Thank You Very Much
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"Thank You Very Much" is a Kevin Ayers
single release taken from his 1992 album, Still Life with Guitar
. After the release of the album Ayers became a recluse
and withdrew from the music scene for fifteen years.
CD
Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...
single release taken from his 1992 album, Still Life with Guitar
Still Life with Guitar
Still Life with Guitar is the fifteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers. It found him consolidating on his 1988 return-to-form Falling Up with a collection of largely acoustic songs that many critics regarded as being equal to material penned at the perceived heights of his career in the mid-1970s...
. After the release of the album Ayers became a recluse
Recluse
A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society, often close to nature. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means "shut up" or "sequester." There are many potential reasons for becoming a recluse: a personal philosophy that rejects consumer society; a...
and withdrew from the music scene for fifteen years.
Track listing
7"- "Thank You Very Much" (Kevin Ayers)
- "There Goes Johnny" (Kevin Ayers)
CD
- "Thank You Very Much" (Kevin Ayers)
- "There Goes Johnny" (Kevin Ayers)
- "Don’t Blame Them" (Kevin Ayers)
Personnel
- Kevin AyersKevin AyersKevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...
/ Guitar, Vocals - Kevin Armstrong / Guitar
- Stuart Bruce / Keyboards
- Simon Clarke / Keyboards
- B.J. Cole / Guitar (Steel)
- Ben Darlow / Vocals
- Roy Dodds / Drums
- Simon Edwards / Bass
- Ollie HalsallOllie HalsallPeter John 'Ollie' Halsall was a left-handed guitarist and is best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music...
/ Guitar, Keyboards - Gavin HarrisonGavin HarrisonGavin Harrison is a British drummer and percussionist. He is best known for playing with the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which he joined in 2002. As of 2008, he also plays with the band King Crimson....
/ Drums - Graham HendersonGraham HendersonGraham Henderson is a Canadian lawyer and the president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association, a lobby group for a number of major record labels in Canada....
/ Keyboards - Richard Lee / Bass
- Steve Monti / Drums
- Anthony MooreAnthony MooreAnthony Moore is a British experimental music composer, performer and producer. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy, worked with Henry Cow and has made a number of solo albums, including Flying Doesn't Help and World Service .As a lyricist, Moore has collaborated with Pink Floyd on...
/ Keyboards - Mark E. Nevin / Guitar
- Mike OldfieldMike OldfieldMichael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
/ Guitar - Danny ThompsonDanny ThompsonDaniel Henry Edward 'Danny' Thompson is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist and businessman...
/ Bass