{"id":25337,"date":"2017-08-09T09:06:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=25337"},"modified":"2017-08-09T09:06:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:06:24","slug":"on-stage-terry-goes-it-alone-on-new-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=25337","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Terry goes it alone on new tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff,<\/strong> Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jesse Terry<\/p><\/div>\n

The area music schedule thus week offers a variety of attractive options \u2013 including an intimate show by a talented modern American troubadour; and an over-the-top concert by an iconic heavy metal vocalist from England.<\/p>\n

Jesse Terry, a singer-songwriter performing with acoustic guitar and gentle voice, frequently tours with a female partner. Recent shows in the area have been duets with Callaghan and Abbie Gardner.<\/p>\n

On his current tour, which brings him to the area for a show on August 9, Terry is going it alone.<\/p>\n

As part of Upper Merion Parks and Recreation\u2019s 33rd<\/sup> Annual Concert Under the Stars Series (175 Valley Forge Road, Kimg of Prussia, umtownship.org<\/a>, 610-265-1071), Terry is performing as part of the Second Annual Craig Bickhardt Friends and Family Festival, which also features Craig & Aislinn Bickhardt, Michael G. Ronstadt, Tommy Geddes and Tom Hampton.<\/p>\n

In recent times, Terry has performed shows in Ireland, did a Midwest tour with Rebecca Loebe, was on the road with his \u201cJoyful Noise Tour\u201d with Abbie Gardner and did a run of shows with Callaghan.<\/p>\n

Terry is an internationally touring, award-winning singer-songwriter whose intimacy with audiences, sincerity, and approachability has solidified him as a favorite at festivals and live venues nationwide. \u00a0He has three full-length albums \u2013 \u201cThe Runner,\u201d \u201cEmpty Seat On A Plane\u201d and \u201cStay Here With Me\u201d \u2013 and another on the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been really busy trying to finish these albums,\u201d said Terry, during a phone interview last week from his home in Stonington, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy new album \u2018Stagzaer,\u201d which is a full band album will be out in September and I\u2019ve finished another album for later in the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

His fourth full-length album and follow-up to 2013\u2019s \u201cStay Here With Me,\u201d \u201cStargazer\u201d is Terry\u2019s most ambitious album to date, a lushly orchestrated collection of timely new songs centered around finding hope in a seemingly hopeless time, picking resilience over recrimination, and optimism over oblivion.<\/p>\n

\u201cStargazer\u201d was produced with multi-instrumentalist collaborator Josh Kaler in Nashville\u2019s EastSide Manor Studios with renowned composer Danny Mitchell adding string arrangements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album is a bit of a departure for me,\u201d said Terry, who<\/p>\n

Was the Grand Prize winner of The John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the CMT\/NSAI Song Contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving a string arrangement is really exciting. It\u2019s always the music I\u2019ve loved most \u2013 Beatles, Jeff Lynne, ELO, Brian Wilson. I wanted to make an album that took me back to the music I loved when I was young.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to make a sleepy songwriter record. I just wanted to make a rock and roll record \u2013 a big record. I wanted to do something different from what I had done before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI write on acoustic guitar. So, to have a symphony behind the songs is really fun. And, performing live, it\u2019s always fun to take the songs back to their acoustic form. These songs can be played solo, as a duo or with a band. It all works.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe enjoyed using the studio as an instrument. Watching Nashville session players do their parts was so amazing \u2013 so beautiful. I did the whole album in Nashville from January to May. It took a while We spent a lot of time on it \u2013 a lot of 12-14-hour days.
\n\u201cThe theme of the alum is that you can pick your own universe and the effect you have on the world. This record is a deeply personal record \u2013 very vulnerable. But, it\u2019s not as introspective as my previous records.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Jesse Terry \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/nzJTqMjrcqA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show in Upper Merion will start at 6 p.m. Tickets are free.<\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) hosts a lot of folk acts along with shows by rock bands that have been around for decades.<\/p>\n

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Blaze Bayley<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not usual for the venue to host such a loud and intense act as Blaze Bayley but on August 9, the small theater will have its walls shaking when Bayley and his band go to work.<\/p>\n

Bayley is a singer\/songwriter born in 1963 in Birmingham, England. Having started his professional music career in Wolfsbane in 1984, he lifted his career<\/p>\n

to global heights when he joined Iron Maiden. Bayley released two albums and toured worldwide with Iron Maiden from 1994-1999.<\/p>\n

After leaving Iron Maiden, Blaze embarked on a solo career, during which he has released nine albums and has enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of the hardest-working artists touring worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve been able to come to tour the United States with my full U.K. band,\u201d said Bayley, during a phone interview Monday from his home in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been raining here all the time lately so I\u2019m happy to be coming to America. We leave Tuesday morning and our first show is the ninth of August in Sellersville.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so nice to have my band instead of bands I hire when I get to another continent. Using different bands is a surreal thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done four big European tours with these guys so I\u2019m excited to have them with me. The band is Carl Schramm on bass, Chris Appleton on guitar and Martin McVee on drums.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2015 Bayley celebrated the 15th anniversary of his first solo release \u201cSilicon Messiah\u201d and in 2016 saw a significant worldwide resurgence of interest in his career \u2013 especially with the release of \u201cInfinite Entanglement,\u201d his first new studio album in four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cInfinite Entanglement\u201d was the first in a trilogy of albums following a sci-fi concept connected with a fictional story rooted in the science fact of quantum physics. The two follow- up albums are \u201cEndure and Survive,\u201d which was released March 3, 2017 with the third due in March 2018. A book and PC game are also in development.<\/p>\n

Bayley explained the \u201cInfinite Entanglement\u201d trilogy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarth\u2019s sun is a yellow dwarf and it will become a red giant,\u201d said Bayley. \u201cWhen that happens, it will destroy life on earth. So, there was need for a mission to a new planet which they discovered \u2013 a planet that could support human life.<\/p>\n

\u201cA space suit is surgically attached to people for the 1,000 years the mission will take to reach the planet. The humans\u2019 DNA gets downloaded to a machine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second album \u2018Endure and Survive\u2019 is about enduring that journey of 1,000 years. The self-appointed ultra-rich rulers are onboard but the crew doesn\u2019t know this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The super-rulers have their DNA changed to be genetically-perfect and they are the only one who will be allowed on the new planet. They program one of the crew members to kill the rest when they are no longer needed to take the spacecraft to the new planet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album is a bit darker than the first album,\u201d said Bayley. \u201cFor me, the music and the story have created a vibe that is irresistible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the start, I was consumed with the idea. I started writing it and it took on a life of its own. There is no way to stop now. I have to keep going. I\u2019m about halfway through the third part.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read more about Bayley\u2019s unusual and intriguing project, visit — www.blazebayley.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the live shows on this tour, I\u2019ll be playing a few of the songs from the trilogy,\u201d: said Bayley. \u201cI\u2019ll also be playing songs from my solo albums as well as some songs from Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Blaze Bayley \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/kJTXqHA2eYs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Sellersville, which has Psychoprism as the opener, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 and $29.50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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