Pete had already written a couple of songs for Cream, British blues-rock band, and was contacted by Graham Bond whose organisation was falling apart. He was asked by Graham to write a few songs for his ailing band, Pete agreed, and sent him a tape of the music and his own singing voice. On hearing the tape, Graham asked Pete to join the band and Pete reluctantly agreed…pretty sure that he couldn’t sing! He got together an amazing band, and recorded the hit song ‘We look good on paper’ which caught the attention of Blackhill Enterprises who knew Pete as a poet. They offered him a record deal with EMI and he formed his first band ‘The Battered Ornaments’.
His good friend Jack Bruce and he already had chemistry through writing for Cream, and decided to work together Brown wrote the lyrics for Bruce’s first album ‘Songs for a Tailor’ and it was the beginning of a 36 year friendship…
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Described as a poet, lyricist and music producer, Pete Brown is most famed for his work with Jack Bruce, as well as the likes of The Battered Ornaments and the founder of English r ' n ' b Graham Bond. Pete talks to t5m about his decade spanning career.
