Mystic Bowie

 
“Tom Tom Club vet Mystic Bowie covers Talking Heads songs by swapping out urbanity for roots and sincerity” - Salon

The album includes 11 Talking Heads songs with Mystic’s own unique, Jamaica-fied spin; plus two additional tracks, including: “Love Goes to Building On Fire,” “Slippery People” (Feat. Tarrus Riley): “Burning Down The House,” “Houses In Motion,” “This Must Be The Place,” “Once In A Lifetime,” “Pulled Up,” “Life During Wartime” (Feat. Freddie McGregor); “Crosseyed And Painless;” Grateful Dead’s “Shakedown Street,” “Psycho Killer,” “Piece of My Heart,” “Heaven” (Feat. Cindy Wilson of the B-52s).

Infusing fresh life into the Talking Heads’ classic catalog with his high octane mix of roots reggae, ska and lover’s rock, the Talking Dreads debut features a lineup of legendary reggae figures including singer Freddie McGregor; ska guitar master Ernest Ranglin (Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Monty Alexander); Soul Train Award nominated Tarrus Riley (“Start Anew,” “Good Girl Gone Bad”); and saxophone great Dean Fraser. The album also features drummer Kirk Bennett and Lincoln Thomas, McGregor’s longtime guitarist. Cindy Wilson of the B-52s special guests on a duet with Mystic for “Heaven.”

“Talking Dreads is much more than a cover band,” Mystic says. “I am very much drawing on my own musical culture and history to make these amazing songs my own, while at the same time preserving the integrity of the Talking Heads songs. I’ve always felt that reggae’s dance-inspiring, feel good vibe is universal, as are many of the band’s songs. And don’t forget their intelligent, powerful lyrics, which are fun to sing and shine fresh light on through this new fusion of styles.”

RIYL: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Bob Marley, Tarrus Riley, Freddie McGregor, B52's
TRY: #6, 3, 8, 13

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