Band Of Rain: Atmospheric and dark at times, but full of hope!

Band Of Rain was formed in 2002, Chris Gill is the lead guitarist/founder member/writer for Band Of Rain and along with Micha Steinbacher, a member of The Gill Steinbacher Project. The new album The Sun King is the eight album.

This album contains 8 original songs recorded all over Europe during 2021. There are four songs with lyrics and vocals and four instrumentals. It is a journey, song titles include Gospel Oak, a heartfelt song dedicated to the memory of John Tout, and 68 Carnaby Street…A journey down this iconic street back in 1968. Atmospheric and dark at times, but full of hope, The Sun King is a new perspective on the dark two years we all came through during the pandemic…

Tracklist:

1. Distant Land (5:45)

2. As The Crow Flies (7:23)

3. Black Book of Carmarthen (7:45)

4. Taking the Long Way (6:17)

5. The Sun King (7:42)

6. Gospel Oak (10:45)

7. 68 Carnaby Street (7:37)

8. Once a Hippy… (5:28)

Total Time 58:42

Line-up:

Jon Camp – Fretted and fretless basses

Zsolt Galantai – Drums

Chris Gill-Electric and acoustic – 12 string guitars and added keyboards

Michael Steinbacher – Saxophones, flute

Robert Webb (England) – Main Keyboards, vocals

    With

Mordecai Smyth – Jazz guitar (6)

Norman Macbeth – Narration (5)

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