Taken from Bill’s latest solo album Back To Basics, the wonderful Running Back To You is Bill’s pick for his track of the week…
Featuring Bill on vocals and Terry Taylor on guitar, Running Back To You is a fantastic track that you can listen to below:
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Back To Basics does exactly what it says on the tin. It is unashamedly stripped back. The snappy lyrics are refreshingly audible and the instrumentation is clean, subtle and accomplished.
Back To Basics wears its influences on its sleeve – Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, JJ Cale – and there’s more than a passing nod to Bill’s own English background. It is that rare thing, a meld of styles and genres that actually work together – uplifting in a jaunty, dancey way and pensive in a bluesy, narrative way.
As might be expected from one of the world’s best known bass players Back To Basics drives along with a rhythmic muscularity, and then slows the pace for more autobiographical lyric and melody. It is an album that warrants repeated play. It is also an album that’s long overdue.
Buy the album Back To Basics from Bill’s official online store – signed by Bill himself!