McLaughlin on
guitar. Although the band recorded a series of demos for Polydor, a record deal was
not forthcoming. Brown's first foray on vinyl was with The Battered Ornaments
(featuring Chris Spedding on guitar) on the single The Week Looked Good on Paper in
early 1969. The Ornaments were one of the earliest signings to EMI's progressive
label Harvest and recorded the album A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark
before Pete departed the group on the eve of their support slot on The Rolling Stones
legendary Hyde Park concert in July 1969.
Upon leaving Battered Ornaments, Pete formed the band Piblokto! and recorded two
excellent albums for Harvest, (Things May Come and Things May Go, But The Art School
Dance Goes on Forever and Thousands on a Raft) and several singles including Flying
Hero Sandwich. Piblokto! were a popular attraction on the concert and festival
circuit, particularly in France where the band attained chart success in both the
single and album listings. The classic Piblokto! song Thousands on a Raft still
features in Pete's live set to this day.
With Piblokto! folding in 1971, Pete Brown formed the outfit Bond and Brown with
Graham Bond recording the excellent Lost Tribe EP and the album Two Heads are Better
Than One.
Bond's erratic behaviour led to the band disbanding in 1973. Pete then worked as an
A&R man for Deram records and recorded the highly regarded poetry album The Not
Forgotten Association for the label and the unreleased single Night's in Armour /
Barbed Wire Night Dress which featured contributions from Jeff Beck and Jack Bruce.
During this time Pete had also written extensively for Jack Bruce on the highly
regarded albums Songs For a Tailor, Harmony Row, Out of the Storm, How's Tricks and
Jet Set Jewel (recorded in 1978 but unreleased until 2003 by Universal Music).
Pete,s last album in the 70,s was Party in the Rain with Ian Lynn. The advent of the
Punk Rock explosion led to Pete opting to retire from performing and saw his energies
diverted into screenplay writing alongside his lyric composition. In the 1980's Pete
returned to performing and to producing. Since then he has worked with artists such
as Vivian Stanshall, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Peter Green and recorded two albums
with former Piblokto! and Man keyboard player, Phil Ryan (Ardours of the Lost Rake
and Coals to Jerusalem).
At the end of the 1990's Pete formed Pete Brown and the Interocetors featuring Mo
Nazam on Guitar,
David Hadley Ray on Bass, Dave Munch Moore on Keyboards and Simon Edgoose on Drums,
whose live performances include material from Pete's work with Cream, Jack Bruce,
Piblokto! and Phil Ryan. With the release of the forthcoming Live at the Borderline
album Pete Brown and the Interocetors are currently planning extensive live work in
2004 alongside songwriting collaborations with Jack Bruce (on the albums Shadows in
the Air and More Jack Than God) and artists such as Journey guitarist Neal Schon.
Pete Brown continues to be the ultimate writer, composer and performer, always
delivering the unexpected.

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Pete Brown & Ian Lynn / Party in the Rain

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