''Bird Head Son'' is a 2009 album by poet

Anthony Joseph Anthony Joseph (born 12 November 1966 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a British/Trinidadian poet, novelist, musician and academic. Biography Joseph was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where he was raised by his grandparents. He beg ...

The Spasm Band Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band were a band led by Trinidadian poet, novelist and lecturer Anthony Joseph. The band was formed in London in 2005 as an offshoot of his then novel-in-progress The African Origins of UFOs. The band's musical infl ...

. It was recorded in just two days in March 2008 in Meudon, France, and produced by Antoine Rajon. It is the band's sophomore studio album following 2007's '' Leggo de Lion''. During the sessions, 20 songs were recorded live in the studio with no overdubs. The album features an expanded Spasm Band line up, a septet instead of the quartet that recorded the previous album, as well as guest performers

Keziah Jones Keziah Jones (born Olufemi Sanyaolu on 10 January 1968) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as "Blufunk", which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms. Also his Nigerian roo ...

, Defunkt founder

Joseph Bowie Joseph Bowie (born October 17, 1953) is an American jazz trombonist and vocalist. The brother of trumpeter Lester Bowie, Joseph is known for leading the jazz-punk group Defunkt and for membership in the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Career Bowi ...

, David Neerman and Jamika Ajalon. A three-track EP, ''La Diablese'', was released by Heavenly Sweetness in July 2008. It included the tracks "Vero", "Robberman" (both included on the ''Bird Head Son'' album) and a version of the

Mighty Shadow Winston McGarland Bailey OBE, HBM, DLitt (4 October 1941 – 23 October 2018), better known by his stage name The Mighty Shadow or Shadow, was a calypsonian from Tobago. Career Bailey was born in Belmont, a suburb of Port of Spain in Trinidad ...

's "Poverty is Hell". The album was released in January 2009 by Naive/Heavenly Sweetness. Joseph's third collection of poetry, also entitled ''Bird Head Son'', was published by Salt Publishing on 7 February 2009 to coincide with the UK release of the album, and features all the lyrics from the album.

Track listing

All songs written by Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band #"Vero" 6:14 #"Blues For Cousin Alvin" 4:55 #"The Bamboo Saxophone" 3:29 #"Jungle" 12:04 #"Bird Head Son" 8:40 #"Cutlass" 6:21 #"His Hands" 5:19 #"Two Inch Limbo" 6:21 #"Conductors of His Mystery" 7:31 #"River of Masks" 4:51 #"Robberman" 3:28 #"Dream on Corbeau Mountain" 3:46

Personnel

- Vocals, Poetry, Percussion, whistle *Andrew John - Bass *Paul Zimmerman - Percussion *Paul Brett - Percussion *Craig 'Cigar' Tamlin - Percussion *Colin Webster - Saxophone & Flute

Guest performers

* Jamika Ajalon - Backing vocals, Percussion *

- Guitar, backing vocals *

- Trombone * David Neerman - Vibraphone *Adrian Owusu - Guitar

External links

Official website
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