Bryan Ferry

Genres:	Big Band & Swing • Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	80s • glam rock • rock • new wave • pop • singer-songwriter • british • new romantic • classic rock
Decades Active:	1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • IMDb • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

26 September 1945, Washington, Co. Durham, England. Ferry began his musical career in local group the Banshees, following which he enrolled at Newcastle-upon-Tyne University where he formed R&B group the Gas Board, whose ranks included Graham Simpson and John Porter. After studying Fine Art under Richard Hamilton, Ferry briefly worked as a pottery teacher before forming Roxy Music. During their rise to fame, he plotted a parallel solo career, beginning in 1973 with These Foolish Things, an album of favourite cover versions. At the time, the notion of recording an album of rock standards was both innovative and nostalgic. Ferry recorded half an album of faithful imitations, leaving the other half to more adventurous arrangements. Some of the highlights included a revival of Ketty Lester’s obscure ‘River Of Salt’, a jaunty reading of Elvis Presley’s ‘Baby I Don’t Care’ and a remarkable hit version of Bob Dylan’s ‘A...

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