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David Byrne

The Scottish-born Talking Heads frontman, whose 1981 record with Brian Eno, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, holds "Help Me Somebody".

Talking Heads and after

David Byrne was born on May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland, and the family moved to Arbutus, Maryland when he was about eight or nine. In 1973 he and the drummer Chris Frantz formed the Artistics at the Rhode Island School of Design; as Talking Heads, with Tina Weymouth on bass and, from January 1977, Jerry Harrison on keyboards, they played their first gig opening for the Ramones at CBGB on June 5, 1975 and signed to Sire in November 1976. Brian Eno produced More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music and Remain in Light; Speaking in Tongues (1983) gave them a US Top 10 hit with "Burning Down the House".

Between the Fear of Music and Remain in Light sessions Byrne and Eno made My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, released on February 25, 1981. Byrne later co-founded the label Luaka Bop, with Yale Evelev joining in 1990, and has made solo and collaborative records for Nonesuch, Matador and others.

Albums

Songs

  • Help Me Somebody My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (with Brian Eno) ยท 1981

    Side A, track four of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, built on a 1980 sermon.

Sources

  1. David Byrne, Wikipedia
  2. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (album), Wikipedia
  3. Talking Heads, Wikipedia
  4. Brian Eno and David Byrne, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Treble
  5. David Byrne and Brian Eno's Bush of Ghosts remix, Creative Commons (2006-05-09)