CHRIS JAGGER
''ROCK THE ZYDECO''
NOV 1995
48:23
CURB
1/Blow the Zydeco
Chris Jagger / Robin McKidd/4:21
2/Allons Joujette
Ed Deane / Charlie Hart / Chris Jagger/3:15
3/Green Thumb
Chris Jagger/3:03
4/Will Ya Won't Ya?
Ed Deane / Chris Jagger/3:27
5/Stand up for the Foot
Chris Jagger/4:09
6/Whispering Wind
Chris Jagger/3:22
7/Cupboard Love
Chris Jagger/2:58
8/Snow on the Mountain
Chris Jagger/2:52
9/Cheatin' on Your Darlin'
Chris Jagger/3:12
10/Toad in the Hole
Chris Jagger/2:41
11/Rockin' All Night
Chris Jagger / Robin McKidd / Ritchie Valens/3:45
12/Steal the Time
Chris Jagger/4:06
13/What Should I Care?
Chris Jagger/3:11
14/Lhasa Town
Chris Jagger/4:01
THE ATCHA BAND
Ed Deane - Lap Steel, Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Robin McKidd - Fiddle
Chris Jagger - Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Malcolm Mortimore - Drums
Constance Redgrave - Bass Guitar
and
Charlie Hart - Bass on Tracks 4, 9, 14
Fran Byrne - Drums on Tracks 1, 2, 11, 13
Dick Heckstall-Smith - Tenor and Baritone Saxs on Tracks 4, 5
Geraint Watkins - Piano on Tracks 4, 5
Tony Weaterall - Accordion on Tracks 1, 2
Mick Jagger - Sings Back-ups on Tracks 4, 5
Dave Stewart - Guitar on Track 14
Dave Gilmour - Guitar on Track 12
Leo Sayer - Sings Back-ups on Tracks 1, 6, 8, 9, 12
REVIEW
by Heather Phares
Jagger's fourth album provides exactly what its title promises, delivering an infectious, uptempo collection of zydeco-country-rock. Jagger's good-natured sense of humor comes to the front on singalongs like "Green Thumb," about a gardening wife, and "Stand Up for the Foot (Don't Give an Inch)," which champions imperial measurement in a metric-based Europe. "Allons Joujette" and "Will Ya Won't Ya" provide more bar-ready zydeco pub-rock.
BIOGRAPHY
by Heather Phares
Chris Jagger, brother of the infamous Mick, gracefully balances being the little brother of one of rock's luminaries with his own musical dreams. While he may never become a household name, his musical output during the '90s as a solo artist and with his zydeco-rock group Atcha Acoustic stands on its own merits.
Though Jagger began his recording career with a 1973 self-titled collection that mixed country, blues, and rock — musical influences that shaped all of his musical projects — after recording 1974's Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquest, he fell out with his collaborators. Soured on the music business, Jagger would not record again for almost 20 years.
During this time, he pursued other interests, including theater; originally a drama student before following his big brother into music, he worked as a lighting tech at London's Rainbow Theatre in the '70s and was also part of the Living Theatre and Citizen's Theatre companies. A part in a production of Hair and in an unreleased Kenneth Anger film were also highlights of his dramatic career.
Fashion design also intrigued Jagger. During the late '60s and early '70s, he created showy ensembles for Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix; a jacket adorned with huge eyes that Jagger designed for the guitarist ended up on one of Hendrix's album covers. In the '80s, Jagger pursued journalism, writing about music and other issues for publications like Rolling Stone and The Guardian.
Despite his other vocations, Jagger remained close to the music scene whether or not he was actively recording. He worked at the Rolling Stones' mobile studio and met many of the bands that recorded there, including the Faces. Jagger also contributed to the Rolling Stones' albums Dirty Work and Steel Wheels and worked with French songwriter Franck Langolf during the '80s.
However, he did not record his own works again until 1993 when he worked with the lineup that eventually became Atcha Acoustic. The other members of Jagger's group all brought deep experience in the rock and jazz scenes to the band, having connections as diverse as Charlie Byrd, Nick Lowe, B.B. King, and Ian Dury between them. Together, the group recorded 1994's Atcha, and the critically acclaimed 1995 release Rock the Zydeco as Jagger solo albums, and From Lhasa to Lewisham, the group's first release as Atcha Acoustic, in 1997. The solo Channel Fever followed in the spring of 2000.
