A Little Ferry Dust

“Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms, Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.”

I have been a fan for more than 40 years, I only saw him in concert only once, in the mid-1980s, & I found Bryan Ferry to be one long, tall, cool drink of water. From Virginia Plain in 1971 to Tender Is The Night from last year's album- Olympia, Ferry has been a favorite of everyone at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia.

Ferry has maintained his status as one of the coolest guys with his suave personal style & smooth crooning, with seemingly little effort. His tastes in all things are refined: beautiful women, fine art, fashion & design.

Ferry has enjoyed longtime partnering with clothing designer Antony Price of London’s King’s Road, together they created Ferry’s signature image & look & his love for beautiful spaces.

Perhaps best remembered for his soulful keyboard pop covers of classic  songs like Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Dylan's A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, Ferry’s traditionalist singing style is the perfect counterpoint for Roxy Music’s experimental art rock experimentation.
 

 
Ferry's satin, smooth, space-age cabaret style with Roxy Music is incredible: Love Is the Drug, More Than This, Slave To Love, Don't Stop The Dance, Is You Love Strong Enough, Kiss & Tell. Ferry has devoted much of his solo work to tender re-workings of songs varying from Soul, Rock & Standards from the 1920s-1960s, including an album of all Dylan covers. His succulent voice possesses a powerful seductiveness that is difficult to resist.
 
For those of us at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia, he is all that. Ferry turns 66 years old today.