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Bananamour is the fourth studio album by Kevin Ayers and it featured some of his most accessible recordings, including "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" and his whimsical tribute to Syd Barrett, "Oh! Wot A Dream".
‘Bananamour’ is the fourth studio album by Kevin Ayers and it features some of his most accessible recordings, including ‘Shouting in a Bucket Blues’ (featuring Steve Hillage on guitar) and his charming tribute to Syd Barrett, ‘Oh! Wot A Dream’.
Steve Hillage also plays on Shouting In A Bucket Blues, an intelligent and tongue-in-cheek pop song sounding a wee bit like Cat Stevens. The interesting detail: Hillage plays one lead guitar track throughout the album, but also a feedback-laden counterpoint in another track, and it's the mixture of both which creates this special floating mood.
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Feb 24, 2013 · Hillage delivers heat in this original studio recording of the song; he went on to repeat the performance many times while in Europe with Ayers' Bananatour band, Decadence. The song "Decadence" is the album's centerpiece and towering achievement.
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The carefree lope of “Shouting In A Bucket Blues” is elevated by guest musician Steve Hillage’s honeyed, psych-blues-inflected electric guitar, which contrasts with Ayers’ lusciously lugubrious acoustic-guitar strum.
May 1, 2018 · Gong guitarist Steve Hillage and former bandmates Mike Ratledge and Robert Wyatt can all be heard here, while a couple of Ayers' other musical friends helped inspire songs: Syd Barrett (single “Oh! Wot A Dream”) and Nico (the ethereal epic “Decadence”).
The basic band was Kevin – guitars & vocals, Archie Legget – bass & Eddie Sparrow – drums. Various guest appear – Steve Hillage plays guitar to great effect on “Shouting In SA Bucket Blues” which isn’t a blues but may be one of Kevin’s better known songs.