''ROCK THE ZYDECO''
NOV 1995
48:23
CURB
1/Blow the Zydeco
Chris Jagger / Robin McKidd/4:21
2/Allons Joujette
Ed Deane / Charlie Hart / Chris Jagger/3:15
3/Green Thumb
Chris Jagger/3:03
4/Will Ya Won't Ya?
Ed Deane / Chris Jagger/3:27
5/Stand up for the Foot
Chris Jagger/4:09
6/Whispering Wind
Chris Jagger/3:22
7/Cupboard Love
Chris Jagger/2:58
8/Snow on the Mountain
Chris Jagger/2:52
9/Cheatin' on Your Darlin'
Chris Jagger/3:12
10/Toad in the Hole
Chris Jagger/2:41
11/Rockin' All Night
Chris Jagger / Robin McKidd / Ritchie Valens/3:45
12/Steal the Time
Chris Jagger/4:06
13/What Should I Care?
Chris Jagger/3:11
14/Lhasa Town
Chris Jagger/4:01
THE ATCHA BAND
Ed Deane - Lap Steel, Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Robin McKidd - Fiddle
Chris Jagger - Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Malcolm Mortimore - Drums
Constance Redgrave - Bass Guitar
and
Charlie Hart - Bass on Tracks 4, 9, 14
Fran Byrne - Drums on Tracks 1, 2, 11, 13
Dick Heckstall-Smith - Tenor and Baritone Saxs on Tracks 4, 5
Geraint Watkins - Piano on Tracks 4, 5
Tony Weaterall - Accordion on Tracks 1, 2
Mick Jagger - Sings Back-ups on Tracks 4, 5
Dave Stewart - Guitar on Track 14
Dave Gilmour - Guitar on Track 12
Leo Sayer - Sings Back-ups on Tracks 1, 6, 8, 9, 12
REVIEW
by Heather Phares
Jagger's fourth album provides exactly what its title promises, delivering an infectious, uptempo collection of zydeco-country-rock. Jagger's good-natured sense of humor comes to the front on singalongs like "Green Thumb," about a gardening wife, and "Stand Up for the Foot (Don't Give an Inch)," which champions imperial measurement in a metric-based Europe. "Allons Joujette" and "Will Ya Won't Ya" provide more bar-ready zydeco pub-rock.
BIOGRAPHY
by Heather Phares
Chris Jagger, brother of the infamous Mick, gracefully balances being the little brother of one of rock's luminaries with his own musical dreams. While he may never become a household name, his musical output during the '90s as a solo artist and with his zydeco-rock group Atcha Acoustic stands on its own merits.
Though Jagger began his recording career with a 1973 self-titled collection that mixed country, blues, and rock — musical influences that shaped all of his musical projects — after recording 1974's Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquest, he fell out with his collaborators. Soured on the music business, Jagger would not record again for almost 20 years.
During this time, he pursued other interests, including theater; originally a drama student before following his big brother into music, he worked as a lighting tech at London's Rainbow Theatre in the '70s and was also part of the Living Theatre and Citizen's Theatre companies. A part in a production of Hair and in an unreleased Kenneth Anger film were also highlights of his dramatic career.
Fashion design also intrigued Jagger. During the late '60s and early '70s, he created showy ensembles for Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix; a jacket adorned with huge eyes that Jagger designed for the guitarist ended up on one of Hendrix's album covers. In the '80s, Jagger pursued journalism, writing about music and other issues for publications like Rolling Stone and The Guardian.
Despite his other vocations, Jagger remained close to the music scene whether or not he was actively recording. He worked at the Rolling Stones' mobile studio and met many of the bands that recorded there, including the Faces. Jagger also contributed to the Rolling Stones' albums Dirty Work and Steel Wheels and worked with French songwriter Franck Langolf during the '80s.
However, he did not record his own works again until 1993 when he worked with the lineup that eventually became Atcha Acoustic. The other members of Jagger's group all brought deep experience in the rock and jazz scenes to the band, having connections as diverse as Charlie Byrd, Nick Lowe, B.B. King, and Ian Dury between them. Together, the group recorded 1994's Atcha, and the critically acclaimed 1995 release Rock the Zydeco as Jagger solo albums, and From Lhasa to Lewisham, the group's first release as Atcha Acoustic, in 1997. The solo Channel Fever followed in the spring of 2000.
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