Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno
Yes, that's his actual name. Best known for his work with Devo, Talking Heads, U2, Laurie Anderson, Ultravox, Coldplay, James, Jane Siberry, David Bowie, Robert Fripp, David Byrne, John Cale, Harold Budd, Cluster, Slowdive, Television, Roxy Music... OK, OK that's enuff.
Anyway, Eno has influenced the stuffing out of music as we now know and love it. He's everywhere, like bugs. Hmmm... that doesn't sound right... Oh well. Eno also made some of the most amazing music of the 20th century. He's also a pretty good vocalist. On Wednesday, which is usually the day I'm allowed to haunt The Velvet, I'll be playing 2 full hours of Mr. Eno's Twisted Pop - No Wave - Art Rock - Proto Punk - What Evah Ya Wanna Call It music. Oh, and you even can dance to it.
Tracks from the classic 70's albums, some BBC recordings, live stuff, some songs from his unreleased 1993 album 'My Squelchy Life', and not one but two versions of 'Baby's On Fire' you may not have heard before, one of them even more insane than the album version. Promise.
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