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Brick By Brick

PAPA WEMBA (She Dances)

Slow Down (Single Edit)

Delusions

FRAZZ

Methadone

Chapel Street

Bananas #2

Seconds

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FRAZZ album out now! https://famousblueraincoatfbr.com/ https://famousblueraincoat2.bandcamp.com/ Vocalist/songwriter/lyricist Wayne Gillespie and drummer/percussionist Rob Grosser and have conjured up a collection of songs built around Rob's rhythms with lyrics written by Wayne inspired by the songs of Leonard Cohen , Neil Young, Tom Waits, Lou Reed and Joni Mitchell. Digital releases- https://ffm.bio/e5aovbv “When I say this new album is all over the place I mean it as a total compliment, such is the diversity of songs, styles, and sounds on it....Folk, Rock, and Jazz. . . it’s FRAZZ!" Stuart Coupe 2022 “A jazzy Lou Reed, film noir, Miles Davis kind of vibe (Bananas#2)” UK podcasters @yhhtmpc. August 2022 “Like Leonard Cohen in a cosmic country folk dream (Delusions)-Post to the Wire- Sep 2022 “The hubris of calling themselves Famous Blue Raincoat is definitely justified...” John Lampe (Tempo The Pulse 94.7FM) Gillespie has stretched himself on an increasingly menacing Jealous Man (bleakly funny if your humour runs cold and black) and the popping Afro-sound of Papa Wemba (She Dances)....Graham Reid -Elsewhere 2023. Guest musicians on the recording include jazz saxophonist Ric Robertson (EON, D.I.G., Baecastuff), Stringed virtuoso from NY/NZ Nigel Gavin (Jews Brothers/Robert Fripp) on Guitar/Banjo and Brendan Power (Sting/Van Morrison) on Harmonica. The latest single "METHADONE" is off the album "FRAZZ" by Famous Blue Raincoat