In 1978 X-Dreams established Peacock as a jazz vocalist for rock fans. The American singer -imagine Rickie Lee Jones crossed with Captain Beefheart - enhanced her rock credibility with an array of heroes including Mick Ronson and Chris Spedding on guitars, drummers Bill Bruford and Rick Marotta and others who created what is a super-session, but of the abstract. More of a poetry reading than a songfest, X-Dreams was considered way ahead of the curve 40 plus years ago; the opener, 'Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook,' yanks this into 2021 with confessional content that's too topical to discuss here. And then there's a cover of Elvis's 'Don't Be Cruel'. One for the adventurous.
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