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“Far­ther On Up The Road” — Mick Huck­nall (Trib­ute To Bobby, 2008, simplyred.com Ltd.). Writ­ten by Bobby Bland.

INTERESTING FACTS (from wikipedia)

- This is the first solo album from Mick Huck­nall, the fiery red-headed lead singer of the band Sim­ply Red.

- The album is a entirely a col­lec­tion of songs in trib­ute to the blues singer Bobby Bland.

- A DVD was also released along with the album. It con­tains a doc­u­men­tary which was filmed in Mem­phis, Ten­nessee in Novem­ber 2007.

- Huck­nall is also one of the founders and finan­cial back­ers of the suc­cess­ful reg­gae label Blood and Fire. He also man­ages the record label simplyred.com which pro­duced this album.

- Huck­nall says of Bland: “His music has this sophis­ti­ca­tion to it, a jazz tinge. There’s also the dark­ness of his lyrics — Bobby sings with a really twisted pain and sor­row. He’s one of the vocal­ists who influ­enced my singing style long before I became a slave to pop success”.

- Along with Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, and Sean Penn, Huck­nall part-owned the Parisian restaurant-bar Man Ray.

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