The Rise and Rise....

...of Brian Stevenson, friend and fellow Junior Elvis'ee until said band disolved around our ears. Not one to take anything lying down (although he's sung live sets in the past in that position) Brian's released TWO solo albums in as many weeks-if you can call "released" sending cheap cd-r's to friends and local media, and if you can call an "album" something he sang in (pretty much) one sitting in front of a cheap plastic mic I gave him a few Months back-but let me say, with all the (admittedly good) band stripped away, we hear the quality songwriting and the superb voice of Mr Stevenson that much more clearly. It's as if, and I'm being honest, Brian's songs are made to be sang by Brian alone, and I mean alone. Anyway, our local advocate of all music local (who doesn't to be honest, and as you'd expect, ever have much bad to say about local bands) reached a new superlative tonight in our local paper "The Eveing Gazzette" where he calls Brian "a genius". He may be a friend, but I'm not going to dishonour him in his home town by seeing the carpenter ahead of the prophet. Why he can't make a million out of his songs I just don't know. Read that article here and hear the raw talent (and it is raw, be warned!) of Brian here, just one song from "Viva las Redcar", Housewife's Choice.