Chris Bailey

Yeah.

As the primary songwriter and guitarist for the Saints, Cooper cut three albums with singer Chris Bailey, drummer Ivor Hay and bassist Kim Bradshaw and Algie Ward.

Parting ways with the Saints in 1979, Ed came back from a stint in London and formed the Laughing Clowns.

with Ed Cooper now singing as well, and drummer Jeffrey Wagner at its core.

All the harmonies are missing, all the bass drums, all the rest of that stuff, all the beautiful, beautiful kind of chamber pop aspect.

It's stripped out, and all you have is the strength of his vocal, and you'll see what a great singer he remains 62 years later, and what an immortal song this is from that incredible Zombies record of 1968.

Colin Blumstone to kick us off here from One Year and More, live from Union Chapel.

November 25th, 2024, this was recorded on stage.

It seems like most of the original Shoegaze-era bands have come back.

But yeah, Bosses, you may recall, were interviewed in issue 96 by James Broshide.

If you were looking at our magazine quite clearly, an interview with the Chicago singer-guitarist Harley Young.

And a couple weeks ago, I played a newer song by them, a request from Elizabeth Klisowitz.