LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 3, 2019…HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY TO IAN HUNTER, A GREAT SINGER/ SONGWRITER WHO IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD SINGER OF MOTT THE HOOPLE BEFORE EMBARKING ON A SOLO CAREER.
ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS IS ‘ALL THE YOUNG DUDES’ WITH HUNTER WAILING AWAY AND MICK RONSON ON GUITAR. AFTER BEING DISILLUSIONED WITH SUCCESS AND EXPERIENCING ILL-HEALTH, HUNTER’S SOLO CAREER PRODUCED SOME GREAT SONGS. HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL SOLO ALBUM WAS ‘YOU’RE NEVER ALONE WITH A SCHIZOPHRENIC’. IT CONTAINS SOME GREAT TRACKS INCLUDING ‘CLEVELAND ROCKS’ JUST ANOTHER NIGHT’ AND ‘BASTARD’
HERE’S VINTAGE IAN HUNTER WITH MOTT THE HOOPLE
AND HERE’S SOLO IAN HUNTER
photo thanks-Jim Summaria
