DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (RSD 2021)
by MAGPIE
Vinyl LP
3MS026LP
Label: 3MS MUSIC LTD
Garry "Jim" Bowler, also known as "Magpie" (born 6 February 1962, Manchester, England), is an English drummer and session musician, who has worked with bands including Würzel (Motörhead), Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden), Alan Davey (Hawkwind) and Bernie Tormé (Gillan/Ozzy Osbourne).
As a teenager, Garry had been inspired by the single releases in the 70’s by drummer Cozy Powell. On the intro drum part to a Satan’s Empire track, Garry had incorporated a reference to Cozy’s top 10 hit ‘Dance with The Devil’, written by Phil Dennys & Michael Hayes (Mickey Most) who themselves had taken inspiration from Sandy Nelson’s instrumental track ‘Let There Be Drums’ along with the melody line from Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Third Stone From The Sun’. In 2017, Garry was invited to a commemorative lunch for Cozy, and began to record with various musicians who had played alongside Cozy Powell. Unlike any other version of the track, ‘Dancing With The Devil’ puts a fresh spin on the original with a new percussion intro, reimagined drum patterns and lyrics for the melodic line, so as to totally transform what had gone before. Featuring Neil Murray (Hammer, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake) on bass, David Stone on keys, Frankie Aiello on vocals and the late, legendary guitarist Bernie Torm’e (whose last recording was on this track!) Given special permission by RAK Publishing, all these legendary musicians have come together to re-invent this left-field rock classic, made available on the nostalgic 12” format - all in time for Record Store Day 2021 (Coloured Sleeve & Black Vinyl 3MS026LP)
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