
From the Big Gold Dreams box set.
“The opening track on McDermott’s post-Suede Crocodiles mini-album Suffocation Blues, released in 1986 on Glasgow label NoStrings, revealed a very different artist to the one who had sung with his former band. Drawing from Roy Harper, John Martyn and Americana on a record produced by legendary singer/songwriter Rab Noakes, McDermott embarked on a more traditional musical path.
mp3 : Kevin McDermott – Slow Time and Temptation
“This was the sole track on the ‘Fast Side’ of the record which played at 45rpm; five acoustic songs played at 33rpm on the ‘Slow Side’. Major label support saw McDermott form the Kevin McDermott Orchestra, releasing Mother Nature’s Kitchen under that name before embarking on a peripatetic musical journey that recently came full circle as McDermott joined the NoStrings roster”
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