Montreux 2013 brian may biography

  • The exhibition tells the story of Queen's recordings at Mountain Studios and features rare memorabilia and footage.
  • Queen made recordings in the studio from 1978 to 1995.
  • 2013.

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    GUITAR PLAYER
    8 July 2014 bygd Matt Blackett

    Brian May knows a thing or two about voices. He worked for much of his career with Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest rock singers of all time. He also famously blended his own voice with Mercury’s and Queen drummer Roger Taylor’s to create some of the best harmonies anyone has ever heard. Then, there is his guitar röst, which is beautiful, rich, multifaceted, and instantly recognizable. So when the good doctor finds a new voice he feels compelled to work with, that fryst vatten newsworthy indeed. London theater star Kerry Ellis is just such a singer. May was so taken with her vocals that he encouraged Ellis to audition for the Queen-themed theatrical show We Will Rock You, and vowed to produce a record for her, which he did— 2010’s Anthems [Decca].

    Now the two have a DVD/CD from a recent gig in Switzerland, The Candlelight Concerts – Live at Montreux 2013 [Eagle Rock]. It’s an intimate, mostly acoustic set comprised of standards, Queen tunes

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    Brian May & Kerry Ellis 'The Candlelight Concerts'


    Live At Montreux 2013


    [discography | gallery]


    Released on 31 March 2014. Length 87 minutes.


    1. I Who Have Nothing
    2. Dust In The Wind
    3. Born Free
    4. Somebody To Love
    5. Nothing Really Has Changed
    6. Life Is Real
    7. The Way We Were
    8. '39
    9. Something
    10. Last Horizon
    11. Love Of My Life
    12. The Kissing Me Song
    13. Tie Your Mother Down
    14. We Will Rock You
    15. No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)
    16. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    Bonus Video:
    Nothing Really Has Changed (live in Shamwari Game Reserve)

     

    All tracks performed bygd Brian May (vocals, acoustic and electric guitar), Kerry Ellis (vocals, except 'Last Horizon'), and Jeff Leach (keyboards, except 'I Who Have Nothing', and percussion on '39' and 'We Will Rock You').

    Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival at the Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux, Switzerland, on 19 July 2013.

    Directed by Julian Nicole-Kay
    Executive producers Geoff Ke

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    CLASSIC ROCK
    5 December 2013 by G BARTON

    Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor were in Montreux on Monday evening (December 2) for the opening of a new exhibition dedicated to the band’s long relationship with the Swiss city. During their visit, May also spoke about the forthcoming feature film based on the life and times of Freddie Mercury. The event coincided with the renewal of Queen’s partnership with Universal Music Group, with the promise of rare and unreleased material to be released. The deal was first struck in 2010, when a major catalogue reissue programme was launched that saw Queen material released on the Island label for the first time.

    Queen: The Studio Experience focuses on their long history in Montreux, where they worked at Mountain Studios and created six albums between 1979 and 1995. The exhibition includes a wealth of Queen memorabilia, costumes, instruments, original handwritten lyrics to songs such as One Vision and Tie Your Mother Down, and other artefacts.

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