The Number Six by Bruce Foxton
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Bruce Foxton comeback single with Paul Weller on piano.
This is Bruce Foxton's new Jam. Fresh sounding whilst at the same time invoking a sense of nostalgia.
In November 2012, US @MOJOmagazine readers got a ZZ Top cover; original UK copies, though, featured The Jam (the second time Paul Weller appeared on the cover that year). The accompanying covermount, Move on Up, is a Jam-focused compilation of Mod music that "includes acts associated with the movement in a number of different ways." From the soulful strains of Aaron Neville and Curtis Mayfield to the ska sounds of Laurel Aitken to rockers like Wilko Johnson and the Yardbirds, the lineup makes for a very good freebie disc and a rare one that I might be moved to play again in the future. Two Jam outtakes from a then-current reissue of their 1982 final album The Gift appear here, but my favorite Jam-related tune is by band bassist Bruce Foxton from his 2012 album Back in the Room. Weller does appear on the song, following a collaboration on his 2010 solo album Wake Up the Nation that was their first time together on record in nearly thirty years.
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